Steel Armor: Blaze of War
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ARTii87




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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Dec 2011 13:47    Post subject: Steel Armor: Blaze of War


Developer: Graviteam
Publisher: ND Games
Genre: Simulation
Russian Title: "Стальной удар: Оскал войны"
Russian Release Date: Q4 2011

Comparable Titles: Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942



“Steel Armor: Blaze of War” is an authentic and dynamic tank simulator.

Player is to successfully accomplish battles in 4 historical operations on 60 square km. of battle area, manage Soviet, Iran, Iraq and Angola sides of the conflict.

“Steel Armor: Blaze of War” gives player an opportunity to drive battle tanks as driver and engineer, to organize tank attacks as gun layer and manage the crew.

To win the battle one has to own quick reactions, intelligence, good memory, knowledge of technical features of battle machines, ability to coordinate actions of the whole tank crew and ability to find optimal tactics in complex situations.


Goals of battles

- Reconnaissance and attack of rival stands;

- Protection of own stands;

- Capturing and keeping inhabited locations;

- Support of the infantry actions;

- Ambush and breakthrough from encirclement.



Combat locations and historical background

1) Iran-Iraq war of 1981;

2) Afghanistan 1984;

3) Angola 1987.



Available tanks to drive and manage

1) Soviet ‘T-62’ tank developed in 1960 with its real crew of 4: driver-engineer, commanding officer, gun layer and loader. ‘T-62’ machine has been used by Soviet army in Afghanistan, by Angolan and Iraq armies.

2) American ‘M60A1’ battle machine developed in 1962, which has been the main NATO tank until mid-80s and had the crew of 4: commander and gun layer, driver-engineer and loader. The tank has been used by Iranian army during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988.

GAME FEATURES


- Dynamic campaigns with historical missions;

- Large-scale tactical battles with real tanks, APCs, artillery, aviation and infantry. Destructible environment. Interactive landscape: ability to dig craters and trenches in real-time.

- Realistic engineering: all the physics depend on the features of battle machines, ballistics, damage of steel modeling, work of the gun sights and observation devices, work of machine crews, tank battle squads and controls.

- After-battle statistics that let player evaluate results of attacks and see received damages with vectors of missile hits.

- Campaigns processor and mode-building utilities that allow modifying main elements of the game, add new machines, units, elements of interface and arms.

- Encyclopedia of battle technics that gives one detailed review of characteristics and comparison of all the technics needed.

Screenshots:
http://www.graviteam.com/games/210.html?action=screenshots
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JBeckman
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Dec 2011 15:41    Post subject:
Seems to be released now.

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-SABW/steel-armor-blaze-of-war

(Dead Block is also available and a DLC for King Arthur II popped up, can't find the threads for those though, will try again later.)
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human_steel




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PostPosted: Mon, 19th Dec 2011 13:45    Post subject:
Steel.Armor.Blaze.Of.War-FiGHTCLUB
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LuftBrada




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2011 14:48    Post subject:
I could not install this release from Fightclub
It says that it cant install in my country and send me to a suspect site telling that I must download something else...

anybody else?
maybe its a bad release?
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thyttel




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Location: Denmark
PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2011 15:57    Post subject:
LuftBrada wrote:
I could not install this release from Fightclub
It says that it cant install in my country and send me to a suspect site telling that I must download something else...

anybody else?
maybe its a bad release?


Installed fine for me. But game is f.... bad so uninstalled it again after fiddling around in it for an hour. Worst user interface in history of gaming!!!
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Daimyo




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2011 19:48    Post subject:
For me AVG said there's a virus in the setup.exe file. I ignored it at went ahead to install, but that failed after it said it couldn't detect one of the bin files. After that I went through the trouble to clean my PC from several trojan's I got from the setup.
Still waiting for a proper release - the game from the makers of Steel Fury should be pretty solid.
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human_steel




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2011 19:55    Post subject:
The FiGHTCLUB release has no viruses in it and works without any bumps.
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Chibuky




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2011 21:04    Post subject:
Works fine here. No trojans and viruses but as thyttel said it is harder to play this game than actually drive the tank!


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Daimyo




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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Dec 2011 18:04    Post subject:
Got it from another source, it installed and works correctly. I agree on the UI though - a lot more complex than in Steel Fury. It will take some time to get used to. Some sound effects, for example MG fire, are questionable to say the least.
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LuftBrada




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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Dec 2011 18:21    Post subject:
Ty, I think I will pass this one then...
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human_steel




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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Dec 2011 19:11    Post subject:
Yeah, it's a stinking piece of ass.
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Daimyo




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PostPosted: Mon, 2nd Jan 2012 12:52    Post subject:
I've changed my opinion after installing the first patch. Almost finished the first Iran-Iraq campaign and the gameplay is much more understandable now in the strategic screen or whatever they call the turn based screen.
The tank part is also quite enjoyable when you get the hang of it though I'm not very good at spotting enemy tanks yet. Now if only the nigh vision image would be a bit clearer.. But I guess that's how it was back then. Smile
With new patches from developers and mods from community this might turn into one of the best tank sims.
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boxster




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PostPosted: Mon, 2nd Jan 2012 14:55    Post subject:
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Daimyo




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PostPosted: Mon, 2nd Jan 2012 16:03    Post subject:
Yes.
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