Thanks fellas.
I don't have a PS2, so alas I will have to stick with Battlecry. I enjoy it well enough so far, especially since I had been deprived of a half decent Macross game as a kid. I play VF-X2 on ePSXe on a rare occasion, but that is about all I have had access to. So in that context, Battlecry has been fun for me, dispite its flaws.
I do like the cell-shaded look, and I think the animations are pretty good. At least I don't have a VF-19 with one leg sticking in a wierd direction, or too many popup buildings.