World of Tanks
Okay, lets start with: Lot’s of good AND bad. The good? A well and long developed game with plenty of content and tons of tanks to play. A good selection of maps and plenty of nations to try out. Lots of freebies (PR’s ((personal reserves)) and even event tanks, camo and decals, etc.).
The BAD, oh the BAD… Okay, let me start off with this: I have been playing this game since release, 2011. I wasn’t part of beta, I waited till full release. I hate betas, too much changes in a full release from the testing phase. This game, as it is now, isn’t the game I started playing back then, Period. They have changed every aspect of the game many times over since then. You see, Gold tanks, now called Premium Tanks, were sub-par to the Tech Tree tanks. Which means they were WORSE than the regular tank of the same tier and same nation. Gold tanks were to train crews and make you a few extra credits (Silver) doing it, period, that’s it. They gave you NO advantage other than that. Now…now the Premium Tanks rule, extra armor, better this, better that, you name it. So now if you don’t buy the newest OP (Over Powered) Premium Tank, you are going to suffer vs them. Sound fair? Okay, that’s just the tanks. Ammo… when I started Gold Ammo (now Premium Ammo) cost real money, like real $$$. So it wasn’t thrown around often, very very rare was the person that used the Gold Ammo constantly. So in ten matches you might run into two of them that someone was slinging Gold. Then came the change, you can now buy Gold Ammo with Silver! (the normal in-game money). Now of course the Premium Ammo (Gold Ammo) cost more than normal ammo, but hey, everyone can use it now… So suddenly armor meant nothing. You could have the best armored tank on the game (back then a KV-5) but now EVERYONE is slinging Premium Ammo like no tomorrow so armor suddenly means zip (BTW, the KV-5 had some GREAT armor, but the gun was the worst of the tier 8’s in the game of any nation and would only pen the weakest of spots on any enemy tank). Now my biggest gripe, MM. (Match Making) Has changed many times over the years, and not once, ever… for the better. The whole concept of a three tier match (your tier plus 1-2 tiers above or below you) is so out of date with the newer OP tanks it isn’t funny. Just as a one off example (and there are PLENTY more) you are in your new shiny Tiger I, a tier 7 tank, near as you can get to what the Germans had as a best tank for WWII (not to mention the lesser used King Tiger, etc.) and you hit that big red “Battle” button. In your mind you are thinking “I finally got some real armor!” and the battle starts. Guess what… on that other team you are seeing tanks that were pure fantasy or didn’t even come out till the 1960’s to 1980’s (Tier 9’s). Really? A 1940’s tank is supposed to fight a 1980' tank? Guess what, it goes very poorly for the much much older tank. Sound fair? So MM has been broken from almost the start, it just has gotten more so over the years. The problem with MM isn’t just that, it also is with how often it seems to place you at the bottom as well, in 10 games you are for sure going to see at least 6-8 of them at the bottom tier. Over time that wears on you. Hard. Next is the Cars (Armored Cars). In real life the armored cars ran away from the tanks in a battle as fast as they could because a single shot would end their life. A single shot, period. Not here, you can hit a Car with a 12.8 cm gun (128 mm) full on and get that fateful message “We didn’t even scratch him!” or worse, “Critical Hit!” yet he takes no damage and just keeps driving like nothing ever touched him. And just for fun the auto-aim on the cars hits you no matter what the car is doing, turning, flying (jumping), etc. Sound fair?
– Real player with 176.6 hrs in game
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I’ve been playing since Closed Beta back in 2011, and still play daily outside of Steam, so don’t let these steam hours fool you.
As you can clearly see from all the other negative reviews, each of them basically say the same thing because it’s just flat out fact, instead of opinion. There’s a very big fundamental problem with this game but it will not change because we are nobody to them. The only way to have a drastic change, in a game as big and successful as this, would be to not spend any more money ever until they make the necessary changes. Unfortunately, this will never happen because not everyone has the same opinions/thoughts/preferences/etc. There’s only one thing you can do. Play the game, or find another.
– Real player with 15.8 hrs in game
Armored Warfare
I really had high hopes for this game, not because I thought it was better than World of Tanks or War Thunder, but because it had a mode that those other two games does not, that is, PvE. When you grow tired of the 15 vs. 15 idiot-fest that the other games become, you can play Armored Warfare and fight computer controlled opponents. Sure, you still have to deal with 4 other humans, but usually one or two of them go link-dead during the battle or stay along the edge of the map and out of your way.
