HQ.) Sands of Fire‚Ñ¢ is well paced, easy to play and generally enjoyable. I found the
foreground graphics of the interior of the
tank were well done and the sound effects
reasonable.
There were many things about Sands of
Fire‚Ñ¢ that I would like to see improved
however. First, I noticed there was no way
to quickly scan the horizon. I would like
to see an additional view that allows the
player to poke his head out of the turret
and take in the scenery in 90 degree
increments. Currently you must rotate
your turret to see what’s out there and
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that can be slow. I would also like to see an improvement in the graphics outside the tank. Other tanks don’t look very realistic and some seem to be less than accurate depictions of the real thing. The terrain is also very boring and seems to be little more than a flat plain. Another thing that bothered me is the fact that the German tanks seemed too easy a target. A single Panzer VI (the infamous “Tiger” tank) should have been difficult to defeat even for several Shermans, yet they seemed little more dangerous than an other.
Changing the level of realism to “Expert” didn’t appear to improve the enemy’s lethality either. The German tanks don’t fire very often