just got done playing a few hours of this massive 40 button controller game, and all i can say is... wow. its very impressive.

a few pics
right before tunring on os
os booting, running.
opening fuel valves etc
screen coming online and ready to go.

It's good they are doing this one right and only selling it with the controller unlike many other games that use a special controller (samba de amigo, HOTD 3, Virtual on)

agreed, but to do it right they are charging 200.

Maybe I am a little biased because I work for the comapny that made Steel Battalion, but it is a really great game! We have been playing it for months now here at the office. Out of curiousity, where did you buy it at?

So what was the packaging like was it all in one huge box.

well, i was gonna take a pic of packaging and controller but the camera battery is dead. its a large box, prolly 2 feet wide 3 feet long and 2 feet deep. controller and all came in it. controller unassembled. i got it for 160 at software etc.

Maybe I am a little biased because I work for the comapny that made Steel Battalion

I'd like to personally thank you then for being part of something that has cost me $400 (XBox and the game). Ever since I played with the prototype at E3, I knew I had to have it. The realism in the game is amazing, and the controller just adds to it.

I'm still trying to destroy the battleship in mission 4. Every time, I have had one supply chopper get blown to pieces by the boats patrolling the waters. Bad timing on my part.

One thing for the sequel, make the pilots voice a little less whiney

The realism in the game is amazing, and the controller just adds to it.

The realism of fighting with giant mech robots

It's still not as large as the regular XBox controller

The realism of fighting with giant mech robots

These actually look less like humanoid robots, and more like what a first gen mech would look like. The game even calls them Vertical tanks. So to me, it seems like it's going more after what they see some military working on down the road, and less like a completly made up mech ala Battletech.

Plus all the visual effects they apply to the game make it seem like you are staring out of a camera feed of a warzone. This game could easially be called "Janes Vertical Tank" game if such a mecha existed.