Steel Rats

Steel Rats sounds like a blunt action title, and the game reputation attached to names like that usually points to speed, scrapping, and a strong emphasis on style over fine control. By our assessment, that puts it in the lane of motorbike combat games that ask for quick reactions and a taste for arcade roughness. The limit is the same one many games of this sort hit: once the novelty of the vehicle combat wears off, the whole thing depends on whether the handling and level flow stay engaging enough. In practice it is the kind of game where motion, collisions, and constant forward pressure matter more than careful tactical planning. It sits nearer to arcade action than to simulation, which is the right place for it. Steel Rats will interest players who want fast, noisy bike combat and do not mind a less delicate feel to the controls.