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    Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Jun 19, 2012

    A reboot of the Steel Battalion series, bringing the series's complex cockpit control mechanics to the Xbox 360 using a combination of both the standard Xbox 360 controller and the Kinect's motion controls.

    The reviews are in for Steel Battalion. 1/10 and 3/10. Nice.

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    #1  Edited By metal_mills
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    #2  Edited By Ramone

    How the hell can they release a game that doesn't even work properly?

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    #3  Edited By Justin258

    Ouch. I thought this might actually be the thing that makes Kinect look OK or a little bit worthwhile, but I guess not.

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    #4  Edited By Metzo_Paino

    NOOOOOO! :(

    I loved the original Steel Battalion, and was really hoping that this would be ok.

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    #5  Edited By TruthTellah

    Ouch. Those are rough. Though, I suppose they're reasonable for a busted game.

    The developer should be ashamed of themselves for releasing a broken game. A game that might get fixed with patches in the first week is one thing, but releasing a game that will probably -never- be working properly? That's just sad.

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    #6  Edited By Yanngc33

    Gamesradar gave them a 3. I kind of want to play this now, just to know

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    #7  Edited By JasonR86

    That's too bad. It seemed like a neat idea.

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    #8  Edited By UltorOscariot

    Destructoid also gave it a 3. It's a game built to leverage tech that isn't ready for prime time. Why should we have expected anything different?

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    #9  Edited By jerseyscum

    Yup. It sucked. Why an I not surprised?

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    #10  Edited By tourgen

    Well that sucks. It's too bad they couldn't get it to come together. I wonder how hard kinect gets pushed on the new console.

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    #11  Edited By Euphorio

    yeah I think it's partly the Kinect and partly the game. Sometimes, that thing just doesn't sense properly, or senses your movement too much. But it also lays on the developers...as if they didn't test it to see if it worked...it's just too busted.

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    #12  Edited By Milkman

    Sounds like a winner.

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    #13  Edited By NegativeCero

    Not surprising really. This makes me look forward to the quick look more.

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    #14  Edited By BeachThunder

    I want to see Big Rigs remade with Kinect support.

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    #15  Edited By sungahymn

    "That game is gonna be so f-ing burly!" - Ryan Davis, in one of the Bombcasts.

    So much for the crew's excitement.

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    #16  Edited By korolev

    Kinect is alright for relatively simple motions. Once you need to do complex motions rapidly, it starts to fail. Kinect still isn't built for precision.

    This type of game should have waited for the next generation of kinect or motion sensor to come out. This game just looks painful and annoying to play. Fromsoftware obviously tried and put effort into this game, but I think they expected more than the kinect could deliver. Which is still their fault at the end of the day - they should have tested the kinect and built the game around what the kinect could reliably do, and not what they wished it could reliably do.

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    #17  Edited By TheSouthernDandy

    I actually thought the demo worked pretty well. Maybe it doesnt hold up over the course of the game. What a bummer.

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    #18  Edited By WMWA

    This actually bums me out. It's a shame that the coolest concept conceived for kinext is physically impossible to make a reality. Fuck you, everyone who bought a kinect. Don't buy them next time and make MS do their job with the tech

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    #19  Edited By zeushbien

    Quite a surprise coming from how the guys raved about it, but I guess that's per usual with previews these days.

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    #20  Edited By Nekroskop

    Yuck, not that Angry Joe guy again...

    It is sad seeing the last great hope for Kinect being that broken though. I'm glad I skipped out on the hardware this time.

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    #21  Edited By Hailinel

    @Ramone said:

    How the hell can they release a game that doesn't even work properly?

    Because it's a Kinect game, of course.

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    #22  Edited By jeanluc  Staff

    That's really disappointing. This was one of the games that made me want to buy a Kinect. I guess I'll just keep waiting.

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    #23  Edited By Akyho

    @Metal_Mills said:

    http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/06/19/steel-battalion-heavy-armor-review

    http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/6/19/3088583/steel-battalion-heavy-armor-review

    Apparently Kinect is absolutely busted to the point where you will be lucky to be able to finish the game. I guess it was a good idea gone terribly wrong.

    And this is why. LOL it's so broken.

    I watched Angry Joe's Demo check in. Month or so ago. I had played the Demo myself. only the training. So When I say this I said "Joes just playing it wrong! must be his set up....Know what..ill try it myself now." Did so...EXACTLY the same stuff happened to me, completely pissed me off. No improvement on release.....so sad.

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    #24  Edited By Crixaliz

    I guess I won't need to buy a Kinect then.

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    #25  Edited By EXTomar

    The GB Quick Look isn't kind either.

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    #26  Edited By iamjohn

    Not like this.

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    #27  Edited By Cloudenvy

    This is pretty much what I expected to be honest.

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    #28  Edited By nintendoeats

    I never get excited for games.

    And this is what happens when I do.

    Great.

    Screw you Kinect.

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    #29  Edited By mikey87144

    I'm not surprised.

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    #30  Edited By SmilingPig

    I love the Gamespot quote on the back of the box, it really shows just how much Gamespot changed and would never accept money to pretend that an awful game is good.

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    #31  Edited By Danteveli

    Does it mean we have worst game this gen?

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    #32  Edited By fRAWRst

    @SmilingPig said:

    I love the Gamespot quote on the back of the box, it really shows just how much Gamespot changed and would never accept money to pretend that an awful game is good.

    You realize that critics do not get paid for having their quotes used? Even the giantbomb guys have admitted to stuff they say in public form being used on ads or w.e, hell ryan said he had a quote about DK for the wii end up in a manual.

