Don't know if the game is fun or not as it came with a serious virus on the disk. Sent it back for a refund. Hope they figure out where in the manufacturing process this was introduced.

I sent an email to Lucas Arts and got a reply 3 weeks later. On something with the title "virus in your product" you would think they would respond faster. Have to give customer service a bad score on that one.

This is a perfect example of great and funny entertainment where you have wide latitude to do anything you want to achieve the goal. In addition the game is a bargain and so far superior to the overpriced $50.00 crap hyped up in the video mags. Treat yourself and buy this title.

It seems like this game was fairly overlooked when it came out, but now that it can be had pretty cheaply, I'd highly recommend picking it up.

As others have said, the best thing Armed and Dangerous has going for it is that it's funny - laugh-out-loud funny at times. The character design and voice acting are superb, making the cutscenes (which appear between every level) highly entertaining.

The actual gameplay is fairly standard third-person shooter fare, injected with a healthy dose of humor ("Is that a spleen?"). The weapon selection is decent, but although many of them are unique and amusing (e.g. the Land Shark Gun), most of the time you'll only be using two of them, the machine gun and rocket launcher, because they're so darned effective. The jet pack that shows up in missions midway through the game is a great addition as well.

The levels are well designed, with quite a bit of variety both in the setting and mission style. In addition to the standard levels, there are about a half-dozen missions that place you behind a machine gun/mortar turret, singlehandedly holding off invading armies. As you play through the levels, you can find tokens which unlock features of the game, including bonus levels, cheat codes, and the ability to replay missions and cutscenes. The number and length of the levels is sufficient that you'll be satisfied when you reach the end.

The game does have a few flaws (e.g. some pretty bad rendering artifacts during cutscenes), but I had such a good time playing it that they were easy to overlook. Check it out if you want something a little different that will keep you laughing for hours.