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Tank! Tank! Tank! goes free-to-play on Wii U in Europe
- Thread starter gingerbeardman
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I'm still enjoying it. Beats dropping an entire $1 for only 3-4 mins at the arcades. It's a fun little progressive game with some pretty epic boss battles.
It definitely was hindered by the lack of online. But again, I really enjoyed it!
Lapidus' Beard
Member
That's Kong mode, and it is not listed in the modes we'll be getting for free.
I played it one evening with some friends and it was fun, but that ape is waaaaaay overpowered.
So glad I borrowed this for that evening from a store where a friend of mine works
Raven77
Member
Well I mean this makes sense.
The general consumer that can't do math will eat this up.
Now they can piece out the game and charge $300 for the entire experience rather than $60.
Welcome to your upcoming future.
P.S.
I wonder how game reviews would work when they can't review the entire experience without paying 4x the price of a normal retail game.
The general consumer that can't do math will eat this up.
Now they can piece out the game and charge $300 for the entire experience rather than $60.
Welcome to your upcoming future.
P.S.
I wonder how game reviews would work when they can't review the entire experience without paying 4x the price of a normal retail game.
Or even the general message board poster who ignores facts to proclaim the sky is falling.
This, piecemeal, is cheaper than buying it retail even now.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Not quite for those of us in the UK. If you're buying everything, it costs a little over £25. You can get the retail version for £20 from zavvi, or £23 from amazon if you don't like zavvi.
Yup, the DLC should be a little more aggressively priced. But from what I have heard the only realy way to have fun is MP so just getting that stuff is probably still cheaper.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Think I'll buy the story mode or whatever it is for £7.99 and see how it goes.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
I'd rather just wait until the retail version is available for £10, which won't be long now.
I really hope that Smash Bros. goes this route. I would much rather have the game sooner, free to play, and new downloadable characters every other week than waiting 3 more years for a release with no precedent for updates and tweaks.. Ugh.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Didn't think much of the multiplayer, but bought the story mode and am having a good time with it so far. Simple and requires playing missions multiple times to unlock more, but there are loads of tanks and they're unique enough that replaying missions and fighting the same enemies/bosses isn't too samey.
Linkstrikesback
Member
I can't find it either.
Disorientator
Member
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Had to search for it earlier on the UK store. Give that a go if you haven't already.
Metroid In A Glass Tube
Banned
Where the hell was the foresight on this one? Did they really expect us to dish out 60 dollars for this? Hell I own a Wii U and if I was in europe I wouldn't even download it...well maybe since we are lacking titles atm 
Or go to new releases.
Game is pretty bad though so you don't necessarily have to bother.
frankie_baby
Member
Where the hell was the foresight on this one? Did they really expect us to dish out 60 dollars for this? Hell I own a Wii U and if I was in europe I wouldn't even download it...well maybe since we are lacking titles atm
not sure how much it was sold in the usa for but it was never a full price title in the uk, it really is worth downloading though, great fun, will definitely be buying a few dlc packs for it too
ColdBlooder
Banned
Yeah guys, really don't expect too much. It's not that good. But its free, so i'll take it...
JosephManderley
Member
Downloading now! If it is fun I'll buy 1-2 packs on Friday when I get paid.
Done, thank you. Found it.
frankie_baby
Member
funny guy
anastazius
Neo Member
Its not out until tomorrow (Thursday) EU only for now.
Oh it IS out? Cool I'll grab it I guess.
I tried the main full game a bit ago and liked it, though thought at the time it would have suited a £10 eShop release rather than a retail full priced game.
Throwaway123456789
Member
The game is absolutely horrible. It's mindbogglingly repetitive. Don't waste your time or bandwidth on this.
frankie_baby
Member
do not listen to this man, its pretty mindless but its great fun
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I thought the same thing with Earth Defense Force. This game reminds me a lot of it, looking at gameplay.
