{"id":21675,"date":"2021-11-22T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T00:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21675"},"modified":"2021-11-08T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T12:30:30","slug":"steel-assault-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/22\/steel-assault-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel Assault (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You are Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.\u00a0 Run, jump, climb, and smack enemies in this 16-bit arcade styled 2-D action platformer.\u00a0 Steel Assault is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Your armored tough dude can double jump, slide, and attack enemies with his electric whip, which has a pretty good reach.\u00a0 You can attack in any direction, too.\u00a0 The most unique move in your hero\u2019s arsenal, though, is a zip line that you can fire up and down, left and right, or diagonally.\u00a0 When it attaches to two surfaces, you can climb it to reach higher areas.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of like a cross between Bionic Commando and Roc N Rope.<\/p>\n

This rope mechanic is really cool once you get the hang of it, but the only problem I had is that since it\u2019s so unique, it takes a while to get used to.\u00a0 I wish they would\u2019ve added some areas that let you play with the zip line to understand it better.\u00a0 For instance, I had trouble climbing an elevator shaft near the beginning, until I realized that you can fire a zip line left and right to attach to both walls to help you climb.\u00a0 There is a playable tutorial that you can try, but I still don\u2019t think they explain very well just how versatile the zip line can be.<\/p>\n

Aside from the controls taking some getting used to in places, the only other problem I had with this game is that it\u2019s a bit short at only five levels.\u00a0 Granted you can bump up the difficulty, but I still think it could\u2019ve used a couple more stages. Normally I\u2019d complain about these kinds of games being too hard, but this one you can select a super easy mode that even I could do.\u00a0 Plus you can save your progress at checkpoints and even tackle a super tough one coin speedrun Arcade Mode challenge.\u00a0 One last little problem I had is that even in the easy modes, you can still die in one hit if you fall into a pit, so that was a little frustrating at times.<\/p>\n

I really like the 16-bit style graphics.\u00a0 I would say they\u2019re like the Super Nintendo or Genesis, but the visuals are slightly better so I\u2019d say it\u2019s more akin to a NEO GEO arcade action game.\u00a0 The music is pretty driving, too.\u00a0 If you enjoy games like Contra, Metal Slug, or Treasure\u2019s Gunstar Heroes, then you may want to check this one out.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steel Assault is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence, Alcohol Reference, and Use of Tobacco.\u00a0 You attack soldiers and robots with an electric whip and they explode and scream when defeated.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t really notice any alcohol or smoking amidst all the chaotic action.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You are Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.\u00a0 Run, jump, climb, and smack enemies in this 16-bit arcade styled 2-D action platformer.\u00a0 Steel Assault is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here. Your armored tough dude can double jump, slide, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21747,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675\/revisions\/21747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}