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Varuna · Aug 9, 2006

From the creators of Chaos Field and Radilgy comes Tank Beat, described as a "Quirky tank-centric action game for the DS" featuring a multitude of real tanks to pick from.

The game will feature a story mode from which missions are unlocked and can be replayed anytime; and will use the DS Wi-Fi feature for vs battles with other players near and far.

The game is scheduled for a November release in Japan.

The screens aren't great as they're probably from an early build:

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http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/2006/07/29/104,1154112226,57779,0,0.html

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6155422.html

mutsu · Aug 9, 2006

Hey you know, my friend/colleague just came around to talk to me about this game, and he seems REALLY interested in this game.

This is coming from a guy that has no interest in ANY DS games besides Super Robot Wars DS and Mario Kart DS.

rocksolidaudio · Aug 9, 2006

looks awesome, for some reason.

Emotions · Aug 9, 2006

More DS support is always welcome.

Mr Nash · Aug 9, 2006

It's interesting how the radar is on the touch screen. I guess touch screen controls will be for operating different weapons system then? Also, for some reason, the combat image in the second screen reminds me of Tiny Tank. Maybe it's just the cute, squishy blue tank in it.

ethelred · Aug 9, 2006

Looks atrocious.

Walter Matthau · Aug 9, 2006

graphics remind me of assault rigs

Lapsed · Aug 9, 2006

If the gameplay is solid, this game could be really cool. This reminds me of those tank games of the late 1980s. Fun stuff!

White Man · Aug 9, 2006

It reminds me of that CTFy game with vehicles for the PS1. . .I think it was for another system, too.

VOOK · Aug 9, 2006

ethelred said:
Looks atrocious.

Your a observent one.

ethelred · Aug 9, 2006

parathod said:
graphics remind me of assault rigs

The graphics remind me of this time I got really drunk and threw up a little.

jaundicejuice · Aug 9, 2006

I dry heaved a bit when I saw that screenshot.

Rorschach · Aug 9, 2006

White Man said:
It reminds me of that CTFy game with vehicles for the PS1. . .I think it was for another system, too.

Damn...what was the name of that game? I remember it too, but not the name...now this is gonna drive me insane all night.

White Man · Aug 9, 2006

Rorschach said:
Damn...what was the name of that game? I remember it too, but not the name...now this is gonna drive me insane all night.

It was for the 3D0 or the Jaguar or something. Argh. What was it?

heylush · Aug 9, 2006

Why is Gamespot calling it "quirky"?
It's Battletanx 0.5

Spire · Aug 9, 2006

Those graphics receive:

MrPonx · Aug 9, 2006

interesting...

Xizk · Aug 9, 2006

White Man said:
It was for the 3D0 or the Jaguar or something. Argh. What was it?

Return Fire?

DCharlie · Aug 9, 2006

yeah, return Fire ... which was GREAT!

Ruud_Luiten · Aug 9, 2006

Reminds me of "Return Fire". I hope it's just as fun!

thetrin · Aug 9, 2006

I`m a Milestone fan (CF FTW!), so I`ll keep an eye on this one. So far the art style seems uninspired and boring. Hopefully it looks better as it gets farther in development.

ethelred · Aug 9, 2006

TheTrin said:
I`m a Milestone fan (CF FTW!), so I`ll keep an eye on this one. So far the art style seems uninspired and boring. Hopefully it looks better as it gets farther in development.

It's coming out in three months! How much further in development can it get? :lol

thetrin · Aug 9, 2006

ethelred said:
It's coming out in three months! How much further in development can it get? :lol

Pull a DNF! Put that shit back in the oven!

Emotions · Aug 9, 2006

ethelred said:
It's coming out in three months! How much further in development can it get? :lol

Could this game really be judged by 1 single screenshot without seeing more or even a video?
I think not.

Rocked · Aug 9, 2006

Assault Rigs was a brilliant game.

thetrin · Aug 9, 2006

Emotions said:
Could this game really be judged by 1 single screenshot without seeing more or even a video?
I think not.

That just better be the worst screenshot in the entire game. Nothing about the art style seems particularly interesting. I just hope I`m wrong. I want Milestone to succeed!

ethelred · Aug 9, 2006

Emotions said:
Could this game really be judged by 1 single screenshot without seeing more or even a video?
I think not.

Yes. Yes, I'm afraid it can.

