<s>
Shattered	B-Application
Steel	I-Application
is	O
a	O
mech	O
simulation	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
BioWare	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
by	O
now-defunct	O
Logicware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shattered	B-Application
Steel	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
desolate	O
future	O
where	O
humanity	O
is	O
on	O
the	O
verge	O
of	O
extinction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
style	O
to	O
the	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
featuring	O
mechanized	O
combat	O
in	O
bipedal	O
machines	O
called	O
"	O
Planet	O
Runners	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
preview	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
cloudy-red	O
"	O
Interactive	O
Preview	O
"	O
CD-Rom	O
(	O
DOS	O
version	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
standard	O
jewel	O
case	O
,	O
a	O
red	O
manual	O
with	O
,	O
on	O
its	O
front	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
Interplay	O
advertisement	O
"	O
6$	O
OFF	O
mail-in	O
rebate	O
...	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
promotional	O
"	O
coming	O
this	O
fall	O
"	O
Shattered	B-Application
Steel	I-Application
advertising	O
the	O
full	O
version	O
at	O
$15.95	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
Get	O
Shattered	O
"	O
back	O
cover	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
plot	O
and	O
screenshots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
BioWare	O
,	O
sales	O
of	O
Shattered	B-Application
Steel	I-Application
had	O
surpassed	O
170,000	O
units	O
by	O
late	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
Tim	O
Soete	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
said	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
plot	O
is	O
interesting	O
,	O
Shattered	B-Application
Steel	I-Application
is	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
mindless	O
action	O
game	O
than	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
31st	I-Application
Century	I-Application
Combat	I-Application
and	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
sense	O
of	O
immersion	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
enjoyable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
similarly	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
along	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
Earthsiege	B-Application
II	I-Application
or	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
but	O
without	O
the	O
complexity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworlds	O
Michael	O
Gowan	O
wrote	O
that	O
Shattered	B-Application
Steels	I-Application
"	O
visuals	O
are	O
solid	O
(	O
although	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
old	O
at	O
this	O
point	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
play	O
is	O
engaging.	O
"	O
</s>
