Z: Steel Soldiers
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| Developer(s) |
Bitmap Brothers Kavcom Limited (Android, iOS) |
| Publisher(s) | EON Digital Entertainment, SCi, Kavcom Limited (Android, iOS) |
| Distributor(s) | Sold Out, Red Ant Entertainment, PAN Vision |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS |
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Windows Android
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| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single, multi-player |
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| Metacritic | 70 out of 100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
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| CGW | |
| Eurogamer | 7 out of 10 |
| Game Informer | 6.25 out of 10 |
| GameSpot | 6.8 out of 10 |
| GameSpy | 88% |
| GameZone | 6.6 out of 10 |
| IGN | 8 out of 10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 66% |
| PC Zone | 90% |
Z: Steel Soldiers (originally released for Microsoft Windows simply as Steel Soldiers in North America) is a real-time strategy game released by the Bitmap Brothers in 2001 for the Windows platform, and later by Kavcom Limited for the Android in 2014 and iOS in 2015. It is the sequel of their earlier game Z, and follows the same futuristic military science fiction storyline and battlefield gameplay. The graphics are enhanced from 2D to 3D.
As a result of a breach in peace negotiations, players take control of one side as a leader of an army of robots. Playing the game primarily involves fending off robust opponents during battles to control a location, whilst expanding your forces. Objectives are met by occupying and holding territory rather than the more typical method of harvesting resources.
Despite featuring solid fundamentals and gaining mixed or average reviews the game had minimal impact. While only receiving one gaming magazine award and garnering some criticism upon its release, the title was still an important technological advance for the development team.
Steel Soldiers is plot driven, unlike the original game, which had little or no plot and consisted of two sides fighting each other for no given reason. After 509 years of conflict MegaCom Corporation (red) and TransGlobal Empires (blue) are set to make peace and sign a treaty; in preparation, forces on both sides have reduced their military presence to a skeleton regiment. The culmination of the peace treaty is the removal of both forces from the contested territory on Planet Rigal. The plot was written by Martin Pond. As the game is played it progresses with elements of intrigue and conspiracy.
The peace initiative is brokered personally by Commander Keeler and TransGlobal’s premier, Commander Rieman. After a court martial judgement, the recently demoted Captain Zod, previously Commander Zod in the original Z, has been sending patrols into the demilitarized zone to spy upon the TransGlobal Empires. The scouts Brad (one of the pilot robots from the original Z; the other one, Allan, is staying in the campbase) and Clarke find a secret landing strip and promptly shoot down a transport ship after this discovery. The game begins with Zod sending in forces on a mission to retrieve the two missing scouts and find out "what the hell is going on", during which they find a broken box with the word "Omega" on it. Brad and Clarke's radio remains silent and although Zod lacks the proper authority, he is confident the peace agreement will remain intact but his aide Lassar is more concerned.
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