Steel Battalion: Line of Contact is a mech simulator video game for the original Xbox, released in 2004. Set in a futuristic world where players pilot massive, bipedal tanks known as 'Vertical Tanks,' the game is renowned for its immersive gameplay and the use of a complex controller setup that mimicked a cockpit. It's the sequel to 'Steel Battalion,' and it focused heavily on online multiplayer battles, a feature that was groundbreaking at the time. Its genre can be classified as action-simulation.