Overall, the game relies too heavily on the auto-targeting feature (essentially tapping a key so the on-board computer focuses in on nearby enemies) in place of implementing a fluid camera control for you to scan the landscape and take your own shots. In essence, the onboard station modelling is a complete waste as far as gameplay is concerned. Sometimes it chooses a nearby target, sometimes it chooses something 90 degrees off the direction you’re looking towards. Worse still is when you, as the commander, use the CITV (commander’s independent thermal viewer) to search for and designate targets, the game often doesn’t choose the target you are trying to designate.
#SWORD AND SANDALS 2 HILESI DRIVER#
You have a choice of seat hopping between the commander, driver and gunner’s perspective (the loader and janitor are off limits), but typical control of the action is about the same regardless of your viewpoint. For example, the MPAT and STAFF rounds have been merged into just the STAFF round (essentially allowing you to take down enemy aircraft with the cannon), the terrain heights have been exaggerated wildly, the opposition is exaggeratedly numerous, and the tank still performs wonders that the real M1A2 driver can only dream of – have you ever seen a multi-ton Abrams crawling along the face of a 40 degree slope? Even on the latter mode the game throws few semblances of authenticity your way. The game has two modes of operation, what they are falsely labeled as Easy and Realistic – falsely because Easy can, at times, be quite challenging, and Realistic is only “realistic” within the structure of the game.
What we got instead was an armored fist to the proverbial mug. It was hoped that with Armored Fist 2 NovaLogic had learned from its previous mistakes and might implement, akin to their flight sims, an arcade but enjoyable take on the M1A2 battle tank. The first Armored Fist, which used the original Voxel Space engine, was rightly criticized for its problematic graphics and gameplay – the engine was great at displaying large environments but looked really crude up close, and the controls were too clumsy for players to become comfortable with. Awkward controls and a high maintenance engine stop Armored Fist 2 in its tracks.
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