– Real player with 1026.6 hrs in game
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A good idea run into the ground by greed, incompetence, and toxicity.
This game was originally made by Obsidian and despite meddling by My.com to make it more like World of Gold Shells, a lot of the old Obsidian magic still does shine through in the PVE content.
Unfortunately, this game is currently in the hands of My.games which is an incredibly cynical, lazy, and just generally unethical company.
Pay-to-Win Matchmaking
In addition to the usual pay-to-win upgrades and OP premium weapons which exist in many such “live-service” games, the devs now even sell pay-to-win matchmaking to “allow for more comfortable gameplay” for people who use premium currency to purchase “Battle Hardened status” for their vehicles.
– Real player with 1024.8 hrs in game
Green Steel
It’s a fun, well developed game! Multiple maps, controller support, and sound design that actually sounds like it’s supposed to! A typical tank game, as far as that goes.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
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Marshmallow Tank
A tank simulation game，with cartoon style，battle royale，destory everything you can see!
QUICK MATCH AND BATTLE
Choise your tank，entry the battle in designed battlefield，shoot your enemy or sneak，for last alive!
TEAM MODE
Battle with your best friend，and smash them!
More mode coming soon.
Retro Tank Party
Indie. Retro. Tanks. Party. What more do you want?
Indie
David Snopek via his indie studio Snopek Games put his heart and soul into this game, listens to community feedback, facilitates community play sessions, and has made a solid ,b.retro style game. Unlike “Triple A” games that are released with a thin veneer of flashiness but no soul, this is the 180º opposite. Everything about this game screams care, craftsmanship - and collaboration with the community.
Retro
– Real player with 31.0 hrs in game
For those of us that miss the old tank games, Retro Tank Party hits that nostalgia quite nicely while also offering some modern improvements: online!, tracing bullets!, various game modes!, etc!.
For players not familiar with the old tank games, they’ll still be up and running fast.
Over the last few weeks I’ve gotten some chances to play the beta and, now, the released version. It’s been a lot of fun and I have been getting better… but so too, unfortunately, have others. This is a problem but perhaps not the game’s. Still it’s fun to figure out various little strategies.
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
Tanki Online
An unbalanced, Pay to win dying game.
This game has seen much better days. Back in the day there were no Tankoins, no containers of any sort and it was much better balanced. This has been the childhood game for a lot of people and seeing it now, comparing to what it used to be, is just sad. They introduced a lot of P2W features, such as previously mentioned Tankoins, skins, containers, etc. On the phone version of the game each time you open it you are blasted with “special offers” that cost a fuck ton of money for what they have in them, and you will get these notifications on your screen everytime you enter the main menu, whether it would be from your garage, or by leaving a battle. The new weapons suck, most of the new gamemodes are shit, and the overall quality of the game has gone down. The community mostly consists of toxic children that divide into 2 types, either P2W or trash mobile players.
– Real player with 141.3 hrs in game
This game is pay to win and here are some examples why.
-Premium membership, which gives 1.5x exp and 2x in game currency
-You can get weapons of the next modification if you use micro upgrades ages before you can directly buy it in game, which are very costly for the according rank and you can be dominating in battle.
-Supplies are absolutely overpowered (double damage, double armour) and once again these are very costly to use on a regular basis (practically impossible for a normal user to use them constantly even for high rank players its very hard to do that)
– Real player with 38.0 hrs in game
World of Tanks Blitz
Update 3.8 breaks the game with stupid changes, takes away things people grinded for for hours or paid for with real money, while making it so that you have to pay AGAIN to get at least some stuff back or grind for for years - literally. You got a couple tier 10 tanks, some premiums, a bunch of keepers from every tier? Good luck reequipping them - it will only take you TEN TO FIFTY YEARS if you dont play the fking r*rded missions. If you do play the missions, it will take you 1 to 5 years. Great change. Simply wonderful.
– Real player with 1541.0 hrs in game
So the game is fun to a point. The tier system ranks player rating so if your a good player you quickly find yourself not being able to find a match on tanks under tier V. At tier V the price and cost of research quickly kicks in and becomes super grindy. To keep moving along you find staying with the 1 nation you are the meta for certain tiers.
so annoying when your tier V tank is high in the ranking and your player rating goes up and then your fighting in games vs 1 or 2 tier higher tanks. which then creates super bad mis matches.
