Разработчик: Bretwalda Games
Описание
В распоряжении игроков находятся отряды до 8 человек и военная техника того времени для прохождения 30 миссий - захвата и обороны плацдарма, защиты персонажа, проведения диверсии и т.п.
Для успеха в миссиях, игроку потребуется:
- Экипировать отряды в соответствии с задачами и условиями миссии и вашими предпочтениями;
- Читать тактические карты и планировать стратегию и действия;
- Беречь бойцов и технику - солдаты легко погибают, а у вас их и так мало;
Ключевые фичи:
- Действия в игре подчиняются законам физики и этим она похожа на классику настольного жанра - Warhammer, Infinity The Game;
- Возможность управлять и захватывать технику - танки, пушки, минометы;
- Возможность экипировки солдат в соответствии со своими предпочтениями;
- Оригинальное оружие и техника, относящее нас во времена Великой войны;
- Сеттинг с элементами стимпанка, словно вышедший из под кисти Миядзаки;
- Приятные мелочи по типу - уничтожаемых объектов, интеактивной фауны и рукопашных схваток;
Искренне надеемся, что вам понравится наша игра, так как мы очень старались сделать ее по-настоящему интересной. Ваша поддержка и комментарии помогают нам делать Steam Squad еще лучше.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, russian, french, german
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС *: Windows XP or later
- Процессор: 1.7+ GHz or better
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVidia or ATI graphics card
- Место на диске: 2250 MB
Mac
- ОС: Mac OS X 10.6 or later
- Процессор: 1.7+ GHz or better
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Место на диске: 2250 MB
Linux
- ОС: Ubuntu 12.04 or later
- Процессор: 1.7+ GHz or better
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Место на диске: 2250 MB
Отзывы пользователей
Steam Squander.
Worthless UI has no Save menu.
Clumsy UI makes the movement+overwatch of each single unit a tedious exercise in near pixel perfect mouse manipulation.
Lacking UI has no Undo command.
Worthless UI has no workaround for the above, because no Save bloody menu.
Impotent UI fails to change screen resolution.
Misguided UI doesn't show what happens during enemy phases.
Clunky UI has an oversized, frivolous HUD instead of clear identification and selection of toons.
Did I mention that the worthless UI has no Save menu?
Who plays a TBS without agency?
Not me.
When the game crashed during the escort mission, it was already on borrowed time.
Sidenote: From the screenshots, I expected humour. My bad. Still, a complete waste of alternate History.
lame, buggy and abandoned...
hands off!
This is a proof of concept, not a game. Stay away
Steam Squad is a nice game and i would give it a positive review but, its so unpolished that i just cant do it.
There is no camera rotation, quick save feature nor mission/campaign selection, these last two hurt a lot when there are achievements that depend on how you do a campaign, because there is no way to start second campaing withouth going through the first one all over again and the tutorial, which cant be skipped.
Sadly these updates wont happen as the game is rather old and probably no longer supported by the dev team.
What looked great in early mode just didnt hit the mark. If you are going to bother with a good turn based squad game do it right. This is a waste of money, I tried to like it and I gave it a go with a few restarts but honestly I cant see me going back to his again. no relation to your characters even though they can carry on to other missions. No real stealth so you can see what will happen. Just some game makers having a laugh. Gross disappoint for something which looked like it was going to be good. Waste of money unless it is for £2.
This game was/is very bad.
Game struggles to loop correctly i.e FIXUPDATE, UPDATE, and LATEUPDATE
You'll notice yourself running around trying to trigger the next event without getting another shot at a missed trigger point.
Steam Squad is a classical tactical war game with a lot of dumb, old school mechanics. The game's presentation can be resumed by reading letters and looking at roughly drawn maps. There is no supporting media coming with the delivery. Well specially after muting the rage inducing soundtrack.
First, shot chance percentages make no sense: Classic. On throwing grenades and rockets, you always seem to hit regardless of the odds. I've learn to only fire around 8% chance, otherwise the game would find a way to put some geometry for the darn things to blow up in my soldiers' faces. Firearms on the other hand have a strong tendency to be useless the lower the percentage chance is. A simple thin fence will block all kinds of bullets. If you have your own units anywhere in front of you, point blank range, they'll be hit with 100% accuracy all the time.
The game became a complete suck fest of running into horrid behavior and re-rolling by leaving to main menu to restart the levels. Restarting seems to yield the exact same actions too often. There doesn't seem to be any kind of sophistication in the AI of the units you fight. You can finish levels, by finding a path where the enemy remains completely still for all rounds.
