Z: Steel Soldiers sports a humorous comic book style with a realistic 3D environment. Consequently the game was designed so a player could get into the action as quickly as possible. Gameplay ĭevelopers wanted an accessible strategy game combined with the immediacy of an arcade title. Brad and Clarke's radio remains silent and although Zod lacks the proper authority, he is confident the peace agreement will remain intact but his aide Lassar is more concerned. The game begins with Zod sending in forces on a mission to retrieve the two missing scouts and find out "what the hell is going on", during which they find a broken box with the word "Omega" on it. The scouts Brad and Clarke (two robots from the cut-scenes in the original Z) find a secret landing strip and promptly shoot down a transport ship after this discovery. After a court martial judgement, the recently demoted Captain Zod, previously Commander Zod in the original Z, has been sending patrols into the demilitarized zone to spy upon the TransGlobal Empires.
The peace initiative is brokered personally by Commander Keeler and TransGlobal’s premier, Commander Rieman. As the game is played it progresses with elements of intrigue and conspiracy. The culmination of the peace treaty is the removal of both forces from the contested territory on Planet Rigal. After 509 years of conflict MegaCom Corporation (red) and TransGlobal Empires (blue) are set to make peace and sign a treaty in preparation, forces on both sides have reduced their military presence to a skeleton regiment. Steel Soldiers is plot driven, unlike the original game, which had little or no plot and consisted of two sides fighting each other for no given reason. While only receiving one gaming magazine award and garnering some criticism upon its release, the title was still an important technological advance for the development team.
ĭespite featuring solid fundamentals and gaining favourable reviews the game had minimal impact. Objectives are met by occupying and holding territory rather than the more typical method of harvesting resources. Playing the game primarily involves fending off robust opponents during battles to control a location, whilst expanding your forces. Īs a result of a breach in peace negotiations, players take control of one side as a leader of an army of robots. It is the sequel of their earlier game Z, and follows the same futuristic military science fiction storyline and battlefield gameplay. Z: Steel Soldiers (originally released simply as Steel Soldiers in North America) is a real-time strategy game released by the Bitmap Brothers on 15 June, 2001 for the Windows platform.
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