Throwaway123456789
Member
How? You control with ONE button (fire) and ONE analogue stick (move). No aiming higher or lower, no turning the turret, no camera control, no other stuff. As all the stages will sooner or later be leveled with the ground offering no protection you're reduced to pointing in the general area of the enemy and mash the button.
If the enemy is flying or is above you you can't see it or aim higher for it. It's SO DULL, and they make you replay the stages over and over to unlock new ones.
frankie_baby
Member
sometimes the simplest games can be the most fun
Haunted
Member
Can't argue with that price. I've demanded more content to consume on my WiiU and they delivered.
I'll reward that and give it a download.
There is some strategy to the game in the three weapons you have on your tank. It's also playable with two players, and you'll get better rewards if you work together and coordinate who attacks what and who gets which power up. Later levels have more difficult time limits, and there is a simple achievement system for accomplishing a specific goal on levels, like beating level 1 with all the buildings destroyed.
Vertical aiming is automatic. The reticule will target flying enemies as long as you are pointing in their direction.
The replaying thing is only an issue early on when you only have a couple tanks and a couple levels. By the time you've got 20+ tanks and 50+ levels to choose from, you have plenty of variety available. I haven't seen medal-locked progress since the first dozen levels. Also, the first level takes about 30 seconds and is easily winnable with any tank. In the world of grinding, that's pretty painless.
It's not a DEEP game. And it never becomes deep. But the levels are short, the game is fun in short bursts, and it does open up a bit when you've got more levels and tanks unlocked. My recommendation is to play with friends, and at least keep with the game until you've got a few tanks and levels unlocked.
I bought the campaign for 10€ since I figure I won't ever play it in MP anyway. Kinda tempted to pick up My Kong as the Eurogamer review calls that the only worthwhile part of the game.
It's actually far, far simpler than EDF. The controls are like Doom without strafing (EDF has a "simple" control scheme presumably intended for Japanese gamers who don't play shooters that's a bit similar), the arenas are TINY, enemies aren't all that numerous (they spawn in waves of usually around 5 and you need to kill 60 or so per level) and some get stuck on terrain. You choose between tanks that each have three weapons (one unlimited ammo normal gun, one common bonus gun and one rare gun that's usually a superweapon of sorts) so a much smaller arsenal though perhaps with a little less redundancy. There's no difficulty selection like EDF has either.
I was never a big fan of car combat in general because it seems that only being able to fire in the direction you're moving doesn't offer enough options for engaging gameplay and despite their turrets the tanks in TTT cannot shoot sideways at all. Even the EDF tank allows individual turret aiming.
Most of the tanks seem to have a yellow ammo-limited gun that's markedly worse against mooks than their regular main gun (usually because it fires slower and won't kill more than one enemy per attack either), it's worth using against bosses but in mook combat it feels like a power DOWN.
The art style makes me want Gotcha Force 2.
It's actually far, far simpler than EDF. The controls are like Doom without strafing (EDF has a "simple" control scheme presumably intended for Japanese gamers who don't play shooters that's a bit similar), the arenas are TINY, enemies aren't all that numerous (they spawn in waves of usually around 5 and you need to kill 60 or so per level) and some get stuck on terrain. You choose between tanks that each have three weapons (one unlimited ammo normal gun, one common bonus gun and one rare gun that's usually a superweapon of sorts) so a much smaller arsenal though perhaps with a little less redundancy. There's no difficulty selection like EDF has either.
I was never a big fan of car combat in general because it seems that only being able to fire in the direction you're moving doesn't offer enough options for engaging gameplay and despite their turrets the tanks in TTT cannot shoot sideways at all. Even the EDF tank allows individual turret aiming.
Most of the tanks seem to have a yellow ammo-limited gun that's markedly worse against mooks than their regular main gun (usually because it fires slower and won't kill more than one enemy per attack either), it's worth using against bosses but in mook combat it feels like a power DOWN.
The art style makes me want Gotcha Force 2.