Steel Storm: Burning Retribution

I got Steel Storm a while back in HiB3, didn't play it much at the time, but thought I'll give it a play now. - I like it so far. It's a good fun and challenging game. - I really appreciate the dev's support for Linux. - The AI seems quite good, and the combat is fun and challenging. - I think it's was okay to ask players to give the game a good review or rating, and I so I'm doing that. - had a minor issue with framerate dropping to 6fps on one occassion. I think there's an issue with the AI getting bogged down in a certain situation near a ramp. No big deal - I killed the tanks with the rogue AI and the game sped up again. - I would tend to give this game 7 or 8 out of ten. Various trolls and ne'er-do-wells and outraged third-parties who never played the game have in my opinion unfairly given a score of 0, so I will give a 10. - A sarcastic "boo-hoo" for the people who got dizzy, didn't realise if you move the mouse quickly it doesn't make you dizzy? You'd have trouble playing portal or half-life, those games can really make you dizzy.

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution deserves much more attention from gamers than it currently does, so I'm chalking up a 10 for it. If I were reviewing this game impartially elsewhere, I would likely park it at 7.5 for it's fast frenetic action. Don't believe me, check out their review score over at Desura. I think the negativity this game has got here at Metacritic stems from some bad PR moves in the past, but this should not overshadow the fact that at its core Steel Storm: Burning Retribution is a truly fun and exciting shooter game. The game uses DarkPlaces, essentially an overhaul of the Quake engine featuring much improved graphics and image quality (and even Nexuiz is using it). Steel Storm: Burning Retribution will have you fighting off waves of enemy tanks throughout its campaign story while trying to meet various objectives (and sometimes through up-sized levels). There are 19 levels in the main campaign which admittedly could have done more in the story and enemy variety department, but being an indie game I fully understand the lack of AAA style videos to advance the storyline as well as more enemy models to add that dash of spice. My version of the game also comes with an 8 level user generated campaign (great stuff) and an additional 6 more maps for skirmish play. Multiplayer is a doozy with their Deathmatch, CTF, and their latest add-on: a free MOBA style game currently in its alpha development stage known as AMMO Armored Modernized Mobile Operations. So, if you like a "free-range" style shooter that has you exploring huge maps, then this game is for you!