Sep 24, 2000 Steel Beasts Gold rolls into stores. Strategy First's special edition of the tank simulation from eSim Games will soon be available. May 17, 2006 3:08pm. Steel Beasts ships, Steel Beasts.
There’s no polite way of putting this so here goes. Steel Beasts is the reason pretty women, when they find out you enjoy playing computer games, would rather not spend any time with you in a social environment.
It might as well be called 'Nerd Combat' or 'Geek-O-Fun 3000’. Tank warfare isn't exactly the sexiest of subjects at the best of times, especially when it's presented in a modern gaming arena using an engine that seems to have been developed in 1983, has graphics that haven't heard of 3D acceleration or D3D drivers, and approaches the whole concept of user friendliness as it would the concept of cow masturbation or bathing in goat’s piss.
Flashpoint Fodder
There hasn't been a half decent dedicated tank sim on the PC since, well. I don't know, M1 Tank Platoon probably. I stress the word dedicated there because you do get to drive tanks in the total warfare sim that is Operation Flashpoint and the bottom line m all this is that although Steel Beasts has all sorts of claims towards authenticity, truth is, it's just hiding amateurish coding skills and gameplay design behind the veneer of hardcore wargaming. Cookie jam blast for pc.
Its supposed selling-point is its open-ended architecture that allows you to make missions and swap them with your fnends at will. Once again Steel Beasts falls way behind the likes of Flashpoint here, which also allows you to do the same thing with far greater levels of design control and enjoyment.
All Wrong
But it isn’t just the dated engine at work here. There are basic flaws in the game mechanics that have you throwing your hands in the air like you really, really, really don’t care. Why do your forces still use green camouflage paint when you’re in the desert? Why, when sat behind the gun. do you have a tank commander who can happily tell you who to shoot at and where to point the gun. but when you hop into the control seat you’re not given the ability to do the same? Why go to all the trouble of including a screen that shows an interior panel of your tank if you then admit in the manual that it serves absolutely no use in the game? And why, oh why oh why oh why, do the tanks float?
I could go on but I’m not going to. The box cover contains all sorts of awards from the likes of major US PC gaming magazines as well as plenty of PC simulation dedicated websites. 'Best Simulation Of The Year' they all seem to scream, which just goes to show you can’t trust anything you read m print these days. Except for this of course: There is no excuse for Steel Beasts in this day and age. Buy Operation Flashpoint instead.
Product Information
- Steel Beasts: Gold Edition expands the original game of high impact battles between real-life tanks and infantry by adding 30 new missions created by gamers and military experts. The focus is on proven tactics used in actual battles with gameplay designed to provide an accurate simulation of tank warfare based on realistic detailing. Topography and other terrain conditions affect movement and line-of-sight from the featured Leopard 2A4 and M1A1 tanks.
The Gold Edition improves multiplayer performance and includes enhancements to the debriefing phase with improved playback features and a 3D-world viewing option. Additional refinements focus on more accurate damage, physics and round modeling, loss of communications, increased effectiveness of the tank commanders position, more events and triggers, customized ammunition load outs, a modified fire control system, enhanced joystick controls with a centering hotkey, and improved weapon performance.
An extensive tutorial is available to acclimatize newcomers to tank operations, and the mission editor has been significantly improved in both content and usability. Both competitive and cooperative action (including multiple players in the same tank) is offered via LAN or Internet connection, and all missions are eligible for multiplayer games. Steel Beasts, the original release, received several awards for best simulation in 2001.
Product Identifiers
- 0627006901102
- 6485004
Product Key Features
- 2002
- Simulation
- PC
Additional Product Features
- T-Teen
- Mouse, Gamepad/Joystick, Keyboard
- Steel Beasts
- Steel Beasts: Gold Edition
- Violence
- Gold Edition
- Improved mission editor, physics, modeling, and gameplay Cooperative and competitive multiplayer action 30 new scenarios created by military experts, gamers, and developer Modified fire control system, enhanced co
- USA
- Author: admin
- Category: Category
Sep 24, 2000 Steel Beasts Gold rolls into stores. Strategy First's special edition of the tank simulation from eSim Games will soon be available. May 17, 2006 3:08pm. Steel Beasts ships, Steel Beasts.