Level design is painfully dumb. The only way this game makes itself difficult is by giving horrid starting positions with very little options. For example, you need to go through an underground base, and there is no way to cross doorways without getting murdered. The only way to get through is restarting, being lucky. It's the same on every map. You need to suck, restart, suck restart continuously.
Technically, the game crashes somewhat frequently in the middle of the action. Forcing more needless restarts. You can't rotate the camera, you can not evaluate if your soldiers are covered or not. There is no explanation on how to configure equipment for your units. The UI is a patchwork of bad ideas and easy things to develop.
Steam Squad feels like a cash grab game, unmaintained and not supported by a real development team. There are definitely better tactical games to spend money on Steam. At its regular price, the only way purchasing this makes sense is if you want to donate money to a sales team.
The game looked like a gem, but failed in too many aspects. I played only to the 3d mission, may be it would go better, and there'll be bugfixes, but in current state I definitely can't recommend it to anyone.
Cons (that's why it is negative after all):
1. The game is very unpolished. Things are little but they are everywhere.
2. AI. It is not stupid, strange mix of bad RNG (it is even worse then in X-Com), good tactics and dumb pathfinding.
3. Bugs. Annoying. Enemy perfectly fine goes through 4 man on overwatch (AP left) and kills one of them in melee. Other time my soldier shoot on overwatch out of cone of fire...
4. graphics are ok in some places and just bad and unpolished in others, screenshots are carefully picked. X-com like action camera is the worst part, it is funny here, not dramatic.
5. Combat system is shallow, expected much more from the description.
Pros:
1. Nice setting
2. Really good atmosphere (when not hindered by funny jumping soldiers), all these films and letters home are very nice.
3. UI is nice, but not as informative as I would like it to be. But very nice.
4. Music is good too.
May be devs shod consider making a movie or a comics. Most good things about this game is, sadly, not about gameplay,
Was really hoping this was going to be a gem, but it seems to have totally missed the mark for me. Ultimately, this is an extremely shallow game, granted I only made it to the third mission before having to quit forever, so maybe there's more content I haven't seen... but doubtful.
For starters, the first thing I noticed about this was the extremely amateur production. And that's not in like a indy-dev boot-straps and moxy kind of way, it's a very unpolished game that shows very little thought was put into many of the design choices, even things that have been standard for years. Interface is pretty lacking, common QoL shortcuts are none-existant, prepare for lots of needless clicks. Mission briefs are full of useless nonsense and lacking in actual content, you'll read a few .jpg's sliding on the screen and wait for the animation of pages shuffling to see each useless one. Random transitions during the intro cinematic were absolutely jarring really the first big red flag I noticed. They quickly, often, and randomly changed from cartoony animated 3D, to 2D, to actual live footage, to still shots, and then back again. Pick a style! It's like all the content was salvaged from the free demo bin Baby's First Game Dev book. It honestly feels like a lot of things in here were added to increase the game's run time and pad the clock. Either to create and illusion of lots of content, or to get people past the Steam refund wall.
But, that's all kind of nit-picky stuff I realize most won't care about. So actual gameplay. It's shallow, real shallow. In the first three missions I played through I was presented with the same 3 unit types. Their differences end up being trivial ultimately to the mission at hand. There is an inventory but it is clunky and I regret even noticing it because it was irrelevant to the game and just forced me to navigate more terrible menus. The actual missions are dull just wait for them to rush into our overwatch areas, forced cinematics that are hardly what I would call 'animated' that add nothing but time to the mission. At the end your well performing troops get experience and stats... but what that is good for I've yet to determine. 3 missions, you'd think you'd get a level up, or new gear, or new unit, or something. But no, there is absolutely nothing new to incentivize good performance or even loading the next map... so I didn't.
So at the end of that, I think this game is really close to being something great but seems to have been pretty mismanaged for a while and is way off target for what would be expected of a modern game. P2W mobile games have more content than this for before the paywall.
The game is ok but there needs to be a way to rotate the map. Additionally there needs to be a "retreat" mode or "end mission" option. Having to fight to the last man every time is unnecesarily time consuming. I would also like the option of killing the cut scenes where i have to watch members of my squad make thier first move. Boring and useless.
On the up side, I did get it on sale.....
