So goes the premise for the latest addition to the Delta Force stable of games. But is it any good, you ask. Let's get this out of the way early - no, it's not. In fact, it's terrible. Just how bad it is defies description - but we'll give it our best shot...

First, the good. It works. The game loads quickly and has an easy flow to the interface. It exits quickly as well, a feature you will become very fond of... Saving and loading games is also very fast, remarkable given the huge environments in play at any one time. A good selection of weapons is available and sniper / laser range finder zooming is implemented very well indeed. Unfortunately, that's it - there are no other redeeming features to help pull this game from the mire.

The most annoying of the features in the "bad" list would have to be the enemy AI. It would appear that, when asked to implement AI, the developers got confused. Instead of "Artificial Intelligence", the model used here would appear instead to be "Avocado Intelligence". The collection of enemies presented here would have to be the single most unconvincing bunch of bad guys ever to grace a videogame - period. Even those little guys in the 8-bit platform games of days gone by (you know, the ones that simply march back and forward and kill you should you accidentally touch them) are more likely to be accepted into mensa. Check out a list of just some of their failings: -

• Shoot someone next to someone else and expect zero reaction
• Drill a pretty pattern of bullet holes into the wall behind your target's head and expect zero reaction
• Walk right up to a guy who is facing you and expect zero reaction

You are underground, deep in the enemy bunker. Pressed up against the wall, you are wondering how to tackle the guy at the end of the corridor around the corner - there is no cover, no time to get a clear shot without being exposed to a rain of enemy fire. What do you do? Don't throw a grenade - the detonate on impact so you can't roll one around the corner without spreading your brain tissue in a pretty pattern across the wall behind you. So what are your options?

• You could walk around the corner, smoke a cigarette, line up your target and take a shot.
• You could walk around the corner, right down to the enemy in question and delicately remove his hat before dropping an explosive charge and wandering back to cover before detonating it
• Or simply wander up, pull out your knife and stab him