    Its pretty clear that the quote came from the preview event, where patrick and them seemed super psyched.

    Dont be such a jerk.

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    #33  Edited By Alkaiser

    Well, there goes my reason for buying a kinect. Time to shell out crazy money for that Steel Battalion case. I didn't need that extra kidney anyways. Just slowing me down.

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    #34  Edited By SmilingPig

    @fRAWRst said:

    @SmilingPig said:

    I love the Gamespot quote on the back of the box, it really shows just how much Gamespot changed and would never accept money to pretend that an awful game is good.

    You realize that critics do not get paid for having their quotes used? Even the giantbomb guys have admitted to stuff they say in public form being used on ads or w.e, hell ryan said he had a quote about DK for the wii end up in a manual.

    Its pretty clear that the quote came from the preview event, where patrick and them seemed super psyched.

    Dont be such a jerk.

    Than they should petition to remove there quote from that box, I can’t be the only one who thinks that they get paid for that.

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    #35  Edited By Hailinel
    @SmilingPig

    @fRAWRst said:

    @SmilingPig said:

    I love the Gamespot quote on the back of the box, it really shows just how much Gamespot changed and would never accept money to pretend that an awful game is good.

    You realize that critics do not get paid for having their quotes used? Even the giantbomb guys have admitted to stuff they say in public form being used on ads or w.e, hell ryan said he had a quote about DK for the wii end up in a manual.

    Its pretty clear that the quote came from the preview event, where patrick and them seemed super psyched.

    Dont be such a jerk.

    Than they should petition to remove there quote from that box, I can’t be the only one who thinks that they get paid for that.

    That's not the way it works.
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    Kinect continuing to be the biggest con in gaming. Who needs functionality when you have marketing eh?

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    #37  Edited By fRAWRst

    @SmilingPig said:

    @fRAWRst said:

    @SmilingPig said:

    I love the Gamespot quote on the back of the box, it really shows just how much Gamespot changed and would never accept money to pretend that an awful game is good.

    You realize that critics do not get paid for having their quotes used? Even the giantbomb guys have admitted to stuff they say in public form being used on ads or w.e, hell ryan said he had a quote about DK for the wii end up in a manual.

    Its pretty clear that the quote came from the preview event, where patrick and them seemed super psyched.

    Dont be such a jerk.

    Than they should petition to remove there quote from that box, I can’t be the only one who thinks that they get paid for that.

    lmao what would that get them? a negative relationship with a developer/publisher and a bunch of drama on the internet? Gee, good work fellas.

    You seem very naive.

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    #38  Edited By Robo

    Kinect has never been capable of reliably tracking slightly more subtle or complex motions. Just big, obvious ones. Then even that is iffy.
    I don't know why Steel Battalion's devs expected anything else and bet so much on it.

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    #39  Edited By Solh0und

    Game of the year. /sarcasm

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    #40  Edited By Hizang

    Oh man, I remember the staff being really into this game ages ago.

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    #41  Edited By AndrewB

    @Danteveli said:

    Does it mean we have worst game this gen?

    It certainly does look like the Gods and Generals of this generation; maybe a close second to Darkest of Days.

    (Actually, that's not fair. The game looks kind of rad; it's the controls which apparently fail, but at least it's not irredeemable on all levels).

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    #42  Edited By EquitasInvictus

    I haven't really seen anything of this game until the quick look but it's a huge shame how it actually played -- I can definitely see the potential and why the staff would have been interested in this before its actual release. Kinect controls were probably not the best approach for this.

    This kind of makes me itch for a really good tank crew simulator more than anything, actually.

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    #43  Edited By MildMolasses

    I'm wondering what was so different about the preview events that made the guys so hyped up about this versus the final release? Although I did see a tweet from Mike McWherter (at least I think it was him)  this morning that said it was busted back then. I wonder what cause that disparity of preview impressions?
     
    Nevertheless, its super disappointing to see how broken it is

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    #44  Edited By EXTomar

    The issue isn't necessarily Kinect although that is a factor. The game appears to be simply punishing and unfun to play where Kinect appears to just add to the punishing and unfuness.

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    #45  Edited By EuanDewar
    @Solh0und
    Game of the year. /sarcasm
    HAHAHAHAH
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    #47  Edited By zaglis
    @AndrewB said:

    @Danteveli said:

    Does it mean we have worst game this gen?

    maybe a close second to Darkest of Days.


    Fuck you cause you are wrong.
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    #48  Edited By eroticfishcake

    I guess a busted game shipped with Kinect controls was bound to be a disaster which is a shame since conceptually it seems like a great idea. As if more proof was needed to show that the Kinect just isn't suited for complex actions.

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    #49  Edited By Subjugation

    Wow, that is seriously broken. The thing was jumping back and forth while he was sitting stationary on his couch. I don't understand how you can ship a game when it performs like this, even with publisher pressure.

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    #50  Edited By Cloudenvy

    @Hailinel said:

    @SmilingPig

    @fRAWRst said:

    @SmilingPig said:

    I love the Gamespot quote on the back of the box, it really shows just how much Gamespot changed and would never accept money to pretend that an awful game is good.

    You realize that critics do not get paid for having their quotes used? Even the giantbomb guys have admitted to stuff they say in public form being used on ads or w.e, hell ryan said he had a quote about DK for the wii end up in a manual.

    Its pretty clear that the quote came from the preview event, where patrick and them seemed super psyched.

    Dont be such a jerk.

    Than they should petition to remove there quote from that box, I can’t be the only one who thinks that they get paid for that.

    That's not the way it works.

    Like, at all.

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