I'm a simple person with a simple mind. I see tank game, I wanna play tank game.

I rented Steel Reign a decent amount of times from Hollywood Video back in the day, it was one of those games I defaulted to if I couldn't find anything else worth renting. See the tank and the snake on the cover? Pretty cool stuff right? Why wouldn't I be attracted to that cover as a stupid kid? Tanks and snakes are fucking rad.

The tank controls are good and make you feel like you're playing a tank, not much else to complain about aside from switching weapons feeling a bit clumsy but that seemed to plague a lot of games back in this generation. The maps can be a bit annoying to traverse sometimes too, you'll be pausing to look at the map a lot especially during the city-based stages.

I recall a guide on GameFAQs claimed that you could find and unlock the final boss tank on the hidden Mars stage. Well, I'm here to tell you that I wasted probably hours trying to find that tank and the guide is absolutely full of shit. Don't trust everything you see online.

Favorite music: Fortified City