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Steel Rats
Wreck and ride in a visceral and ground-breaking evolution of the 2.5D action arcade genre, fusing destructive, octane-fueled, motorbike combat and death-defying stunt gameplay, set in a visually stylized retro future world. Switch between 4 characters, each with unique abilities, as you wreak havoc fighting deadly Junkbots!
Skillfully wreck havoc as you master the realistic physics based controls of your sweet ride. Destroy Junkbots with a barrage of special abilities and weaponry like wheel-mounted saw blades, harpoon guns, handlebar mounted mini guns or flame spewing exhausts. The more creative the destruction the better, ride up walls, backflip of the side of buildings and crush some Junkbots mid-air whilst riding upside down.
Chief 1
Just recently played it. I found the concept exciting - I love bikes and games, and together they are just great, the style is cool, but controls really need more simplicity, or an optional arcade mode in settings.
What comes to my mind is a combined keys for an action, e.g.: ASD - turns you around. A/D for speed/slow, W for jumps, S for actions.
fosiho 0
Pros: Awesome game with superb new concept, good graphics n visuals, cool bikes n characters, and great fun mechanics/stunts. Missions/Levels are well designed with high replay value. Game is very addictive and super fun once you get hold onto the controls.
Cons: Playing with keyboard is hard and clunky. Though you can configure keys to your liking still it is not as friendly as a Controller. It takes time to get used to the game control scheme. Even with a Controller, at times, it gets clunky and frustrating. I wish I could reconfigure buttons on Controller as well. I also notice frequent lag on few levels. Sometimes key presses won't register and miss your actions.
Steam User 113
- DIFFICULTY -
🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it
🔲 Easy
🔲 Normal
☑️ Hard
🔲 "Dark Souls"
- GRAPHICS -
🔲 "MS Paint"
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
🔲 Graphics don't matter in this game
🔲 Good
☑️ Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece
- MUSIC -
🔲 Bad
🔲 Not special
☑️ Good
🔲 Beautiful
- STORY -
🔲 This game has no story
🔲 Like playing "Temple Runners" for the story
☑️ It's there for the people who want it
🔲 Well written
🔲 Epic story
- PRICE -
🔲 Free
🔲 Underpriced
🔲 Perfect price
🔲 Could be cheaper
🔲 Overpriced
☑️ Complete waste of money
- REQUIREMENTS -
☑️ You can run it on a microwave
🔲 Average
🔲 High end
🔲 "NASA" computer
- LENGTH -
🔲 Very short (0 - 3 hours)
☑️ Short (3 - 15 hours)
🔲 Average (15 - 50 hours)
🔲 Long (50 - 90 hours)
🔲 Extremely long (90 - 110 hours)
🔲 No ending
- FUN -
🔲 I'd rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
☑️ Repetitive
🔲 Actually pretty amusing
🔲 Ride of your life
- REPLAYABILITY -
🔲 It's a one - time experience
🔲 Only for achievements
🔲 If you wait a few months / years
🔲 Definitely
☑️ Infinitely replayable
- WORTH BUYING -
🔲 It's Free
☑️ No
🔲 Wait for sale
🔲 Yes
Steam User 12
Steel Rats has been a good deal of fun, but I can't deny the problems it has. The game crashed a number of times, occasionally loaded the wrong checkpoint, the chase sequences were all pretty frustrating, I had one instance of a train in the Carrier level not resetting properly, and the final boss is an absolute mess of physics bugs and spotty hitboxes.
That said though, the art and level design are great, there are some really interesting things you can do with the magnetic trails when you get the hang of it, the characters all have their own unique and interesting traits, and the combat is fun as a result. It might be a little tough to get on with at first, but I encourage you to stick with it.
Steam User 5
Actually not that bad, but it's too floaty and janky, making it tiresome to handle, and the precision platforming it expects of you does not work together with the lack of precision it gives you. The speed of the motorcycle is also incredibly inconsistent, when you're in the air the vehicle slows down making it feel sluggish and in general you'll find the vehicle switching between speeds constantly making for a very unsatisfactory experience.
The handling could be fixed by making the game less freeform in driving and rather just make it a "switch between 3 lanes" type of deal, you know like in classic arcade shoot-em-ups, Audiosurf, Thumper. That alone would have vastly improved the initial impressions of the game and as such not make completing the first level something only 36% of the owners of this game has completed.
It would also go a long way to have some ingame music going on whilst driving, not only hearing the sound of the motorcycle engine, it sounds fine on it's own, but being one of the only sounds makes it incredibly gnarly over time.
It's a cool gimmick for a sidescroller, the art direction is ace, the handdrawn opening animation is just superb and the overall presentation of the game from the menu to the in-game UI is pretty damn good. The game also offers skill elements like how you have to manage energy as it is used for several things, like air dashing, turbospeed, obstacle removal and attacking enmies, you are also provided with an ability to reflect projectiles by spinning the motorcycle.
At the core here is a really good game, it's just a bit too floaty to play long-term IMO, but overall I would say I like it more than I dislike it, and with Steam's "yes/no" rating I would have to give it a thumbs up.
Steam User 7
This is a great game - voice acting is realistic, motorcycle controls take a little getting used to but with a controller it's much easier (don't recommend mouse + kb). You can unlock new skins, new riders/bikes, new perks for each cycle and always go back through older levels for areas you missed or perfecting some of your stunts/offensive capabilities. Just managed to get the game up and running in Nvidia 3D Vision using Losti's UE4 Universal 3D fix and the game is looking fantastic.
It took a unique group to create this kind of game, and you have my thanks. Definitely recommended.
Steam User 3
fun easy game.
Steam User 3
It's really hard to get used to the controls, they are overloaded (I play with a keyboard). It has different characters you can switch between, some of them better in combat some more maneuverable. I enjoyed the movement after a hour of gameplay, in the beginning it was painful. For me it's overall a good game with unusual game mechanics, good graphics, sound effects and music. I got it for free but I think it worth the price.
Steam User 1
Its nice game... Controlls feels bit strange at the start but you get used to it. I give it a ratio 7/10. Immersive story, good looking postapocalyptic vibe. :) -3 gets just cuz of some bugs, crashes, lack of music (i love the secret jukeboxes addon) + id pass scoring system for that kind of game, it reduce immersiveness for me.