£71 for a Tank Sim

Skii · 12 Mar 2006 at 22:58

...but it looks stunning.

http://www.steelbeasts.com/

How the hell do I buy this without the missus knowing... :confused:

Tomdun · 12 Mar 2006 at 22:59

What game is it?

Nieldo · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:04

steelbeasts.... like the link says

Skii · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:05

Tomdun said:
What game is it?

Steel Beasts Pro

http://www.esimgames.com/steel_beasts_pro.htm

Tomdun · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:06

Nieldo said:
steelbeasts.... like the link says

haha I am a fool, I didnt spot the link.

AWPC · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:07

Save your money as no way is that worth £71. Even £20 would be overpriced.

There is a very good reason why it is so much and that appears to be because none of the major publishers will touch/distribute it. They are trying to recoup the dev costs by marketing directly.

Think about it for a moment if it was really any good they would just sell it for 6 figures + royalties to EA, Ubisoft, Atari etc etc.

Looks like an amateur hour mod.

BF2 would be better + cheaper.

Bobbler · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:07

Why not get the cheaper version? That expensive one is designed for training soldiers :eek:

http://www.esimgames.com/comparison.htm

benjo · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:19

Bobbler said:
That expensive one is designed for training soldiers

AWPC said:
BF2 would be better + cheaper.

So thats where the US are going wrong :rolleyes:

Ren.182 · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:24

benjo said:
So thats where the US are going wrong

hehe!! ^_^

And this looks like Operation Flashpoint. And that seems pretty realistic. I say "seems" because i have never fired a gun, drove a tank or flew a jet... so i cannot say if it is realistic or not

Yewen · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:39

The original was cracking, it is a tank SIM, BF2 is no where near realistic

This does look good, like all pro level sims though, costs the earth

gord · 13 Mar 2006 at 01:54

Give me OpFlash 2 over that..

Mr Spoon · 13 Mar 2006 at 01:56

just looks like BF2 with more grass IMO.

Yewen · 13 Mar 2006 at 03:07

Looks that way, but I bet it takes a bit more practise to hit stuff than in BF2

NumptyUK · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:16

it does look rather lush, but its not the most expensive, what was that mech game on the xbox that cost over 100?

Dj_Jestar · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:07

I always nearly wet myself when I see people trying to compare simulators to BF2. Such ignorance and/or naivity

Spacky · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:49

Anyone remember M14 abrams tank simulator or something,

Graphics then looked great and reality of the missions was good.

However it lacked depth and got boring.

Dj_Jestar said:
I always nearly wet myself when I see people trying to compare simulators to BF2. Such ignorance and/or naivity

Takes one man to drive a tank didn't you know

Roduga · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:51

Dj_Jestar said:
I always nearly wet myself when I see people trying to compare simulators to BF2. Such ignorance and/or naivity

Nothing like someone saying 'Hey, what's the best combat flight sim' and someone replying with 'BF2'. What can you do...

Dj_Jestar · 13 Mar 2006 at 11:04

I fired up LockOn whilst at a LAN once, and because I have an x52 and TrackIR, it tends to draw attention.. anyway, one guy asks if the game is any good, I reply "Yeah, not bad, it's not the best but it looks pretty" and I ask him if he wants to go head to head and is he any good at flight sims..

he replies "Yeah I'm pretty good, I often get top brass on BF2 when I'm in a jump jet, but don't play any others"

He was minced meat before he even got off the runway

Ren.182 · 13 Mar 2006 at 11:10

NumptyUK said:
it does look rather lush, but its not the most expensive, what was that mech game on the xbox that cost over 100?

Yeah, it came with a huge controller iirc. Always wanted to try that.

daz · 13 Mar 2006 at 11:49

Steel Batallion was the mech game on Xbox with the massive controller, I think. Cost about £150 all-in.