Near-unplayability aside, missions and level design can best be described as average

While traditionally hardcore gamers are already slow to accept Kinect like a mainstay feature from the Xbox 360 Controllers , thinking from developers and publishers have been a blockbuster Kinect title 's all that has to be required to have that audience up to speed.  While they could be right, Capcom's Steel Battalion Heavy Armor is definitely not that title.

Manufactured by From Software, that has a good history of producing quality hardcore-style titles, Steel Battalion Heavy Armor is an ideal illustration showing how a potentially good game can don't succeed on account of poor implementation of its control structure.  Employing a combination of the wii gun controllers gamepad and Kinect, SBHA attempts to simulate the amount of gameplay based in the 2002 original and its particular very involved twin-joystick controller.  As a result of limitations of Kinect technology (specially when in comparison to the instant input of an 40-plus button mock cockpit), SBHA is rendered almost unplayable.

It's really simple, there's too much happening and overmuch to the player to manage for Kinect to satisfactorily keep up -- in spite of the extra inputs through the gamepad.  A variety of movements and gestures the ball player makes as a way to control his Vertical Tank (VT) must quite often be performed simultaneously.  On occasion this will likely confuse Kinect -- specially when they're done straight away.  Players that give this title a spin will discover it's known to accidentally self-destruct one's VT when all one wanted to do was use the left.  While mapping such game-ending features like self destruction could have been best assigned with a vocal command, From Software failed to benefit from Kinect's microphone and, thus, overlooked a complete control input mechanic which could have at least partially salvaged things.

People that totally have the patience to endure the game's problematic gameplay interface will discover that SBHA's presentation is actually rather good.  The VT cockpit is well-detailed, gritty, and visually immersive.  Crew members, though, don't quite hit a similar mark and discover themselves just outside the eerie valley.  Battle sounds are good and loud -- so loud, the truth is, which they often times will drown-out dialogue from one's crew members (which is both realistic and annoying).  But, drowning out an absurd volume of cussing from NPCs may be considered great.

Near-unplayability aside, missions and level design can best be described as average.  Transformation really blow anyone away (pun not intended), but players won't find an excessive amount of to complain about either.  The action itself can be good, but right after missions (and kudos to players of SBHA who continue following first mission) it might be very clear how the overall feel alters little from pursuit to mission -- not too players really needed another excuse setting this Xbox 360 Accessories down permanently.

While Steel Battalion Heavy Armor stays best shown to its hardcore roots coming from a decade ago, interface issues get involved the best way and make the overall Xbox 360 Hard Drive just next to being literally impossible to experiment with.