Steel Battalion

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Steel Battalion
Steel battalion.jpg
Steel battalion with controller
developer Capcom
From Software
Publisher Capcom
First title Steel Battalion (2002)
Last title Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (2012)
Platform (s) Xbox , Xbox 360
Genre (s) Simulation game

In Steel Battalion is a video game series of the developer Capcom . The first two parts appeared for the Microsoft Xbox , the third and so far last part for the Xbox 360 . In various missions, the player controls upright fighting robots (called "Vertical Tank" in the game) in various environments and war scenarios. The series is characterized by the high level of simulation and difficulty.

overview

  • 2002: Steel Battalion
  • 2004: Steel Battalion: Line of Contact
  • 2012: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

description

Special gameplay elements ensure the high degree of simulation of the first two parts:

  • The vertical tank has to be laboriously started up and upgraded at the beginning of the mission. This takes about ten steps.
  • If your own combat robot is damaged, you can save yourself by pressing the ejection seat (separate button under the plastic flap). If you leave the combat robot too late, not only is the game lost, but the entire game is overwritten.
  • The screen view only shows a small part of the fighting outside of the robot. A variety of displays can be seen to the side and below the monitor.

The specialty of the Xbox parts is a special controller , which is still unique in terms of size and input options. The table module comprises two joysticks, a gear selector lever, approx. 40 switches and buttons as well as a rotary control. There is also a module with three foot pedals. Only the first part of the series and the successor Steel Battalion: Line of Contract are compatible . The controller is a sought-after collector's item, as only a limited edition was released.

Another limited edition was published later. This differs in that the control buttons are blue instead of green. When it was launched, the game with controller was available in stores for around 200 euros. It was delivered in a sturdy cardboard box in the design of a metal box. An extensive manual for learning the control commands is also included in the scope of delivery.

The third part of the Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor series for Xbox 360 supports Kinect functions.

reception

The first game in the game series received positive reviews according to the website Metacritic with a score of 83/100. In Japan, Famitsu awarded 35 out of 40 points.

Steel Battalion was the fifth best-selling game in the first week after its release, with approximately 15,000 copies.

Aaron Boulding, the reviewer at IGN, wrote, “ Where MechAssault and Robotech wouldn't let us into the cockpit, Steel Battalion won't let us out and so the design and pacing of the game seems built around th it's first person cockpit perspective. ”(German:“ Where MechAssault and Robotech wouldn't let us into the cockpit, Steel Battalion won't let us out ”) and joked that the cost of the controller would be $ 200 while the game would be free.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Steel Battalion for Xbox Reviews . In: Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  2. ↑ Xbox - 鉄 騎 . In: Famitsu . tape 915 . Enterbrain, June 30, 2006, p. 106 (Japanese).
  3. ^ Aaron Boulding: Steel Battalion Review . In: IGN . Point Davis. November 25, 2002. Retrieved February 9, 2018.