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This is a nice WW2 tank sim with a learning curve. Right now this is the only sim with a sense of authenticity and immersion. It has its problems like cumbersome controls and odd sound effects, but they are not game stoppers. There is an unofficial patch available. With a mod community growing, this sim may have a bright feature. Right now folks are working on African campaign. If you want to get a feeling how it was during those battles, this is a sim for you.
Steel Tranquility
Steel fury has a really bad interface. I bought Steel Fury because one can fight on the German side in a panzer IV. The panzer IV does not have a cross hair on the main gun! Switching positions in the tank takes about three seconds while your screen is black! There are no patches on the website. The vehicles do look good and you can run over trees, but this in no way makes up for the poor interface.
Fun and challenging game.
Overall this is a great game in a neglected genre.
Pros:
Graphics are good, maybe not the best but it works well on my (older) machine.
Realism: accurate physics, driving is great, ballistics seem correct. Tank interiors look good.
Challenging: it is very hard to stay alive while not using the F9 external view.
Supported by "unofficial" patches by the developer after the publisher (Lighthouse) went under. Search for "Steel Fury Unofficial Patch" and you'll find it. This fixes the missing gunsight graphics on the PzIV among other fixes.
Active mod community mainly centered in Russia/Ukraine, but some of this content can be used in english language version also.
Ability to add missions and maps with sophisticated editor (caveat below).
Random triggers in missions add to replay value. Units can change type from PzIV to stuG, and attack from different places. Player start location changes, etc.
Detailed statistics post mission show exactly what shots hit you and the damages done. Fascinating!
Like the Il-2 Sturmovik series did, brings knowledge about a battle/theater little known in west. Has inspired me to read some more about Eastern front.
Cons:
No longer has publisher in west.
Anti-aliasing doesn't work in game and if you enable it anyway it will slow things down with no visual enhancement (noted in readme file).
Awkward and/or too many keyboard controls, i/e things that could be a toggle are seperated into multiple keys.
Small community of users outside of Russia/Ukraine.
No multiplayer.
AI can be dumb, nothing new there, hard to find a sim with truly good AI.
Mission and map editors very hard to use, instructions are there but unclear (included PDF). Tutorial videos available on developer website are only in Russian language.
I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of WWII tank sims. I do not have T-34 vs Tiger but if you are mostly interested in off-line play this would be the one to choose as far as content. To me the main question is "is it fun?" to me the answer is strongly "yes".
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