Solstice Chronicles: MIA Review - Not Bad, Not Good, Just There

Solstice Chronicles: MIA is an isometric shooter that will either offer a proper challenge or endless hours of frustration, although the choice is going to be entirely yours.

One of the problems with these types of games is that it's a little bit difficult to define the genre. It's technically a twin-stick isometric shooter, but that's a bit too much. While it makes for a proper technical description, it's not really representative.

For the sake of the people that just want to play it, will call it an isometric shooter and be done with it. And, to be fair, it's not like Solstice Chronicles: MIA marks the beginning of a new genre. There are lots of predecessors, with some great games such as the more famous Shadowgrounds series.

In fact, the genre is much older than that. If I were to cast my memory even further, I could name Crimsonland in 2003 or Zax: The Alien Hunter from 2001. It's possible to go even further back, but you get ... (read more)

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