Steel Legions - Steam and Steel-powered Ass Kicking
Steel Legions is the main thrust of the company right now as it is in closed beta. The game features RPG-like elements in regards to upgrading your tank as you gain levels from experience. You only get experience from missions which can either be PvP or PvE. The main PvE mission is simply, your standard onlnie game grinding where you are sent out to kill X number of mobs (called Marauders in the game) within a set time period. The PvP missions are more varied and include attack/defend a structure, find an object and return it to your base, king of the hill, etc. Since it’s in closed beta the missions are still being created.
The game, like all of the browser games from Splitscreen can either be played right in the browser (a 9MB download roughly) or you can download the stand-alone version which allows for full screen and playing outside of the browser (roughly a 20MB download).
The game handles all matchmaking so when you go to accept a mission it will balance the other team against you. For example, if you are level 10 it could send multiple lower level players against you to even the playing field. Since the game is misison based it means you can jump in, play and jump out. A typical mission is around 10 minutes in length so if you wanted to play over lunch, even if you haven’t got the game installed on a specific computer, you could download, install and play within a half hour lunch period.
The game also has different terrain that affects gameplay, hills give you an accuracy bonus, craters give you a defensive bonus, forests make you harder to hit and roads give you a speed bonus. This all needs to be taken into account when you’re playing in order to be successful.
The thing I like about Splitscreen is that they’re making cool looking games which don’t require multiple gigabytes of game client download.
As you play you gain experience that translates into the ability to upgrade your tank in both ability and appearance. Right now the game only has single weapons, but secondary weapons are on the way that will add new strategy into the gameplay.
Check out the video of our visit to the office and some closed beta gameplay. Apologies for the camera work, our tripod was lost in transit.
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experience. You only get experience from missions which can either be PvP or PvE. The main PvE mission is simply, your standard onlnie game grinding where you are sent out to kill X number of mobs (called Marauders in the game) within a set time period. The PvP missions are more varied and include attack/defend a structure, find an object and return it to your base, king of the hill, etc. Since it’s in closed beta the missions are still being created.
jump in, play and jump out. A typical mission is around 10 minutes in length so if you wanted to play over lunch, even if you haven’t got the game installed on a specific computer, you could download, install and play within a half hour lunch period.
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