Meridian： Squad 22

Meridian: Squad 22 (opens in new tab) is a first-person shooter that lets you take command of one of the US Army's top commandos on a trip across the Pacific to capture, pillage, and rescue insurgent militants. Set in 1945, you'll do battle against the French soldiers who escaped to the U.S.S. and China. Your squadmates will be playable as well as playing both campaigns, including their respective campaigns. The missions are located in new regions in Eastern Europe and northern Africa, respectively.

The game supports up to 16 players in a single mission, which means that your first missions should last up to eight hours. The game's set up a map-maker, which lets you tweak the map itself for a variety of purposes. For example, a control point will be "travel back and forth," and if you can control it, you can transport a mounted machine gun to defend it. The game also features a multiplayer mode that supports up to 16 players over a LAN or Internet connection.

The game has a focus on real-time strategy, and it features a proprietary 3D engine that will be used to power the game's mission briefings and economic-based missions. Most of the missions that we've seen so far include land skirmishes, air-to-air reconnaissance, and naval warfare. However, there are some interesting missions that should keep you on your toes and let you either seize the control points or to make a run for it. For example, we've seen a Russian mission that's similar to Red Storm's famous air-to-air battles, in which you can do battle with ground forces but instead of fighting on ground-to-air, you need to use the bombers, either by circling them with anti-air units, or by withdrawing from a formation. There are several land-to-air missions, but you can have up to 16 players at a time.

There are a number of online features in the game. In addition to persistent global matchmaking, there will be a small e-mail feature that will let you access specific e-mail, e-mail, and account information from other players. The e-mail feature will also let you store your e-mail addresses, so you can visit them quickly and see if they've been snagged by other players or if you're trying to contact them privately with fellow e-mail clients. A powerful e-mail feature is another excellent addition. You'll be able to send a message to your e-mail address, and when you send it, it'll appear as a box that shows you which e-mail address you've received. When you send a message, the e-mail will be read off as a yellow "message" box, so if you receive an e-mail, you'll know that you're right.

The online functionality is a huge improvement on the Nintendo 64's. The analog stick on the N64 controller is a bit larger than those on the GameCube controller, which may result in some gamers using the analog stick to move the camera and use the d-pad to attack an enemy from behind. However, the system has also proven to be quite accurate when it comes to locking onto enemies. And, unlike the N64, which could sometimes lock onto enemies using a lock-on mechanic, the N64 uses a much more traditional system of capturing the camera to snap pictures and then dragging them over to their body parts.

The coolest feature of the N64 controller is the addition of a three-player simultaneous game. You'll be able to play a round of Tetris against your friends, and each player on the console can be used as a different member of the family. One player can control Tetris with his or her own N64 and have him or her face off against the computer, or a second player can be the Tetris player who simply puts a block on the screen and places it on the top of the playing field. When playing against another player, the N64 will then display the face of the player. And when another player comes into the game, the player can play the game against the computer or by using the face buttons to view the picture that the computer has.

The PlayStation has a few new tricks up its sleeve for the N64 that make it unique in its own right. The most obvious are the EyeToy, which you use to make games. The EyeToy lets you choose to scan a picture of yourself and play the game, which is really a first for the N64. But the most useful feature is the link cable, which gives you instant access to your friends, information, maps, and so on. Another example of the N64's Wi-Fi capabilities is the e-mail feature. You can have up to eight messages sent via e-mail and you can have up to 10 messages sent from one machine.