After sticking to World War I for its source material to this point, Signal Studios goes in another direction with Invasion by introducing more playful units. The basic story is that the British are desperate, and they’re launching an all-out offensive against the Germans (that’s you) with the aid of non-military (fire trucks) and futuristic (flying saucers, space tanks and more) toys.

Everything controls crisply with weapons providing ample recoil. My lone complaint is boosting while manually slowing time can be a bit cumbersome when you’ve got to adjust the camera as well. This leads to instances where you get too close to enemies or waste precious AR seconds trying to simultaneously manipulate the camera and aim.

You’ve only got two buttons (run and jump) at your disposal, though the jump command is pressure sensitive. Tap it and you’ll do a quick hop, push it down and you’ll leap higher. Once again, however, the Xbox 360’s d-pad is inadequate for the challenge level. Using the analog stick is more responsive, but I still felt there were plenty of times when my jumps didn’t match the direction I was pressing. It’s pretty annoying in a title that demands precision, but the levels are so short it rarely undoes more than a few seconds worth of progress.