War of the Human Tanks - Limited Operations
Warning: 1000+ word review from a guy that’s way too passionate about a trilogy that features chibi girls that shoot at each other and explode. Please read if you have spare time.
The first two War of the Human Tanks games are among my favorite PC-exclusive games I have played so far. So, I bought the third game on the same year it was released and… it wasn’t my cup of tea. What made the Human Tank games so special to me is the ability to break the game with overpowered tanks and pit those tanks against other overpowered extra stage enemies in a game of dark chess. This game takes that away and makes you play fair and square with the opponent in a normal strategy game.
– Real player with 34.1 hrs in game
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I’m going to write a lot of words about anime tanks because I really like this series and I don’t think anyone else knows it exists. The last game in the series, Limited Operations, has been out for around 9 months and has about a dozen reviews. Here’s a really long one and consider this a review for the series in general.
The War of the Human Tanks series is essentially anime Battleship. Fights are real time and pause when you click a unit to choose an action. There’s always a large fog of war and most units are of the one hit, one kill variety. Tanks are of the mass-produced style, outside of a couple of special NPC’s, and are permanently destroyed when killed in action. Tanks can also equip modules that you can create which do things like increase shooting range and area, increase movement and so on. Limited Operations changes the last few parts up, though.
– Real player with 31.1 hrs in game
Dog Duty
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Zanardi and Liza , husband and wife, are a Development Studio from Brazil who debut on the Steam platform with Dog Duty. Published by Dutch veteran’s SOEDESCO (of Owlboy fame), the game took me by surprise!
– Real player with 10.9 hrs in game
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Dog Duty is an ok game. It captures the spirit of an old school real time tactical squad combat game.
You control a squad made up of 3 mercenaries, with each mercenary having one special ability. You can change their equipped gun and you have available consumable items such as molotovs to deal damage over a large area and syringes to immediately restore health.
Your goal is to conquer the three bosses in each zone and head on to defeat the final boss.
The tactical part of the combat is enjoyable enough with some minor gripes. It is pretty satisfying clearing the level of all enemies. There are some drawbacks though that take away from the experience though. The abilities do seem to be bugged in that sometimes they do not trigger for all of your allies. For example, one character has an ability that is supposed to heal your entire team. Sometimes it does not heal your entire team and this can lead to frustrating situations where your team wipes. The game does not control that well at times when units overlap and it becomes hard to select the desired target and action.
– Real player with 9.6 hrs in game
War of the Human Tanks
Battleships and chess with lolis.
Fantastic fun, interesting story with many twists and several endings, engaging gameplay that demands strategic thinking and an incredible soundtrack throughout.
The game’s story is told through visual novel format, which sets the state of affairs and the stage for the battle to follow. Battles are fought in real-time, but with a sort of turn-based system that runs on ticks, for example after giving a unit orders to move you must then wait for it to radio in asking for new orders before it can be moved again. Battlefields are presented as a grid of octagons, and before the round commences you must first place your units as in Battleships. Each unit has it’s own special properties and characteristics similar to chess, for example some may move 2 spaces at a time whereas others may only move 1, or one unit might only be able to attack horizontally whereas others must attack at least 2 spaces ahead of itself. The aim of each battle is to eliminate the opponent’s ‘Command Tank’ before they destroy yours which, regardless of how many units they have remaining, wins you the battle. The battlefield is covered by a shroud as seen in most real-time strategies with sight range varying between your different units, so early game tactics may usually consist of Battleships-esque artillery strikes into the dark hoping you’ll hit something, as your units gradually advance closer to the enemy, thinning out their ranks until their command tank is within firing range.
– Real player with 73.6 hrs in game
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The first time I saw War of the Human Tanks, I was put off by how obviously low-budget it is; that was a huge mistake. Apparently, the art style just needed some getting used to, because once I got into it, I thought the graphics were actually pretty good. There’s full voice acting, fun animations and even some really catchy music that makes me itch to buy the soundtrack.
