Players control the protagonist, Lucas Nickle, as he is shrunk to a miniature size and forced to work in an ant colony.

Afterwards, Lucas collects the last of the Fire crystals and returns to normal size, finishing the game.

In others, he summons other ants through telepathy, and the group either flings Lucas through the air or operates as an impromptu ladder.

"[17] The Times gave the same console version a score of three stars out of five and said, "This must be one of the first instances in which a video game actually seems like the natural format.

"[18] However, The Sydney Morning Herald gave the PC and PS2 versions two stars out of five, saying, "The twitchy movement makes it unnecessarily difficult to target enemies with your primitive ant weapons (a lock-on button turns out to be little help) and it's all too easy to fall when carefully crawling up walls.