These days, there aren’t as many games in the squad based tactical strategy genre as there are for first person shooters, it’s unfortunate. Jagged Alliance, X-Com and the recent Silent Storm demonstrate that it can be an exciting and compelling genre. When a title in this genre is released, I jump on it fiendishly. Besides being fun, a compelling squad strategy title needs a few things. It must be easy to play, have troops that grow over time (RPG-lite) and the more equipment and guns the better. From overseas developer MiST Land comes Paradise Cracked, a sci-fi tactical strategy game that has a great recipe for success. Unfortunately, somewhere in this great recipe fun was frustratingly lost. I want to love this title, but design flaws and tedious game play prevents me from doing so.