First Impression Video:
https://youtu.be/yfzO2YVav7w
Steam Squad is a fun turn-based strategy game set in an alternate history World War I. That being said, it does have its issues.
So, if you've ever played XCom you know the basis of Steam Squad. You have your squad, the enemy has theirs and it's a firefight from there on out. The controls are mostly run by the mouse with left click executing most commands and right click over-watching. It's pretty easy to pick up once you've done the tutorial and the first few missions are easy enough for you to get a hang of them.
Overall the system works out pretty well, but I do have some gripes with the game. I'll just list them out here:
Cover - This is my biggest issue with the game. There is clearly cover mechanics in the game, but the game gives no indication to the player of whether or not you've actually gotten into cover, or what is actually considered cover. Low sandbag walls and trenches? Obviously those are cover. That stump out in the field? I can't be certain. Have you poked your unit so far around the corner that he's not in cover anymore? It's hard to tell.
Units - There are only three types of units: soldiers, machine gunners, and grenadiers. This is fine, they all have their position and I've never really pined for any other units (outside of maybe a sniper).
Action Cams - As a lot of other players have stated, I don't like the action cams. There's not much to see and they just slow down the combat. Plus, when up close the units run really weirdly ( which, I'll admit, I quite enjoy watching them waddle around).
Despite these things, the game is fun to play. It uses an action point system that allows for more variety than something like "two actions per turn" (aka the XCom system). The scenarios can be challenging while not being so brutal you want to throw your computer out of the window (or wherever you want to throw it, I won't judge), and the aesthetic is quite nice.
Overall, this is a fun turn-based strategy. It seems mostly glitch free and is a game I will definitely play to completion in the future. If you love turn-based strategy games, you should check it out.
For a turn-based squad game there is enough for me to recommend it.
* It incorporates action points well
* The maps are interesting
* Units are role based rather then stat based
* It has freaking opportunity fire!
* The alt history makes the engagements interesting and fun
That said, the UI is a bit rough and lacks pollish. Graphically, it's a bit jarring, but completely serviceable. If you can get past those warts, the game has many gameplay delights to offer.
Feels like an early access game. The game has a lot of potential if they fix some things. I wanted to like this game, but I just found myself getting frustrated with it. If they do fix some of the issues I could see myself recommending this game, but I can't in it's current state.
- Minimap could use some work, you can't see the area that your camera is view on it.
- Cover is very frustrating for me. It's hard to know if you are in cover or not and what area you will be able to see from positions if you decide to move to that spot. I had one situation where I thought my guy was in cover behind a building. I could see that he was on overwatch in the direction I wanted with all of his action points available. Then on the enemy's turn some invisible guy was able to spot mine and kill him while my guy never saw him.
- It would be nice if I had some indication if my solder can fire on an enemy.
- Not colorblind friendly, it does ok, but there are no options to adjust the color at all.
As a great fan of turn based strategies and everything related to Great war, I have been following developing of this game since its campaign at Kickstarter for a year or so, waiting for it to become usable and interesting. Finally after recent updates - being able to equip its own squad and use heavy machinery, decided to go for into playing in it. If to summarize its pros and contras, here they are:
Difficult to accomplish missions if you do not play accurately and smart. Soldiers are killed with 1-2 shots or grenade and you have just few of them - like it when it is hard :-)
Good looking and high quality graphics, music, game mechanics etc;
Updates are coming every week and as it have been told by developers it is scheduled to be ready in full this summer already. Feels like it is progressing fast to be finalized;
Cons:
Still too few missions :-( and only one is so far with tanks and artillery;
Quite many of the iconic symbols of Great War are missing - barbed wire, gas, cavalry attacks...or at least I did not see it yet - did not find info from developers if they plan to have it
Early days yet. I don't really know what an early access beta is supposed to look like, but I can't imagine this is it. Played the first scenario (I guess). There was no tutorial. There was no explanation of the campaign. It is quite obvious that English is a second language. I am hoping the game will get the attention it needs I really like the concept, but right now if I could I'd ask for my money back.
The art is great, I can tell they've put a lot of effort into it.
This game has been making regular progress with updates, so I'm confident it will reach final release.
-Recommended Title-
Steam Squad is a "Steampunk" Turn Based Strategy game, currently available as early access (in Beta - currently v0.371b)
Whilst the game is based on "The Great War", it's historical content does not include the Entente and Central Powers forces per se, but the British and "Exotic Asian" (Han) forces instead, this dynamic is interesting - and refreshing and sets a very plausible scene.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=330512716
The main character in the story is a British Captain - Ken Whitehall, and his troop of "Gentlemen", whom are battling the "Han". The storyline follows Ken and his men, through different missions as they undertake the battle and stop the march of the Han.
