The various team members are all voiced well and have distinct personalities that, surprisingly enough, aren't at all annoying. In addition the different blaster types wielded by the team members all fit their various specialties and offer a decent amount of variety, which is a good thing given that the campaign can be finished in a few hours. You'll have to go through it multiple times if you want to unlock and upgrade all of the blasters and a second person is needed to access secret co-op areas so in that regard the short length is actually a benefit. Three different difficulty levels are available to test your mettle however once a difficulty level is chosen you can't change it in the middle of the story so choose wisely.

If you tire of the story and just want to see what a souped up blaster handles like without having to upgrade one yourself a shooting range is available with dozens of tricked out blasters at your disposal. Unfortunately you'll visit the same range every time however the range offers multiple methods of scoring depending on the strenghts of the weapon at hand. Nerf junkies will appreciate the breadth of weaponry but the lack of variety hurts the shooting range as anything other than a quick pit stop.

Nerf: N-Strike Elite is an obvious cash in for both EA and Hasbro but at the same time, it's well done, fast paced, entertaining cash in that comes with an awesome Nerf blaster. Long time rail shooter fans won't find much new here, but younger players or parents looking for a kid friendly light gun game will find plenty to enjoy. Best of all you can fire this one up when it's raining and then go outside with the kids and your spiffy new Nerf blaster once the sun comes out.