Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

by **sonicmark** » 19 Jun 12 3:37 pm

Based on the previous mixture of yays and nays, I was expecting this to get a 6 or 5.

by **OXM ETboy** » 19 Jun 12 3:42 pm

I do seem to be one of the positive ones, don't I?

by **sonicmark** » 19 Jun 12 3:51 pm

Yeah, I meant based across the majority of gaming forums and peoples opinions.

by **OXM ETboy** » 19 Jun 12 4:23 pm

I'd definitely advise trying the demo - http://www.oxm.co.uk/41864/steel-battal ... xbox-live/

by **sonicmark** » 19 Jun 12 4:47 pm

I downloaded it, just ain't got round to playing it yet, will maybe try later tonight.

by **Bubblebeard JS** » 19 Jun 12 5:17 pm

Must admit, i thought the demo was brilliant!!
the atmosphere inside that small confined cabin was intense and scary, i loved all the controls and just how easy it was to use, im seriously looking forward for this release as we finally have a kinect game that does the unit justice.
this is going to be insanely hard and increasingly frustrating as the game progresses, but its going to be cool,

im just preying they finally make / release a new MECHWARIER game. until then this will suffice.

by **schwepterbrowser** » 19 Jun 12 7:15 pm

This is the most positive review I've seen for this, it's getting panned by a lot of reviewers (3/10 from IGN, Destructoid & Game Informer - 41 average on Metacritic). As a lover of both From Software and Kinect it pains me to say that I didn't rate the demo and have to agree with the primarily negative stance. I just hope it doesn't put other developers off trying hybrid games.

by **honkayjeezus** » 20 Jun 12 12:33 pm

Both OXM reviews seem extremely odd as many sites are simply stating the game is basically broken. When you see nothing but poor reviews then the two OXM sites give a first party MS game a much better score it looks weird. Cheers.

by **OXM ETboy** » 20 Jun 12 12:51 pm

It's not a first-party title, and no, we aren't paid to give Microsoft games good scores. A day will dawn when I don't have to appraise people of this.

The controls are broken in places, but there is a sweet spot, and if you experiment, you'll find it.

by **CunningSmile** » 20 Jun 12 12:53 pm

OXM ETboy wrote:It's not a first-party title, and no, we aren't paid to give Microsoft games good scores.

You aren't?!!! I'd renegotiate your contract if I was you :wink:

by **OXM ETboy** » 20 Jun 12 12:55 pm

Tell me about it. It's been literally days since Steve Ballmer last sent me a fruit basket.

Capcom rules Kinect with an iron fist

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