– Real player with 850.3 hrs in game
Bandits
I grabbed this game during the Steam Winter sale of 2020. For the sale price, i have to say it is a lot better quality than most of the games at the same price point from what i saw. While the game is built around local or remote play PVP versus mode, it also has a fun 16 level single player story mode. Each of the tanks you can play as all have their own unique feel and play style with pickups in game any tank can use. The game has a slight difficulty curve which is challenge while still being an engaging experience. What really stood out to me the most was the level design. Every level contains destructible environment elements to use to your advantage. All of the level have their own unique play style, adding variety to the gameplay. For the campaign all the maps available have their own unique challenges, which i would love to see added to a versus mode in the future. For example, the racing or more tower defense style defend modes with players switching sides. The game reminds me of a classic play style of Blastcorp and Blaster Master. I look really forward to seeing what future potential this game has. There is a lot this game could do to become an even greater and more engaging game. Mainly online net code that is not steam remote play dependent. I would love to see more stuff for the humans to do before getting their tank such as repairing the tank or acquiring some mission item. This could include stealth or gun play which would make the game have more depth along with building character story. If you want a fun casual couch co-op game to play with up to four people this is defiantly a potential buy for you. Even if you just plan to play the single player mode the game is very enjoyable.
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
I really liked the style and it’s very fun to play, specially if you can gather 3 more ppl, battle royales are chaotic in the way you want them to be.
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game
SuperTanks
**Important!!!!
Fixed “Error 0xc00007b” which happened on 64bit Systems!!!**
Party game for 8 players. Game is about fighting against opponents with tanks using various weapons.
First player always play using keyboard where others can use joypads. Preferred are xbox pads. (Full support for all kinds of joypads is not guaranteed)
You can fight in teams (from 2 to 4 teams) or deadmatch.
Weapons are bullets, lasers and bombs.
Players can collect bounses with different effects.
To make tank temporary faster you have to press special button. Using speed depletes your energy bar.
Energy bar is also used for firing laser so you have to decide what is more beneficient for you: laser or speed.
Beta online play. ( To play online as server you need open internet port 45544 or change it)
For now online play is only with keyboard.
**Important!!!!
Fixed “Error 0xc00007b” which happened on 64bit Systems!!!**
11/01/2021 Update
Performace fix.
27/01/2021 Update
Fixed Statististics during gameplay
Changed Default Controls when tank is driving backwards
Fixed Tanks Collisions
25/01/2021 Update
Added Smoke Effect when Tanks is damaged.
A Few tweaks.
31/12/2020 Update
Fixed Laser hitbox
Added new game mode: Limited Ammo where as name implies players have limited bullets (no laser)
but they can resupply ammunition in their spawn points.
30/12/2020 Update
Some fixes
17/12/2020 Update:
Small tweaks.
08/11/2020 Update:
Tanks are changing size when upgraded.
Some fixes.
03/11/2020 Update:
Some fixes.
28/10/2020 Update:
Changed collisions methods for tanks and lasers.
Minor fixes.
24/10/2020 Update:
Added 2 bonuses (Extra Life and Health)
Collisions tweaks,
09/10/2020 Update:
New Game Mode added (with tanks health)
01/10/2020 Update:
Added Controls Settings in menu for Keyboard and presets for Joypad.
28/09/2020 Update:
Better collisions
12/09/2020 Update:
Fixed controls (added spacebar as fire)
Fixed collisions with map
Added online play (beta version)
03/09/2020 Update:
Slight improvements.
30/08/2020 Update:
Better tanks movement.
24/08/2020 Update:
Better controller support!!
Fixed few bugs.
Tank Maniacs
200 character summary
Tank Maniacs is a great chaotic Local brawler for up to 4 players, Choose a character and one of the gamemodes to Kill the competition with your tank and morph into other tanks by collecting pickups.
Story & Characters 7/10
There is not much of a story, There is a story, But that won’t play out in the game, There is just a small piece of text on the store product page, But I focus on the content of the game itself. The game seems to be some kind of gameshow where you have to battle tanks It has a very typical sports commentator. The game has 12 playable characters which all have their charm, They are very unique and have a bit of a personality. They don’t talk, but they all have a name, picture and a unique tank, which already tells a lot.
– Real player with 106.6 hrs in game
Amazing game. Only wish it was online.
There’s so many unique features in this game that I haven’t seen in any other. Even just the menu is a lot of fun.
– Real player with 13.8 hrs in game