Versions:
The graphics in Steam Squad are still being developed, they are similar to Men of War in it's current state. The artwork is interesting and fun, with of course a steampunk look.
The Gameplay is the typical turn based type, where you get to move your troops into position, fire at the enemy and then end the turn,waiting for the enemy to make their move. As always, placement of the troops is important, as the Han are very good shooters!
Steam Squad will include tanks, artillery and other "steam" powered instuments of war ,which will be drivable. This increases the playability value - and turns this game from a typical strategy shooter. Destructable environments are currently not included, but will be at a later date.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=331276120
There is no ability to control the camera - other than panning (zoom is not enabled), and the camera does not focus on the enemy when they take their turn. I believe that some camera tweaks are being worked on and will be released in a later version. The camera view is dimetric.
**Update v 0.371** The camera now follows the actions of the player and npcs. It also includes the zoom function. These improvements have made a big difference to gameplay.
The UI looks great, but again, some work needs to be done on this to make it more polished and easier to use. Having said that, it does not stop you being able to have an enjoyable game.
**Update v 0.371**
There have been tweaks made to the UI, both in the main menu, mission selection, and gameplay screens.
The music is ok, the background effects lack the atmosphere of explosions and gun fire. . more needs to be done with improving the audio emmersion.
Overall, Steam Squad performs very well, and is not a walk in the park to play. It's an early beta, so expect that there are going to be things that are missing, don't work, or need improvement. The developer - Bretwalda Games - is constantly working on Steam Squad with an further update v 0.371 just released.
I think that there is plenty of room for Great War era games such as this, in a overly populated Second World War gaming universe.
I recommend Steam Squad, even in it's current Beta build, it shows great potential, and whilst Bretwalda Games are a relatively new company on the scene, the quality of their work, and commitment to ensuring that the comunity voice is heard equates to what I hope is a very successful game.
Definately a strategy title to add to the collection at under $10 doleros, if you don't mind putting up with a few annoyances along the beta journey, until release. And help support smaller develop studio's.
7/10
This is a updated review as of 11-5-14
The UI "was" awful, Its much better now with new update. It still has poor sound that is very muffled. It now has better conveyance of who is firing or being fired on. The camera got a major overhaul. The pan smothing is much better now. When someone does get killed they just slump. This game does have potential and is getting better.
This is a updated review as of 11-5-14
Steam Squad.
What it is:
Squad based turn strategy game, with a Steam Punk, cartoonish WWI setting.
PROS:
- Solid game mechanics.
- Easy to learn yet tactic gameplay.
- Beautiful graphics.
- Nice, interesting story and setting.
- Great steam mechas (planes and tanks), that will be usable in the final release (according to developers)
- Mele weapons! Bring out the pitchforks!!
- The developer is VERY involved in the forums, and many of the bugs/fixes/changes adressed there have been taken care of.
- The developer promised to work on a modding extension after the release.
- Battlecam!! It has been implemented and works great, with a depth of field effect and nice color correction, that gives an old film feeling. Great!
CONS:
- Gameplay feels a little light, specially if you compare it to old school tbs games like Silent Storm, JA2 or Fallout tactics. Hopefully the tank play will compensate that.
- In order to make the gameplay more fluid, prone/kneel/stand positions have been changed to a more fluid "kneel while standing still, stand while running/shooting for cover - no prone" mechanics. More fluid, but also lighter.
What I LIKE:
- Setting.
- Graphics and game concept.
- Game mechanics.
- Full ballistics engine.
- Destroyable enviroment (promised by developers, not yet implemented).
- Interactive fauna.
- Graphical display of Action Points, both in the small valve like dial, and in the movement line, where it shows you in easy to read green-amber-red tones how far your character can move before running out of AP.
[*] Part of the game is developed in Blender, which is Free and Open Source Software, and it's released for linux.
I can't believe I paid money for this. The screen pan is really awful. Game play is far too slow. There's no way of telling whether you're damaging the enemy until a soldier dies. Remaining Action Points are virtually invisible, and there's no way to tell how many action points a move will take. the game is virtually unplayable at the moment.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Bretwalda Games |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 18.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 35% положительных (23) |