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Title: Gratuitous Tank Battles
Genre: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Developer:
Positech Games
Publisher:
Positech Games
Release Date: 17 May, 2012
English
The pseudo-sequel to GSB patches up a lot of things that its predecessor didn't do as well. You now have to equip something in every slot of your models, you can customize their appearance much more, the battles are asymmetric and you have to control things instead of passively watching, and the different maps provide a lot more variety than the void of space. I would recommend it more highly except that the battles take so darn long. I'm sitting there for 15, 20 minutes or more, either fending off waves of enemies or throwing my troops into the grinder, and there's still half the mission to go. It feels more slog than fun, sometimes. It just\u2026 lacks something, some ineffable quality that other TD games have.
Also, the unlock system was partially better in the previous one. I'm many games in, and most of the way done with the campaign, but there are still bunches of things to be unlocked. The other one gave you points for every victory and you could just buy the things you wanted in the store (often several for a good-scoring mission), but this one gives you one scripted thing and a choice between 2 other equips after each fight. This is good in that the scripted ones ensure you get the important stuff first, but bad in that it takes a lot<\/i> of missions to unlock everything.
Jury's still out on the balance, but it's replaced its predecessor's "here are 5 equips that vary slightly from each other" for any given category with "here's a small, medium, and large thing - what'll it be?". That, combined with the fact that attacker and defender use almost the same gear, means that I'm skeptical of the potential variety. Will have to play it more.
Ed. So, after coming back to it for a while, I don't think my views have changed. It still feels like your decisions are mostly dictated by the map and your budget, not your overall battle plan. There's room for creativity in unit design and deployment mixes, but the fact that you can only put guys\/turrets\/support structures in pre-defined places really limits how you can play the level. For the attacker, it's even worse, since you have to send your troops down specific routes, and they always seem to get snarled up by traffic jams. The game lacks any realism in having wrecked tanks block your way, but injured ones at the front of the line will still slow you down. The attacker is supposed to have the advantage at the start, since they get more cash more quickly, and the defender later, since they never run out of income and keep all their non-destroyed defenses on the board. However, it really feels in most maps like the defender has an overwhelming advantage from the get-go. With the right placement of troops and turrets, they can get such a volume of fire in one spot that your line of vehicles, advancing single-file, will get picked off one at a time before they have a chance to do much damage. And if they have a repair yard nearby, what little damage you do inflict will be fixed in no time. Perhaps I just haven't hit on the right combination yet, but this seems somewhat shallow to me, as the first one did.
It's still not a bad game, and worth exploring for a while if you enjoy this type of thing. There's a lot of replay value to be found in the maps and the asynch multiplayer skirmishes.. Extremely fun! I love the feature of being able to design your own units. Although this game does get boring eventually, it is still worth buying and you will thorougly enjoy it!
Also, try not to grind easy levels too much- it can ruin the fun!
. Awesome spin on tower defense where you can also play as the attacker, design your own maps and mechs. That's right, DESIGN YOUR OWN MECHS.. a solid game, maybe not the best i ever played but if you can pick it up during a sale it's totaly worth it.
STAY AWAY FROM THE DLC, IT'S GARBAGE AND ADDS NOTHING TO THE GAME.. ENG:
One of the best, if not the best tank strategy game on Steam, a simple and addictive game. Referral! :3
FIN:
Yksi parhaita, ellei paras tankki strategia peli Steamissa, yksinkertainen ja koukuttava peli. Suositteluni! :3. Gratuitious Space Battles is awesome, this game is not really worth playing though.. Currently plagued with odd steam problems now, but otherwise, still playable when you create a desktop shortcut instead. The unit customization is fun, the unlocks system still rewards you when you lose, and the combat is very frantic and fun when you have the right setup. Tis' a shame that I'm not a tower defense junkie, and I personally found it somewhat boring after a while. Not a bad game, but I hope they provide good support, additional game modes, and some DLC in the future.
6\/10 because I'm a tsundere sex symbol.. I haven't played it for long since when I tried to customize a unit you can only really change the colours, and the models only come in different gun presets, if you are expecting anything like the spaceship version but just TD styled, you are greatly mistaken, the only customization here are stats and colours.
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