
This sequel adds aircraft and water vessels to the units available. Each type of world has varying wildlife and lighting effects. There are 30 missions on six different worlds including desert, forest, volcanic, ice, archipelago and wasteland types. The game has an advanced artificial intelligence that makes holding defensive positions central to completing each mission. There is a high level of graphical detail such as reflections, shadows, weather effects and other environmental factors that can slow the frame rate on low end PCs. The game features the ability to scroll, rotate, zoom and tilt the isometric viewing position to gain a better perspective. This title is not compatible with Windows Vista. These graphics are best displayed on a moderately fast or recently purchased computer although game options allow playing the game on older Pentium II systems.


Z: Steel Soldiers sports a humorous comic book style with a realistic 3D environment.

Consequently the game was designed so a player could get into the action as quickly as possible. Gameplayĭevelopers wanted an accessible strategy game combined with the immediacy of an arcade title. Brad and Clarke's radio remains silent and although Zod lacks the proper authority, he is confident the peace agreement will remain intact but his aide Lassar is more concerned. The game begins with Zod sending in forces on a mission to retrieve the two missing scouts and find out "what the hell is going on", during which they find a broken box with the word "Omega" on it. The scouts Brad (one of the pilot robots from the original Z the other one, Allan, is staying in the campbase) and Clarke find a secret landing strip and promptly shoot down a transport ship after this discovery. After a court martial judgement, the recently demoted Captain Zod, previously Commander Zod in the original Z, has been sending patrols into the demilitarized zone to spy upon the TransGlobal Empires. The peace initiative is brokered personally by Commander Keeler and TransGlobal’s premier, Commander Rieman. As the game is played it progresses with elements of intrigue and conspiracy. The culmination of the peace treaty is the removal of both forces from the contested territory on Planet Rigal.

After 509 years of conflict MegaCom Corporation (red) and TransGlobal Empires (blue) are set to make peace and sign a treaty in preparation, forces on both sides have reduced their military presence to a skeleton regiment. Steel Soldiers is plot driven, unlike the original game, which had little or no plot and consisted of two sides fighting each other for no given reason.
