Nothing But Shooters reviews TimeGate Studios' team-based first person shooter, Section 8, available on the Xbox 360 and PC.

If you haven't checked this one out yet and you don't expect to be too consumed with Halo 3: ODST this week, Section 8's multiplayer portion should offer a great time, though you may want to skip the single player campaign.

There is a single player portion of the game, but frankly there’s a reason why it’s the third option down on the main menu, below Multiplayer and Instant Action. Do not buy this game for the single player portion. It equals out to a series of “missions” that play out like bot matches. There is no death penalty as you can spawn right back in if you die, which means that there are really only 2 or 3 places in the 8 missions that you can fail: areas where you have to defend something or someone. The average player can burn through the campaign in 3 to 4 hours. About the only redeeming quality of the single player is that it does a good job to introduce the weapons and dynamic combat missions that will become all-important during multiplayer matches.

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