Steel batallion is easily the most engaging Mech game ever concieved.
For example it ships with a 40+ button joystick that can be confused with a cockpit from an anime or something and even has a dedicated winsheild wiper button.
DO NOT CONFUSE THE MECHS IN THIS GAME WITH THE PUSSY MECHS OF ANIME SHOWS . THEY ARE HARDCORE TANK LIKE VEHICLES BUILT FOR MILITARY PERSONEL , NOT 14 YEAR OLD JAPANESE BOYS.
When driving your VT ( vertical tank for those not in the know ) Things like speed and balance are key in keeping your mech stable. By the way , this game is a simulator , you will fiddle with this game for 3 hours just to figure out how to play it effectively. Anyway... Balance is a huge part of the game , as you increase speed , the rate at which you can turn your mech decreases . So if you are running at full speed and slam your turning stick all the way to the side , you mech will lose balance and fall over. When you are facing oncoming fire you can perform a quick dash to the side to dodge far off cannon fire with the dedicated pedal next to the break and throttle.
There are many types of mechs to choose from , and im not going to list all their specialties , but they are damn varied in abilities . If you have a chance look them up , Particularly the rapier , earthshaker, and quasar.
This is my review due to the fact that there is way to much stuff to talk about this game with .
This game also had sequal ( kinda like an expansion) called line of contact and it allowed players to play online and added nothing but online ( but i can say right now that the experiances i had playing this game online were the best i have ever had , and if they had not shut down the servers i would still be playing it today )
This game will speak for itself , if you are a fan of Tanks , simulators , military stuff , and hardcore tactics
Do yourself a favor and buy this game at whatever price you can find it for
