It's not a total washout, though. The game is pretty fun, for a while at least. It's a good game for those who are just getting into PC games and can't take anything with too much depth, but, like the game Recoil, it will likely disappoint hardcore gamers. The graphics are pretty good, thanks to the Uprising 2 engine it uses. But the drawing distance is too short, which means you can't see mountains until they are a few hundred feet in front of you.
Explosions are generally pretty lame.
Blowing up a building or tank will reduce it to a pile of greyish polygons, but other than the smoke that sometimes appears, it's hard to tell whether or not you even destroyed your target. Missile effects are better, with smoke trails and such. The skies look great, like something out of Unreal or Daikatana. The terrain also looks pretty good, nicely rounded and with good detail. However, you're in a desert, which means there's a lot of tan.