Tank Warz

Tank Warz – Tank Bustin’ Never Felt So Good!

Having played a variety of tank games I was thinking I would be pretty well versed when it came to this sideways on angle and power gauging competition of brute force and metal. For those of you who’ve played games similar to Worms then you’ll know a little bit about this sort of thing.

What you must do is slug it out with three other tanks and try to be the victor. Armed with your trusty tank canon you are left to guess the angle and power that is needed to get a direct hit.

If you manage to survive the level and eliminate the other tanks on the screen you will be rewarded cash for your efforts. The more accurate you are the better your ranking and cash prize. If you are destroyed whilst playing the level you simply go back to the tank modifying screen and get to go again.

Before each mission starts you have the opportunity to make changes to your tank. Whether it’s upping the tank’s arsenal with the variety of primary and secondary weapons, or bolstering your back up items (fuel, health, shield, teleport, mirror etc.), this is where the battle is arguably won or lost! With the money you’ve managed to win from being victorious, you will be able to increase your firepower and defensive properties of your tank.

This is the crux of the problem found with this game though. Everything is in the balance until a certain point whereby you can afford to buy the biggest and best equipment, once you’ve managed to do this then really you will not find the opposition any real difficulty at all.

To the creators credit, the missiles do no damage unless it’s a direct hit and the wind effects can not only have a direct impact on the missiles but also on the fire and gas weapons which can drift around or get stronger in the breeze.

If being king of the castle proves to be a bit monotonous to you then you can opt for the other game version which is much more target practice based than anything else. In this mode you must blow up and prevent the nuclear missiles from getting launched. To do this, you simply have to get a direct hit. However, if you don’t take the missile out on the launch pad then it will launch and your game is over.

This game is pretty addictive and offers a fair bit of competition but I am sure that if you like this sort of game then your energy would be better spent playing Worms 2 – Armageddon or some other similar title as it doesn’t quite hit the mark apart from the options to modify your tank over time.

Positives

Challenging and quite fun

Two different modes to keep you entertained by

Nice ability to modify your tank

Negatives

Once you’ve modified your tank beyond a certain point you will win each game hands down

Limited landscapes to take on

AI is not that tough

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