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Steel Fury Kharkov 1942 - Game Review (PC)
By Paguba Florin
Published: December 9, 2008
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Tank simulators are not among the most popular games out there these days and there's a good reason for this situation: the sheer complexity of this genre is pretty scaring and has a deterring effect on most gamers. Combine this with numerous glitches and a bunch of crazy controls and what you'll get is a title that makes the entire experience an exhausting one, seemingly as complicated as the real thing but without any trace of contentment.
Gameplay: 56
If things would be working smoothly it's most likely that one would be willing to take the considerable amount of time needed for mastering this game, but the erratic controls cripple an otherwise appealing project of grand potential. It's only fair to say that the only mission everyone would be eager to replay is the tutorial, because after going through it once and preparing to start a proper game, you'll discover that you've already forgot most of the basic controls.
Graphics: 48
Even with all the details on the highest quality this game is unimpressive, both the interior of the tank and the environment look bland and pixilated. While the tank models are fairly good, inside the armored vehicles things are quite dull, everything is grey and lifeless, proving once more that this was a low budget game with high ambitions.
Sounds: 53
When you are not stuck in a trench or advancing with excruciatingly low speed towards an enemy position, the sounds are a welcomed distraction, although they are far from impressive. There is really nothing wrong about the audio part, except maybe for the mediocre music and poor voice acting, while the combat noise, artillery barrage and flying shells sounds fit in nicely.
Multiplayer N/A
Hardware: 44
The loading screens between scenarios are quite time consuming and while playing each mission the frame rate rarely climbs above 20, which is quite upsetting considering the low quality textures and lack of details. If you don't own a very powerful computer that you'd most likely have to upgrade it just to play this game, and considering the overall low value of this title, this is not an investment worth making.
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