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89
PC Gamer Brasil
A sequência de Z continua mantendo as máquinas em primeiro plano. Z: Steel Soldiers se passa num futuro distante, quando duas corporações interplanetárias travam uma enorme batalha pela conquista de territórios.
87
PC Gameplay (Benelux)
Z: Steel Soldiers is een waardige opvolger en een must voor elke RTS speler met een stevige pc op zijn bureau.
84
Power Unlimited
Z: Steel soldiers kan zich goed meten met Emperor: Battle For Dune. Ook Z staat namelijk garant voor uren gameplay en fun.
80
PC Action
Z2 bietet mehr Action im Genre als jedes andere Spiel und fordert selbst erfahrene Strategen in jedem der drei Schwierigkeitsgrade. An ein gemächliches und sorgfältig geplantes Spielchen ist aber nicht mehr zu denken, dafür ist Steel Soldiers viel zu hektisch. Entscheiden Sie selbst: Wenn Ihnen bei herkömmlichen Echtzeitstrategie-Spielen fast die Füße einschlafen, obwohl Sie die Spielgeschwindigkeit aufs Maximum geregelt haben, ist Z2 für Sie goldrichtig.
75
GameStar (Germany)
Am Anfang habe ich Z2
förmlich gehasst: schludriges
Interface, grausliche
Polygongrafik und dann
auch noch die völlig unattraktive
Wüste als Schauplatz der ersten fünf
Missionen. Doch mit der Zeit lernte ich die Vorzüge
des Bitmap-Titels kennen. Hier wird das
3D tatsächlich genutzt, um durch Flüsse oder
Canyons die Karte zu unterteilen. Und dann die
spannende Sektorenhatz!
Fans des alten
Z seien gewarnt: Der unkomplizierte
Charme des Vorgängers ist verloren gegangen,
die Vehikel sind nun viel wichtiger als
die Roboter. Liebgewonnene Elemente wie Fahrer-aus-dem-Cockpit-Schießen sind nur noch
zweitrangig. Und statt der einstmals fantastischen
Render-Szenen gibt’s nur Cartoons als
Zwischenfutter. Auf der Habenseite verbucht
das Spiel abwechslungsreiche und teils bockharte
Missionen sowie einen durchdachten Mehrspieler-Modus. Einsteigern kann ich von Z2 nur
abraten, Profis sollten ihm eine Chance geben.
75
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)
Steel Soldiers is geen vorm van real-time strategie, het is real-time strategie in zijn puurste vorm.
75
Jeuxvideo.com
Tandis que les fans de Z replongeront avec enthousiasme dans l'univers délirant de ce STR un peu à part, les néophytes auront peut-être un peu plus de mal à rentrer complètement dans ce titre au concept aussi original qu'efficace. Reste que le jeu n'est pas totalement exempt de défauts qui rendent le soft moins agréable à jouer que la plupart de ses concurrents.
75
PC Games (Germany)
Das erste PC-Spiel der legendären Programmierertruppe Bitmap Brothers spaltete seinerzeit die Echtzeit-Gemeinde in zwei Lager: Die einen liebten Z wegen des actionreichen, ultra-schnellen Spielablaufs. Die anderen hassten es genau deswegen. Der Nachfolger Z: Steel Soldiers lässt die Flaggenhatz wieder aufleben: Sie führen eine Armee von Robotern zu Lande, zu Wasser und in der Luft über fünf Planeten und decken dabei eine galaktische Verschwörung auf. Jeder der 30 abwechslungsreichen Levels ist in mehrere Sektoren unterteilt.
71
ActionTrip
It would be hard to give an overall mark to a game like Z: Steel Soldiers. I only had the impression that this game is unlikely to be too popular with hard-core RTS players, but I would also have to lie if I wanted to say that I did not enjoy playing this game. On the contrary!
