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The scenario descriptions often don’t exactly specify the objectives (at least in a way the game recognizes them), so you may think you’ve finished a battle only to be told you’ve met “0 of 2” objectives. Significantly, however, if the scenario is well designed and/or you’ve made a good battle plan ahead of time, you don’t have to play from this view, unlike many other tank games.ĭespite these positives, there are some rough edges to the scenarios. And so on all the way up to commander of the whole battle, playing the game more as a real-time wargame from the map view. Or you can play the tank commander, realistically (more so than in any other game before) forming a “hunter-killer” team with your gunner. If you just wanted to be a gunner, go for it-you can pretty much ignore the map, trust to your commander (and the AI tank commanders are very good), and live life at the low, uninformed level. Some of these battles are huge, but best of all, you can play almost any of them at the level you want. There are recon missions, defensive missions, meeting engagements, and more. The game revolves around its handcrafted scenarios, and here it both shines and shows some of its rough edges. In addition to the two stars of the show you’ve got an assortment of friendly and enemy vehicles-Marders, M2s, BMPs, T-72s, and so on-and infantry forces.
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However, because of the ease of getting started, and because of the wonderful immersiveness of the game, you can still have a lot of fun even as you get the snot beat out of you (over and over and over again). There are no “ID tags,” no automatic lock-on, or anything similar. Working through the tutorials (and reading the manual) really does ease you into the gameplay nicely, but don’t be fooled-while the game is easy to play, it’s very hard to play well. A nice touch is that tutorials that are identical for each tank (such as the driving tutorials) are generic, so you don’t have to replay them when you learn a new tank. While they don’t actually lead you through any steps in the game (tutorial text is presented in a “pre-mission” briefing), each specific tutorial covers a small enough slice that you never feel lost. Both tanks get a detailed set of tutorials, which are surprisingly helpful. If you’re into gunnery, however, your job’s a tad easier if you sit in an M1A1, at least in terms of actually laying your gun on target and taking the shot. If you want to play the commander, you’ll find your job a bit easier in the Leopard (which gives you a periscope, a less-capable version of the M1A2’s “commander’s independent thermal viewer”). The M1A1, while quite a monster, doesn’t have the newest commander-position electronics that make the M1A2 such a world-beater.
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Perhaps one of the best of these commands is the one that lets you, as the commander, basically “point” to any area of the visible terrain and order your tank to move there-an elegant way of solving the problem of how to give detailed instructions (“move halfway up the hill a mile away on our left”) without a complicated interface.
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While you can’t specifically occupy the driver position, you can use keyboard commands to issue commands to the computer driver (some of these commands allow fine enough control to pretty much let you do the driving). The differences in the tanks are nicely captured and are distinct.īoth tanks let you play in either the commander or gunner positions. Both tanks are fully simulated, down to some of the best internal “environmental” sounds a tank sim has ever had. M1A1 Abrams and the German Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks. Steel Beasts deserves scrutiny because it’s so damn good, and what’s more amazing is that it comes from a repetitively obscure developer. You don’t see many of them around, and the few ones that do pop up are heavily scrutinized. all games and cases purchased from me will also come cleaned thoroughly by myself prior to dispatch.Tank sims are niche products. Condition: Very Good, Condition: all of my items are used unless stated otherwise. Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favourites list!Please be aware that compatibility is the buyer's responsibility.Please do an internet search as this will help with any questions you may have about compatibility. I ALWAYS OBTAIN PROOF OF POSTAGE AND WILL DISPATCH THE ITEM AS SOON AS THE PAYMENT HAS CLEARED.
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UP FOR AUCTION TODAY I HAVE TANK SIMULATION GAME STEEL BEASTS GOLD, COMPLETE WITH THE 48 PAGE GAMES MANUAL THAT AS GOT THE GAME CONTROLS ON THE REVERSE, AND ALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION THROUGHOUT, SOME LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES TO THE GAMES DISC, BUT DOE'S NOT AFFECT THE GAMEPLAY IN ANYWAY.