Steel Storm: Burning Retribution

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 73 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 73
  3. Negative: 27 out of 73

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  1. namDa65
    Mar 11, 2012
    4
    Very bad netcode. Generic top down shooter that gets no points for originality. Not worth my time or yours. If it was free it is still bland and bad. Stay away
  2. CrystalWaters
    May 16, 2012
    0
    I got the game during the Steam Christmas sales for like a dollar. Played it once for about an hour, and never played it again. This game is bland, boring, and repetitive. Do not spend any money on it, even if it is on sale.
  3. diskincluded
    Aug 7, 2011
    0
    This game features such brilliant things as poor controls, poor timing, a tired (almost to death but evidently not quite there yet) premise with a bland storyline, and then insults the player for quitting.
    Rather than well-paced action and good atmosphere I find myself sitting in one spot and staring blankly at the screen as I wait for some inanimate object's health bar to slowly run out    This game features such brilliant things as poor controls, poor timing, a tired (almost to death but evidently not quite there yet) premise with a bland storyline, and then insults the player for quitting.
    Rather than well-paced action and good atmosphere I find myself sitting in one spot and staring blankly at the screen as I wait for some inanimate object's health bar to slowly run out as what can only be described as a half-deaf wazzock's attempt at ambient noise half-heartedly assaults my ears.
    Forgive me for leaving now but there are things I would rather be doing than spending more time focusing on this game, such as sticking my head in a toilet and flushing repeatedly.    … Expand
  4. barakkka
    Sep 30, 2013
    0
    This game is broken and unplayable. The camera gives you headaches and nausea, and it's impossible to connect with a friend to play it. Waste of time and money. Avoid it at all costs.
  5. jstone
    May 16, 2012
    0
    Creative Artel made a very bad managerial move today. So bad, that it may cost them their financial future.

    I admit I haven't played this game. I hadn't even heard of it, even though I am a developer myself. I am here because a friend told me about a dev team acting out on the internet. I visited the Steam group and the forum, and I was flabbergasted. I couldn't believe my eyes! Here is    Creative Artel made a very bad managerial move today. So bad, that it may cost them their financial future.

    I admit I haven't played this game. I hadn't even heard of it, even though I am a developer myself. I am here because a friend told me about a dev team acting out on the internet. I visited the Steam group and the forum, and I was flabbergasted. I couldn't believe my eyes!

    Here is what happened: Some people gave this game a bad review. Someone from Creative Artel decided to publicly call them nasty names and encouraged Steam users to come here and give positive reviews just to counteract with the negative ones. This friend of mine informed them that this sort of behaviour is not very professional on their part, and their response was to remove his comment. He then came here and gave them a bad review.

    Did you see what happened? Creative Artel is in the habit of making enemies out of their customers. This guy didn't insult them, he just stated his opinion, and they censored him. And after he wrote a bad review, calling them out on their poor customer service, they put his name on a so-called "Wall of Shame" and insulted him some more. I fail to comprehend how that shames this person, since he signed his own review with the same name he uses on Steam, so he wasn't really worried about his identity. And of course, the more they try to shame these critics, the more negative reviews they'll get, creating a vicious circle that can only harm Creative Artel and its product.

    Creative Artel seem to be under the impression that talking about the developer's professionalism or lack thereof is irrelevant in a game review. I disagree. Many games and companies have tanked in the past due to some sort of customer backlash. Many gamers check the community before buying a game. They check if the devs respond to the bug reports, they check if they are polite, and they can be very vindictive if someone talks down to them. One good example is ORION: Dino Beatdown, where Spiral Game Studios narrowly avoided a meltdown because they remained polite and in contact with their customers.

    The people in Creative Artel don't seem to realise that they are powerless here. They can't control the internet. If they don't stop insulting their reviewers, the negative scores will never stop, because a friend tells a friend to tell a friend to sign-up and give them a rate of zero. To put it simply, they're digging their own graves.

    Creative Artel's behaviour shames me as a developer. They have absolutely no right to treat their customers that way, and they must be out of their minds to be doing so, since it's the devs that need the gamers, and not the other way around. The smartest thing Creative Artel can do right now is issue a public apology, so they can minimise any further damage.    … Expand
  6. suneater
    Dec 11, 2012
    1
    Frequent audio clipping with grating sound effects, bad music, unplayablely strong framerate drops, one dimensional gameplay (dodge shots while holding down M1), uneven difficulty, enemy reinforcements teleporting into the fray ala DA2... the list goes on. I would love to say "support the poor starving indie devs!" but this game has no redeeming value because of all the technical and coreFrequent audio clipping with grating sound effects, bad music, unplayablely strong framerate drops, one dimensional gameplay (dodge shots while holding down M1), uneven difficulty, enemy reinforcements teleporting into the fray ala DA2... the list goes on. I would love to say "support the poor starving indie devs!" but this game has no redeeming value because of all the technical and core gameplay problems. Supposedly there is 16-man online multiplayer but I can't imagine the input lag considering more than one explosion on the screen put you into single digit framerates. I got this in the humble indie bundle 3 so I got my money's worth but if you're looking for a shmup on steam, pick up Jamestown instead.… Expand
  7. gamerchick88
    Oct 1, 2013
    0
    Simply said, this game is mind-numbingly boring. It's so bad it's not even a game, just a bunch of mechanics strewn together. I hate myself for wasting $2 to buy it, and now it's cluttering up my Steam Library. Don't buy it, and don't buy anything else from this horrible company that publishes unfinished games.
  8. jewelz
    Oct 12, 2013
    0
    Buyer beware. Just because it's cheap, doesn't mean it's worth your money. Extremely simplistic gameplay mechanics, and the online feature is broken. Avoid.
  9. BenGold10
    May 12, 2014
    1
    This game is dumb, It is hard and boring. It's also usually really hard to open locked doors. If you want to buy this, then just don't. Controls are horrible, everything is just bad.

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. PC Gamer
    Aug 11, 2011
    65
    Simple, explosion-packed action is what SS:BR looks like, and that's exactly what it'll deliver. Nothing more, nothing less. [Oct 2011, p.78]
  2. Everyeye.it
    Jun 14, 2011
    75
    Steel Storm is a nice scrolling shooter, with a few innovative features (as the first person view you can activate at will). Too bad it delivers a quite short experience.
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  3. MEGamers
    Jun 13, 2011
    60
    Its good fun, but only for limited time and then it gets pale.
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