ShellShock Live

ShellShock Live was my first-ever game on Steam — and for good reason. It's one of the most satisfying and fun multiplayer artillery games on the Steam store. The concept is simple, yet it still manages to be almost endlessly replayable. You control a tank and shoot other players' tanks with a huge variety of weapons. There are also many different game modes, settings, and challenges, as well as over 250 weapons to learn and master. On top of that, you need the right strategy, positioning, and trajectory calculations to hit your targets. Because of this, the game never gets boring. Despite its relatively slow update cycle, the community is still active, and you can almost always find a public game to join. The in-game text chat is a neat way to communicate with other players during a match. You can also play with up to eight players at once, which often leads to a lot of chaos. The progression system is very well designed, featuring exactly 100 levels and an unlockable weapon for each one. Not to mention that you also have to use weapons to level them up and unlock their stronger variants. The XP system scales exponentially, so even after more than 200 hours of playtime, I have only reached level 84 and earned about one-sixth of the XP required for level 100. As a result, the game offers hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of gameplay before you unlock everything. And all of that comes at a price of only around €10 / $10, which is absolutely worth it. The achievements in ShellShock Live also unlock new weapons and reward XP, making them well worth grinding for. They encourage you to play every game mode to its fullest and explore virtually every aspect of the game and everything it has to offer. All in all, ShellShock Live is a masterpiece within its genre and deserves a 10 ★ / 10 ★ rating.