But what about the meat of the game? That, for me, comes in two packages (or perhaps Amasson boxes): the story and the gameplay. Let’s get this out of the way: The story is awesome. I loved it. This is definitely not a “skip-the-dialogue” kind of game; in fact, after a certain point, the story became the main appeal. It’s simultaneously lighthearted and grim, with a really interesting setting that ends up being much more detailed than you might suspect at first. There are four endings (two main paths, with two endings each) that all end up being pretty radically different and are all fantastic in their own way. I’m really in love with the setting, and all the little things you can learn about the rather disenfranchised battle-androids they call Human Tanks; the story really exceeded my expectations in every way. The translation is great, and the writing is clever, funny and serious when it needs to be; some of the big twists were huge gut-punchers. I’d definitely say the story was maybe the best part for me, and it’ll stick with me and inspire me for other personal projects for quite a while.
– Real player with 53.0 hrs in game
Hogs of War
To put it simply, this game is my childhood nanny!
I absolutely loved this game on the PS1 when it came out!
This game is very similar to that but with a few alterations that might throw off the player; A.I. not moving, music bugging out every now and then. However I play the PC and PS1 ports regardless and I enjoy comparing the two as I play them.
And I think that if you enjoyed modern turn based tactic games like Worms Clan Wars then I reckon you’ll have a great time with this!
I like to play as Team Lard (the purple team),which can be accessed by typing in Mardy Pigs in the rename team option both in single and multiplayer. When I play as this team I like to discover what secrets await when going through the single player campaign.
– Real player with 5228.8 hrs in game
IN-DEPTH REVIEW!
If I have time, I will also write guides on how to beat the game and some extra tips and tricks to help you along the way.
The game must be exited via the in-game menu. Do not Alt+Tab or Alt+F4 as this will cause your computer to crash.
WARNING: This game does contain stereotypes which may be considered racist. If you are angered by this then I recommend not buying this game because there is a fair bit of it. (To me, they are pretty tame but I’d prefer just to warn you guys. Like, even the British and Americans have the mickey take out of them so…)
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
War of the Human Tanks - ALTeR
Welp, this certainly was a pleasent surprise. who would have thought that having a cute army of tank girls would be so interesting. The music is also interesting and I never tire of the battle/death cries of my, and my enemies, troops.
In the story there are acouple minutes of dialouge then a skirmish. For the battles, you must deploy a tank that acts like a king in chess, if she dies you lose (you can even have multiple). then you can make other units (if it is within the maps unit cap) like artillary (slow but long/wide range) shock tanks (fast/cheap/suicide explosion), assault tanks (medium speed, medium attack range) and much more. There is a fog of war, so you must proceed with care to find the enemy through scouting and prediction based on where you see them fire. You must build and upgrade your units by using supplies from winning or losing battles, so you may have to grind in the caverns or in free battles if you cannot preserve your troops.
– Real player with 70.0 hrs in game
This game… this goddarn game.
I’m not exactly sure where to start, so first off: this game is absolutely fantastic! I haven’t played EVERYTHING yet (still need to get Glitch-Heshiko and play the 2 or 3 optional Floor 90+ Battles), but still. The combination of Visual Novel and (Semi-)turn based Strategy game is beautiful and really well balanced, most if not almost all the tanks have their use and encourage players to figure out their favorite strategies and the Modules and combination of them just add to the fun (I still have fun giving my Peko-Peko a Tank Life ensurance and just making her explode, achieving absolutely nothing… I’m an Idiot.).
– Real player with 69.3 hrs in game
Geek Fighter
The math portion works fine. The quiz portion is awful. If you’re playing this for achievements wait until someone creates a guide, unless you have an urge to learn obscure crap about The Big Bang Theory, Adventure Time and Gravity Falls. If you’re playing it for fun, don’t. I haven’t been through all of the questions and I’ve found 3 in which the correct answer gets you killed and 1 in which the correct answer isn’t one of the options. There are many spelling and grammatical errors just to piss you off a little more. I don’t refund unless I have to, I’ll finish it eventually, but if I could go back in time I wouldn’t buy this joke. Well okay, first I’d kill Hitler, then I’d avoid this junk.