There’s no polite way of putting this so here goes. Steel Beasts is the reason pretty women, when they find out you enjoy playing computer games, would rather not spend any time with you in a social environment.
It might as well be called 'Nerd Combat' or 'Geek-O-Fun 3000’. Tank warfare isn't exactly the sexiest of subjects at the best of times, especially when it's presented in a modern gaming arena using an engine that seems to have been developed in 1983, has graphics that haven't heard of 3D acceleration or D3D drivers, and approaches the whole concept of user friendliness as it would the concept of cow masturbation or bathing in goat’s piss.
Flashpoint Fodder
There hasn't been a half decent dedicated tank sim on the PC since, well. I don't know, M1 Tank Platoon probably. I stress the word dedicated there because you do get to drive tanks in the total warfare sim that is Operation Flashpoint and the bottom line m all this is that although Steel Beasts has all sorts of claims towards authenticity, truth is, it's just hiding amateurish coding skills and gameplay design behind the veneer of hardcore wargaming. Cookie jam blast for pc.
Its supposed selling-point is its open-ended architecture that allows you to make missions and swap them with your fnends at will. Once again Steel Beasts falls way behind the likes of Flashpoint here, which also allows you to do the same thing with far greater levels of design control and enjoyment.
All Wrong
But it isn’t just the dated engine at work here. There are basic flaws in the game mechanics that have you throwing your hands in the air like you really, really, really don’t care. Why do your forces still use green camouflage paint when you’re in the desert? Why, when sat behind the gun. do you have a tank commander who can happily tell you who to shoot at and where to point the gun. but when you hop into the control seat you’re not given the ability to do the same? Why go to all the trouble of including a screen that shows an interior panel of your tank if you then admit in the manual that it serves absolutely no use in the game? And why, oh why oh why oh why, do the tanks float?
I could go on but I’m not going to. The box cover contains all sorts of awards from the likes of major US PC gaming magazines as well as plenty of PC simulation dedicated websites. 'Best Simulation Of The Year' they all seem to scream, which just goes to show you can’t trust anything you read m print these days. Except for this of course: There is no excuse for Steel Beasts in this day and age. Buy Operation Flashpoint instead.
Product Information
- Steel Beasts: Gold Edition expands the original game of high impact battles between real-life tanks and infantry by adding 30 new missions created by gamers and military experts. The focus is on proven tactics used in actual battles with gameplay designed to provide an accurate simulation of tank warfare based on realistic detailing. Topography and other terrain conditions affect movement and line-of-sight from the featured Leopard 2A4 and M1A1 tanks.
The Gold Edition improves multiplayer performance and includes enhancements to the debriefing phase with improved playback features and a 3D-world viewing option. Additional refinements focus on more accurate damage, physics and round modeling, loss of communications, increased effectiveness of the tank commanders position, more events and triggers, customized ammunition load outs, a modified fire control system, enhanced joystick controls with a centering hotkey, and improved weapon performance.
An extensive tutorial is available to acclimatize newcomers to tank operations, and the mission editor has been significantly improved in both content and usability. Both competitive and cooperative action (including multiple players in the same tank) is offered via LAN or Internet connection, and all missions are eligible for multiplayer games. Steel Beasts, the original release, received several awards for best simulation in 2001.
Product Identifiers
- 0627006901102
- 6485004
Product Key Features
- 2002
- Simulation
- PC
Additional Product Features
- T-Teen
- Mouse, Gamepad/Joystick, Keyboard
- Steel Beasts
- Steel Beasts: Gold Edition
- Violence
- Gold Edition
- Improved mission editor, physics, modeling, and gameplay Cooperative and competitive multiplayer action 30 new scenarios created by military experts, gamers, and developer Modified fire control system, enhanced co
- USA