70
Gamekult
Z : Steel Soldiers est ce que fut Z en son temps : un O.V.N.I. ludique. La tendance actuelle pousse à la stratégie globale mûrement réfléchie et Z : Steel Soldiers va à contre-courant. Son système original de ressources ne laisse pas une minute de répit et l'action ne faiblit jamais. Servi par une campagne solo variée et intéressante, une IA adverse coriace le tout agrémenté d'un brin d'humour, Z : Steel Soldiers est assurément une réussite. Quelques défauts l'empêchent certes d'atteindre les plus hautes marches du podium, mais c'est un jeu qui donnera une bonne bouffée d'air frais aux férus de stratégie temps réel en restant accessible au tout-venant. En tout cas, une chose est sûre : explosion d'adrénaline garantie.
70
Game industry News (GiN)
Regardless, Steel Soldiers is a pretty challenging strategy game. The missions are all fun, the weaponry is varied and plenty, and the graphics are nice. Steel Soldiers is nothing new. Robot armies doing battle on a desolate planet, I used to play a game very similar to this one on the Playstation called Warzone 2100. Despite the huge gap in graphics quality between these two games, they are very similar, and Warzone 2100 is five years old. Because Steel Soldiers is nothing new but an enjoyable one, I give it 3 1/2 out of 5 GiN Gems.
68
GameSpot
Without exceptional gameplay or style, Steel Soldiers ends up as a fairly formulaic real-time strategy game. It's definitely not bad, but it's hardly exceptional. Sometimes you'll love your robots for their initiative, and other times you'll wish them a fiery death as they blithely head off into trouble after you tried to order them somewhere else. Sometimes you'll laugh out loud at the quirky humor, and sometimes you'll just wince as jokes crash and burn. Some gameplay elements like the territorial control have real potential, but they can't disguise tired concepts and an overemphasis on unit production to beat back hordes of invaders. It too often feels like you're trying to beat the game design instead of a wily opponent.
68
Game Over Online
The same twisted sense of humor is there as the original Z. The cutscenes are extremely well done, with good voice acting, funny dialog and characters, and they advance the plot nicely. It’s almost unfortunate that you have to wade through the poor RTS game to get to see them. The whole game plays not even as well as Dark Reign 2, and frankly that game was something of a dud. There are a number of units and buildings to play with (the game claims there are 30 different units and 20 buildings – I didn’t keep count), but they’re all a rehash of the typical land, sea, and air units that you’ve been seeing since Total Annihilation came out I don’t know how long ago. The missions are a simplistic mix of protect this unit or rescue that unit, but more often than not it boils down to destroy every enemy unit on the board.
66
GameZone
To me, not enough of the content or ideas in Steel Soldiers seems extremely new or innovative. Instead, it just reminds me of a few other strategy games from a few years ago, which no one plays anymore. This concept has already been done too many times. Resultantly, an extremely unique twist must be put on the game for it to stand a chance. At first glance, Steel Soldiers seems like a game that has done so, but once you get into the actual game play, you'll quickly think otherwise. An old game with new graphics doesn't make for a likeable game - something that publishers should keep in mind.
60
Super Play
Vet man med sig att man gillade Z är uppföljaren naturligtvis given. Själv ställer jag mig diplomatiskt någonstans i mitten.
60
GameGenie
Steel Soldiers fits very comfortably in the also-rans of real time strategy. The gameplay is pretty standard (except for the Risk-like wrinkle), and the graphics and sound are sub-par. If you're a big fan of RTS games, then Steel Soldiers will occupy your time for a period or two, and then reside for the duration at the Veterans of Popular Wars building.
40
All Game Guide
Steel Soldiers is an ambitious game that simply tries to cram too much action into a tiny package. It's hard to believe that removing action from a game might enhance it, but that's precisely what Steel Soldiers needs.
| Category |
Description |
MobyScore |
| Acting |
The quality of the actors' performances in the game (including voice acting). |
5.0 |
| AI |
How smart (or dumb) you perceive the game's artificial intelligence to be |
3.6 |
| Gameplay |
How well the game mechanics work (player controls, game action, interface, etc.) |
3.8 |
| Graphics |
The quality of the art, or the quality/speed of the drawing routines |
3.6 |
| Personal Slant |
How much you personally like the game, regardless of other attributes |
4.1 |
| Sound / Music |
The quality of the sound effects and/or music composition |
3.4 |
| Story / Presentation |
The main creative ideas in the game and how well they're executed |
3.7 |
| Overall MobyScore (9 votes) |
3.7 |
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