The smoothness of Operation Genocide means it was easily the best of that genre.

Out of all the FPS style games submitted for this competition, we have to admit that the controls and smoothness of Operation Genocide means it was easily the best of that genre.

The collision is perfectly smooth, the guns are great - extremely well modelled with punchy sound effects, shell casing ejection and they just all look the part. There are loads of them too, from Uzi's to sniper rifles.

We aren't really sure of the plot, but you start the game on the surface of a planet with a hologram of an alien. As you shoot your way through the crab like monsters, working down the levels you eventually meet the real alien who then joins you fighting alongside you - and he has a mean alien blaster!

There are many levels to this game and you can keep on exploring until your eventual demise. Stacks of ammo, extra weapons and health litter the place though and you can't go far without picking some up.

We managed to get all the way down past the mines and were confronted with a cyborg monster that basically kicked our ass. Having forgotten to save our progress this was highly annoying, but entirely our fault.

The only part of the game we couldn't get working was the Practise area, but everything else ran like a dream. The monster AI isn't all that hot, but at least they're easy to kill unlike the usual assortment of invincible foes we've seen recently.

Also the monsters could have done with a far more interesting death sequence. Despite these facts, this game rocks - try it out and and maybe you'll agree...