Good use of 3D positional sound effects. Interesting anime theme. Gameplay is old hat. Fans of arcade shooters. CD-insert manual does the job.
Controls are dead easy.
Mouse, various joysticks and force feedback support. There is a stigma associated with mindless shooters these days. Games that do not meet the new breadth standards of the genre are deemed by reviewers to be unworthy of the attention of today's enlightened breed of action gamers. If you believe this to be true then you might as well ignore Slave Zero completely since it is a game that epitomizes the mindless shooter. However, ignoring Slave Zero does mean that you'll be missing out on one of the more entertaining shooters released in the past year.