World War-2 served as the cornerstone for many innovative games over the past few decades. Steel Horizon is one of a kind, concentrated on naval strategies. The creators of Steel Horizon – Konami, came out with this bold release that featured real time battle sequences. However, the game did not swipe success due to few imperfections.
The players take the role of a young naval captain, who is bound by expectations and tasks. The captain has to his credit one of the most technically advanced vessel, which would help him devastate the antagonist. The player is provided with an option to choose between a battleship, a destroyer or a submarine. The choosing of the right ship to the occasion is important to raise the reputation of the captain. Steel Horizon comes to a closure when the captain’s ship is destroyed. However, the other ships in the fleet could not be upgraded at any point. This at times leaves them useless and archaic.
The options in the game allow the player to launch thirteen different kinds of ships and assist him in planning the strategies. However, these options also include hospital boats and cargo vessels that could not be employed for a combat. The inability to hide these utility ships blocks the view of the enemy ships from the player. The game can seem really slow for the players as the ships can move only few square meters per turn. When it comes to the battle, the game gets really difficult to handle. Especially while turning the ships to attack a target.
In accordance with the ship, the player gets to trigger special attacks like fire cannons, dive bombing fighter pilots to attack other fleet. The player is always left busy at micro-managing every aspect of the game. This refrains the player from planning strategies and applying tactics over the game. The 20 missions offered by Steel Horizon would leave the player on a run for conquer, but it is less likely that the graphics would hold his interest. Accomplishment of missions would however enable the player to unlock few hidden missions. On the whole, Steel Horizon is a good mixture of strategy and real time action made less enjoyable by imperfect features.
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
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