Despite a fairly uninspired backdrop — lots of big satellite dishes and, you guessed it, a massive hangar that dominates the map — Hangar 18 is a solid addition. Most of the action gets funneled into the title feature, which has entry points on all four sides (three of them can be entered via ground or elevated positions), control rooms on either side of the main floor and a walkway that connects them. For those that like to stick and move, the sides offer a maze-like collection of buildings and pathways, which allows defensive players to lay in wait and offensive players to circle around for counter attacks.

There is one significant change, and that is the inclusion of “Stealth Force” mode. It serves as an alternate vehicular configuration, allowing for more firepower and maneuverability. Things handle well there, but its inclusion screws up the traditional vehicle form. To drive as a standard car/truck you’ll need to hold down the left trigger, which makes the right trigger the brake. It sounds like a small thing, but since pretty much every driving game you’ve played in living memory had the right trigger be the gas it really feels weird. As a result, I found that I crashed into objects a lot.

Of course, you can also play with the Kinect. Here, both hands manipulate the reticule — when your right hand is raised it’s the lock-on laser, and when it’s the left you’re firing your tracer gun. The tracer gun works beautifully and is smoother and faster than a controller. The lock-on laser aims fine, but it doesn’t always recognize the pushing motion that fires the weapon. To launch “euphoria” you’ll throw your hands in the air (waiving them like you just don’t care is optional), which is the low point of the Kinect functionality as it causes the camera to go skyward. That can be disorienting.