Let me mention a few things up front:
- I like giant robots.
- I bought and enjoyed the original Steel Battalion, difficult as it was.
- I like the Kinect.
That said, let’s move on to the review:
I don’t care how good the graphics, how elaborate the storyline, or how realistic the gameplay: if your controls don’t work, you don’t have a game. After playing the tutorial and having my virtual self flail about the cockpit like an idiot, I quit, packed the game back in its GameFly sleeve, and put it in the mail. The Kinect controls simply don’t work. The tracking is terrible and it’s a chore to do anything via the Kinect. Unfortunately, the Kinect part of the game is required. Therefore, the game is not fun, and nigh unplayable.
Congrats, Steel Battalion. You’ve set the low bar for any review I do in the future.