Apart from this being a boring game with controls so bad that it causes dizziness, I don't recommend this game because of the behaviour of the developers themselves.

Because of its low User Score on Metacritic (4.7 out of 10), the devs made an official announcement where they asked gamers to spam-vote perfect 10s in order to manipulate the result, while at the same time calling those who gave them low reviews "morons" and "trolls", among other insults. When I and a few others remarked on how unprofessional that was, we had our comments and posts deleted, as well as our names included in a very public "Hall of Shame" (which was also deleted a few days later) where the developers attempted to ridicule and humiliate us as "trolls".

When almost no one posted any favourable user reviews on Metacritic, they asked Steam to remove their Metacritic score from the game's store page, as it gave them bad publicity (and that's why it's no longer here), but not before one of the developers (called Alexander "motorsep" Zubov) posted a fake review, giving his own game a 9 out of 10.

Companies that behave in such anti-consumer ways don't deserve any business.

Fantastic game I definitely recommend it

The game is mediocre at best; horrendous controls/camera married to utterly average content.
What takes this from 'blah' to (a more enthusiastic vomit noise) is the complete lack of integrity on the part of the developers. Do /not/ give these people money.

Not worth the full $15 price, but a great game to pick up when it goes on sale.

Don't set a goal to sit down and beat this game. It isn't that type of experience. This game is great for picking up and playing whenever you have an hour or two to kill.

This game is awful. The camera is so poorly designed that it is the only game I have ever played that made me feel sick; my friend and I couldn't even last 20 minutes of gameplay time without feeling nauseous. Save your money and skip over this one.

I tried to like this game but the camera and the motion for whatever reason makes me feel sick... I've been sick from one other game like this, but most top down shooters don't bother me. Something about the motion with the camera is really off. I notice other people have reported similar issues.

Well, I gave this game more than a fair shake, because I did enjoy parts of it. And it's not all bad, in fact it could be a really good game if it didn't suffer from some major game design flaws.

The weapons and movement are satisfying.

What's not satisfying is enemies being able to see and shoot you long before you get to see them, off screen. Or enemies spawning all around you (including offscreen behind you), boxing you in with no chance. Or interactions and pickups being touch based, with a very large radius, so that if you swap a weapon in one of the game's narrow corridors, you can't pass there again without it swapping again, and again and again in a loop as each weapon gets dropped and picked up again. Or the minimap and large map being complete messes. So many things.

Also the change camera key just straight doesn't work.

The ideas of a bullet-hell shmup with none of the polished audio, visual, or gameplay elements. Acceleration on your vehicle gives you a sluggish, floaty, imprecise feeling when you try to dodge bullets and stuff. Worst part about it is it gave me motion sickness because of how the camera is always moving based on where you are facing, but also because of the acceleration component of the turning and moving. The gameplay/level design is very old school and simple and consists of completing a certain number of objectives per map. A lot of times you'll be shooting at enemies offscreen or they'll be shooting at you, which is stupid and not fun.

Wow! This game is WIN! It's both a top down and a 3rd person vehicle shooter (your choice). The 3rd person view rocks with the Borderlands cartoon style graphics. The game reminds me a lot of the old arcade shooter Tempest. Plus it's got some Madballs maze blasting. Online co-op up to 16...sick! Controller enabled! If you bought the humble pack and you've put this one off, don't wait any longer. it's time to play!

At its core, Steel Storm: Burning Retribution is a truly fun and exciting shooter game. It has you fighting off waves of enemy tanks while trying to meet various map objectives (sometimes through up-sized levels).

The game features 19 levels in the main campaign; an additional 8 level user generated campaign plus an additional 6 maps for skirmish play rounds up the collection. Multiplayer is a doozy with Deathmatch and CTF. Their latest add-on: a free MOBA style game currently in its alpha development stage known as AMMO - Armored Modernized Mobile Operations is great fun to play.

So, if you like a "free-range" style shooter that has you exploring huge maps, then this game is for you!