A lot of games these days like to play on the fact they're "open ended" or allow "free play" without limiting restrictions to how and when you do things. Often though, these games don't end up being anywhere near as free spirited as they once appeared, in some cases it almost seems like a down right marketing lie. Boiling Point isn't one of these offenders, however, but while it does provide one of the better examples of nonlinear gameplay so far in 2005, it fails to stack up in far too many other aspects.