Just stumbled upon T.A.N.K. Arena Battle, produced by “G.A.M.E.S” , a beautiful designed 3D action tank game that caught our eyes with its impressive graphics and 3D animation and overall fun game play.T.A.N.K. Arena Battle reminded us of a 3D version of iCombat but with less features and fewer levels. The game has lots of potential but for now it feels a bit unfinished.
Impressions:
You command a tank through 4 different arenas that are basically a small room split into two sides with small variations in design and obstacles, which is one shortcoming of T.A.N.K. The 3D environment is smoothly designed and feels well put together. Unfortunately T.A.N.K can only be played in portrait mode, it doesn’t really effect the the game play but a landscape mode would free up more of the screen and would look even better.
The weapons that are available work on the same principle they all bounce off walls so you have to aim carefully to take out your opponent. The difference is in firing rate and destructive power, some will fire rapidly and will require multiple hits to destroy a target and some will fire at a slower rate but will almost one hit kill the enemy tank
A nice feature of the game is the ability to customize your tank, the upgrades are available as you proceed through the levels and vary from ones that offer advantages in speed, armor protection, acceleration and weapons reload.These upgrades change the abilities of your tank but modify the look of the tank as well.
The screen feels a bit cluttered but offers important information. You have a mini map that shows the opponent and the trajectories of your missiles / lasers health bars , button for upgrading your tank , fire button and two levers on each side that control the tank tracks.
Controls:
The controls are responsive and accurate, but there is a slight learning curve since steering is all about controlling the speed of the tank tracks , increase the speed of the right track and you go left and vice versa , just like a real tank works. Even if the controls feel strange at first, you will see that they are quite adequate for this type of game and the only problems you will experience will be the occasional slightly turn the wrong way.
Bottomline:
All in all the game has some nice features , nice 3D graphics, smooth controls but doesn’t feel that it reached its full potential. There is no real menu , when you start the game there is a picture that shows the controls and that about it , you tap the screen and your in the game. It has no settings other than muting the sound or music. The lack of more arenas to fight in and more upgrades is also a huge downside. But the biggest downside of all is the lack of online or wifi multiplayer. If T.A.N.K. had that it would have been an instant success , none of the above would have mattered it would have been just an awesome game to play with your friends.
PRO’s:
- Beautiful graphics and visual effects
- Nice game play
CON’s:
- no multiplayer
- needs more maps and upgrades
PRICE:
It is available at the App Store for 0.99$
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