The demo confirms what reviewers have written: this works pretty much as well as an RTS on console can (the only gripe I have, really, is that the menu items’ captions take several seconds to appear, so if you haven’t memorized what each icon does yet — and they’re all small and look very much the same — you’re going to waste a lot of time finding the commands you’re looking for). The controls are convenient, the graphics are fine, and yet what the demo really wants me to do is get a Windows setup so I can play RTS games with a mouse.

Still, for lack of a full game (too bad Sega’s PR agency has apparently not been satisfied with my very incomplete and belated The Club non-review) and lack of a real PC, I can still myself spending a bit of time replaying the two missions the demo offers.

If you’re on my friends list, feel free to train a bit so we can try the online mode.