Emotions · Aug 9, 2006

ethelred said:
Yes. Yes, I'm afraid it can.

I always thought the DS 3D games look bad in screenshots but they look surprisingly good in motion stuff like Nintendogs, AC, Mario Kart, FF3, M64 , etc , etc. Specially on DS lite <<<3

jesusraz · Aug 9, 2006

Varuna said:
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Are there no other shots shown on Famitsu? Just those two? Looking at the latter one, the tank is about to turn into what could be the most beautifully rendered village ever seen on the DS...

...or not.

Who knows?!

Anyway, with any luck this will do enough to warrant a space shooter from them next.

Eeikod · Aug 9, 2006

Reminds me of Battle Tank for n64

Neo Child · May 8, 2007

I've got an interview with the publishers O3 Entertainment, so it would be great if some of you lot could provide questions for me to ask. Thanks.

bluemax · May 8, 2007

This looks like a college project.

Emotions · May 8, 2007

Huh, this thread is quite old, but the game has come a long way, and it's soon going to be released by O3 in America.

Akai · May 8, 2007

Varuna said:

Sorta odd that the top screen is almost completely Japanese and the bottom is completely English...

trancejeremy · May 8, 2007

How does this work anyway? Do you use the stylus to control the tank? Would be cool if it used the microphone and have you shout orders into it. Well, that would probably get real old quick, especially if the voice recognition is like in Brain Training.

mj1108 · May 8, 2007

Emotions said:
Could this game really be judged by 1 single screenshot without seeing more or even a video?
I think not.

This is GAF. We don't need screenshots or videos to judge games.

chriskun · May 8, 2007

That screen shot made me vomit internally

Galactic Fork · May 8, 2007

OK, nevermind, I really need to start readin the original post dates!

Nuclear Muffin · May 8, 2007

SNES Super FX game?

Walter Matthau · May 8, 2007

Neo Child said:
I've got an interview with the publishers O3 Entertainment, so it would be great if some of you lot could provide questions for me to ask. Thanks.

I'm interested in knowing if the environments are going to be very open ended or semi-secluded like assault rigs.

Kafel · May 8, 2007

online mode ?

ask if you can get new screenshots because the ones we have are lame.

A Black Falcon · May 8, 2007

Akai said:
Sorta odd that the top screen is almost completely Japanese and the bottom is completely English...

Japanese games do stuff like that all the time, I think...

maxmars · May 8, 2007

Put there online mode and I'm in from day one. The tank commanding interface is great, the DS is very apt for such things.

By the way, M1 Tank Platoon (the original) would rock on the DS.

leroy hacker · May 8, 2007

http://tankbeat.o3ent.com/

Most of the information being asked for is already available on o3's official website. They have trailers and a bunch of english screenshots. And yes, it is confirmed to have online, though I don't know with how many players at once.

http://tankbeat.o3ent.com/trailers/multi_trailer1.html

The game moves faster than I was expecting, and seems to have pretty large maps.

The way the controls work, I'm pretty sure, is that you draw your tank's path on the radar screen to control movement, and then can tap on the radar screen where you want to fire.

Neo Child, I've sent you a PM with interview suggestions.

Station42 · May 8, 2007

milestone?...omg, i wont give them a damn penny.

jerrymaguire · May 8, 2007

i hope they would do tokyo wars...

Kafel · May 8, 2007

Ask them what they're doing with the Wii :

http://arcaderenaissance.blogspot.com/2007/05/rumor-karous-for-wii.html

tanasten · May 8, 2007

Neo Child said:
I've got an interview with the publishers O3 Entertainment, so it would be great if some of you lot could provide questions for me to ask. Thanks.

It's hard to make questions when you're not interested in the game or you don't know the background of the company, but looking at the shoots (meanwhile waiting to download the ****ing slow trailers) I have these doubts:

What's the game's main public orientation?
And what is the key point of it's accessibility?
So, How do you define your game? as an arcade or as a simulator?
Could you make a description of the game mechanics?
So what are the keypoints?
Could you explain how is the game's control working?
How's the game structured? linear story development, free campaign based... how?
So what do you think will be the favourite aspect of the game to the end user? What's going to keep them playing and interested in?
How will the multiplayer mode work?
Any type of stats in the online mode?
In marketing aspects, why your game should stand up from the rest?

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