Originally intended for release in the middle of last year’s busy season, Graviteam’s Steel Armor: Blaze of War will finally launch later this month. While the videogame is a unique and enjoyable experience in it’s own right, it must be said that delaying Steel Armor: Blaze of War – for whatever reason – has certainly done it a favour, as unlike the bombardment of action, adventure and family titles in the winter months of 2011, this earliest of releases in 2012 is not the type of videogame you can simply jump straight into.
GDN - Steel Armor: Blaze of War, besides having a cool name, was a very hard game to review. Not because it’s a bad game, because it’s not, but because it’s such a niche title that unless you’re extremely into this type of game, Steel Armor will be an almost impenetrable wall of menus, options and a needlessly over-complex tutorial that will leave you so unbelievably confused you’ll want to quit asap.
UIG Entertainment, a leading German game distributor, has today launched that Steel Armor: Blaze of War in the UK. A realistic tank simulator with tactical elements, Steel Armor: Blaze of War features three of the biggest conflicts of the latter half of the 20th Century.
As my tank makes its slow climb out of the pool the enemy zeros in and scores two direct hits killing my loader and my tanks commander. With the main gun down, the tank is essentially combat ineffective. seconds later the right track is hit and the tank bursts into flames. The remainder of the crew dismounts and is quickly overwhelmed by infantry.
Luckily I’m only an armchair commander and can go back and try this again, because apparently I suck at tactical strategy.