– Real player with 9.6 hrs in game
Quite disappointed with the game because the trailer seems interesting and I love to play quiz-related games. Unfortunately, this game is not about general knowledge. The scope of the questions are quite narrow, mostly focus in Big Bang Theory, Gravity Falls and Adventure Time. I feel like being tested whether I know what are the developer’s hobbies and interests. I was expecting general knowledge questions or broader topics. Even if the game supposed to have only geek questions, it should have wider topics than that.
– Real player with 5.7 hrs in game
Toy Tactics
The fight to become the supreme strategist has begun!
Command your troops and outclass other military geniuses from different ages in a take on battles like never before. Think fast, deploy your units, and emerge victorious. There is more than one road to victory, but only the smartest will get the prize. Sun Tzu is watching, are you ready?
COMPLEX TACTICS, SIMPLE CONTROLS
Placing and moving your warriors wisely will allow you to overcome sieges, ambush your opponents, and deceive them. It may sound complicated, but you will control your wobblers by just drawing formations on the battlefield: you can also drag, merge, or change them: Surround, feint, outsmart… The world is your canvas!
BLESSED ARTIFACTS AND GREAT POWERS
During your adventure, you will come across ancient artifacts which enhance the abilities of your troops, but that is just the beginning… You can also unlock and acquire special powers: invoke reinforcements like catapults, summon flaming meteors, build your own walls and towers… Just draw and set the target locations on the ground, wait, and see…
LOTS OF TROOPS + PHYSICS = CRAZY BRAWLS
When the contenders collide, their masses, weaponry, and inertia could make some helmets fly through the air. Physics is not oly fun to watch in massive matches, it may be on your side if you jump at the chance.
Make War
It is a great puzzle war game (A mix I’ve also never heard of before) and even just the 3 levels available right now make it worth the price, it is extremely hard in some of the later targets for each mission though.
– Real player with 25.7 hrs in game
Great concept, I can’t think of anything else like it being a neutral third party changing the outcome of different battles., almost more of a puzzle game than anything else. I’m finding it quite difficult, but am slowly making progress. I doubt I’ll finish it, but if you like strategy and puzzles, it might be worth it.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
Shieldwall
Hello Nezon.
I really enjoy Shieldwall, And here are my ideas on some new things you could add:
2 new factions including Mesopotamia and Byzantium
2 new maps Thermopylae and The Coliseum like in Formata
The Archer unit like in Formata
The Cavalry unit ( the player could buy a horse themselves and this unit would be a lot of gold maybe 500 gold)
Unit Customization like in Formata
Naval Battles Where you could buy ships like in Formata
Siege Weapons such as Battering rams and Trebuchet
Mobile siege weapons (every siege unit would take more of the popularity for example if i have 20 men and i buy a siege weapon that would take up the other 5 population slots)
– Real player with 126.6 hrs in game
I am having a blast playing this game. It’s a great casual strategy game that has a lot of replay-ability. This game is one of those “easy to pick up, hard to master” games that I get a ton of enjoyment from.
Let’s talk about what the game does well: It’s simple, the controls are smooth, and it has great core mechanics that I’m interested in seeing how they develop.
How can it improve?
Faction Variation: I’d like to see different stats/buffs for the different “commanders” of the factions. Maybe 5% increase to missile damage, 3% reduction of unit cost, etc.
– Real player with 54.4 hrs in game
Rencia
As a beta tester of Rencia and a big fan of Masked work on the Starcraft 2 arcade, I definitely recommend this game.
This is a really fun twist to the RTS Genre. I’ve never been great at micro, but in Rencia you don’t control the army directly. Instead you set way points for your army to rally to and join the battle yourself in a top down shooter view. It’s incredible fun and something I’ve always wanted in an RTS.
– Real player with 35.4 hrs in game
Its fun, i was a beta tester for this game. its still in beta however i think. pick it up sometime.
– Real player with 13.5 hrs in game