Steel Tide

by Atari

Product Features

• As the admiral of an Omega class sub during WWII, you're charged with underwater reconnaissance and demolition -- which means you seek out Nazi subs and sink them before they sink Allied ships.
• Avoid floating mines as you quietly creep through the ocean, avoiding the enemy ships
• Use your deck guns for anti-boat and anti-aircraft combat
• Track down enemy subs & shoot them out of the water with your torpedoes -- but be sure you've flushed them all out, or you'll reveal your position and be open to attack!
• Incredible multiplayer action through a LAN or Internet

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000690N5
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: December 20, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,558 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Steel Tide puts you at the helm of a deadly submarine -- your duty is to protect your nation by smoking out the enemy subs wherever they hide! It's high seas naval warfare is at its best!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 3 Stars for the game, 1 more for the price.., March 17, 2003

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H. A Huffman "haumf" (Mt. Prospect, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steel Tide (CD-ROM)

This is a very entertaining arcade-style submarine game where you are pitted against the dreaded Nazi fl-, er, uh oh that's right, you are fighting the Servarians? Souverians? Whatever, all you need to know is that they blow up real good. In this relatively inexpensive game, your WWII styled sub is equipped with 4 different weapons: torpedoes (fore and aft me maties, Har-Har), deck cannon, dual-barrel deck machine guns and a sniper rifle. You also have a frogman that can swim out from your sub and plant bombs in scripted areas.

The "Dreaded Souverians" (the bad guys) have shore-based cannons, fighters, destroyers, and PT-boats to send after you. Most of the game is centered around getting through the "Dreaded Souverian" sea gates that seperate one game level from the next.

Steel Tide comes has support for a joytick but control with a keyboard and mouse works infinately better. This game would be, and in some cases is, very easy. Your main limitation is your ammo supply, it runs out very quickly, especially the deck cannon which I used heavily, even to take out enemy fighters.

Once you are out of ammo, the game is pretty much over, the torpedoes are plentiful but they sometimes have a mind of their own and they are no match against a concentrated enemy attack. The deck cannon is the ultimate "argument ender" but you become target practice dummy #1 when its out of ammo.

All in all, this gam is a fun, albeit mindless, game to play. What would have made it more interesting is if the frogman could actually get out of the water and perform land based missions under your control.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining and fast submarine shooter, January 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Steel Tide (CD-ROM)

For a ($$$) budget game, Steel Tide was more fun to play than most of the recent "blockbuster" game titles that are heavy on the fancy graphics and light on the core gameplay. The game was simple, looked good, and was easy to pick up. The developers also wisely made sure that it was incredibly satisfying to blast stuff with the big howitzer-type cannons. After playing Steel Tide, and Operation Blockade before it, I can't wait for the next Infogrames budget masterpiece!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very fun!, January 10, 2003

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Robotron (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steel Tide (CD-ROM)

I have always liked sub games but sometimes get annoyed by the simulation stuff. This is the only arcade-like sub game I know of and it is amazing! Why has no one done this before?!?! The controls are pretty intuitive aftera bit of a learning curve and so much fun... the effects and graphics are really good and the sound is too. I have really gotten in to this game and I recommend it. FUN!!...