X-Squad

In Electronic Arts' "Delta Force for Dummies" you take control of a commando team that looks like it was yanked out of an anime cartoon. While there is the potential for some interesting puzzles to be solved by teamwork, but really you usually just use the four heroes to open doors by hitting big buttons. You control silver-spike-haired Ash who barks orders (stealth, assault, follow, stay, recon) and cheesy "buddy-talk" lines ("Game, set, match!") to the rest of his team: Maya, the standard-issue leather-clad vixen; Ving Rhames knockoff Judd; and Melinda, a roughhouse blonde. Each character can upgrade their weapons, armor and other killing essentials when they score bonus points within the level by having a steady aim. Once you have them all powered up, it's as explosive as a Chuck Norris B-movie flick. Get your guns loaded for X-Squad in October.