Iron Storm
by Dreamcatcher Interactive
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Video Game Reviews of Iron Storm
Customer Review: Very compelling...
Summary: 4 Stars
I had to download the patch on their website (trivially easy), and then the game worked perfect. Its worth it.The graphics are AMAZINGLY detailed. The cinemas are like something out of Saving Private Ryan. And the fun feels realistic. There's no laser cannon. But you get a sniper scope where you can zoom in on someone. You can hide places and wait to attack. Its a VERY well-made game. Kudos to the makers! And death match mode is GREAT! I highly recommend it.
Customer Review: Iron Storm is a Great game
Summary: 5 Stars
IronStorm is a great game I bought it this weekend and have not stopped playing it. The graphics are impressive, sounds is good although the voice over at the beginning of the game is a little bit choppy. The game play is what makes this game great, the enemy AI is very good, the environments are done very well, and the storyline is interesting. I had no problems running this game, I have not once had a crash while playing it like other reviewers stated. I am running windows ME, AMD Athlon 1.2G, 384MB of RAM, with a GeForce2 Ultra 64MB video card.
The Multiplayer looks great but there are not many servers to play on and I am on a 56K dialup, so I have only played it online once.
Overall if you liked SOF, SOF2, and MOHAA you will like this game.
Customer Review: Move over Microsoft, Dreamcatcher releases junk too!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this game (original-off-the-shelf) and went home to load it up. Installed great and when I went to play it... it would not work. I am serious! I spent hours going through the readme files with a fine tooth comb and they will tell you in the same file that THEY KNOW the game will not run with the majority of sound and video cards on the market. I patched the game and even installed it's included safe mode drivers (Yes it comes with a safe mode version- so what does that tell you!) and it still didn't work. I patched it- nothing! Wrote customer support and they said that they are aware; and I quote, "Like yourself, we are very disappointed at the problem you are experiencing and are working hard to correct this". So the bottom line is that they realeased this product loaded with bugs. It is a waste of money for people to buy it!Customer Review: Ironstorm - 50 years of WWI Combat Shooter
Summary: 3 Stars
I was very compelled to write a review regarding this game. This 3d shooter stands above the rest of the games of its type by rewriting an alternate history for the story plot. The game asks the question: "What if WWI never ended and instead continued to be fought in the trenches for more than 50 years? Spanning from 1914 to 1964, Ironstorm combines all the weaponry and technology from the WWI, WWII, Vietnam era and other unseen inventions that would have been created if WWI did in fact continue on for so long. The graphics of this game are superb and the background lanscaping makes the feel of a worn torn alternate era. The sound is decent and the gameplay is good. The player can alternate from first person 3d shooter view to a 3rd person view. The game requires much more than just run and shoot up the baddies. In fact it requires quite a bit of crawling around and infiltration. There are no cheats for this game available except thru a downloadable trainer. I only gave this game 3 stars because it is very clear that 4X stuidos and Dreamcatcher co. rushed this game to the stores without testing out all the bugs just to make a quick buck. In fact the newest patch 1.02 does not fix most of the major bugs but it does fix some minor bugs for those people who experience game crashes if they own a usb keyboard or mouse. But even after installing the newest patch, the game will still crash back to desktop everytime (1 min of gameplay before it crashes). Another problem that I have experienced is a sound problem. Sometimes the gameplay will be choppy and the sound for the game will be nonexistent if you hit escape and try to save your game. It really is disappointing however to see such a great game with a good concept go to waste because of so many bugs that have yet to be corrected. My advice for those people who are thinking of buying this game are: 1) Wait for the next patch (current patch is 1.02) and hopefully the game crashes and sound issues will be corrected.
2) Wait until the game comes out with a newer version at retail stores.
3) Wait until this game drops in price. Current price I purchased it for was 34.99. Maybe the game will lower its price even more because of the gameplay issues.
Gameplay = 5/10
Graphics = 9/10
Sound = 5/10
Value = 6/10
Customer Review: Alternate History In 3-D
Summary: 5 Stars
IronStorm is a fantastic alternate history based game where you take on the role of Lieutenant James Anderson as he tries to bring "THE WAR" to an end. What would happen if WWI never came to a close? Iron Storm helps you to find out!Graphics: Absolutely fantastic I have not seen graphics done to this intense level in an FPS, on such a grand scale, since Half-Life was first released. The smoke in this game is just absolutely fantastic, you will fall in love with the graphics with the introduction movie which is done with the game engine.
Sound: While the voice acting is a bit rugged overall it is well done and rather appropriate for each particular situation. The sound effects in general are stunningly well done, however certain aspects (particularly weapon sounds) come off a bit weak. Surround sound helps alot with this particular game.
Game Play: The sneak missions are incredibaly difficult to play through while everything else is relatively difficult but not too difficult to keep you from playing through the game. There are a few areas where things need to be changed but hopefully they will be updated with a patch by Dreamcatcher.
AI: the AI is marvelously done and results in some nail biteing action and some very difficult situations that you will have to get yourself out of.
Replay Value: Relatively high. With a single player game that is worth playing through more than once and a multiplayer game that is fantastic (although rather laggy at the moment with a small amount of community support) Iron Storm is sure to give you hours of replay time.
Overall I would definately say this particular game is worth its price, especially if an SDK is released so that modifications can be made. I can see IronStorm building up a community to rival even that of Half-Life and its respective modifications (IE Counter-Strike).