{"id":14907,"date":"2012-12-10T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=14907"},"modified":"2013-02-07T14:21:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T20:21:06","slug":"review-war-japan-monsters-and-occams-razor-in-tank-tank-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/review-war-japan-monsters-and-occams-razor-in-tank-tank-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: War, Japan, Monsters, And Occam\u2019s Razor In Tank! Tank! Tank!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tank! Tank! Tank!<\/em><\/a>, the spiritual successor to a Japanese arcade game<\/a>, hurls players into a variety of wheeled death machines to hunt down swarms of rogue robot praying mantises, giant floating heads that shoot lasers out of their mouths, or other mechanized gigantic monsters. The Wii U launch title offers a one- or two-player story mode and four other four-player multiplayer modes. Developed and published by Namco<\/a>, Tank! Tank! Tank!<\/em> offers a multiplayer experience that\u00a0isn’t\u00a0ground breaking, but is high-grade condensed fun.<\/p>\n [yframe url=’http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FVdbXrn4Dew’]<\/p>\n The controls are simple and intuitive; one button to shoot and a directional pad for movement. Driving through city streets blasting bulky robot spiders from buildings is incredibly simplistic, but that\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0detract from its charm. Easy controls encourage players to improve and clear levels faster and more efficiently while allowing non-gamers to actually enjoy the experience and coordinate power up pickups with team members instead of panicking and defenestrating a touchscreen controller. Using the\u00a0game pad\u00a0camera, players take a picture of themselves with a silly mask superimposed over their faces to represent tank drivers. Taking the pictures is fun at first, but it can grow tiresome after extended multiplayer sessions with that guy and his stupid faces.<\/p>\n The visuals are impressive, but that\u2019s mostly because all of the enemies are titans, giant robots, or a flying sea monster wearing a battle fortress. This delicious assortment of jumbo mecha-monsters\u00a0aren’t\u00a0the visual foie gras of the next-gen gaming world, but graphics were never Tank! Tank! Tank!’s<\/em> most impressive feature or selling point. This is a party game designed for four players to roam through a destructible city in tanks destroying\u00a0oversized three-headed dragons and other invaders like it. Tank! Tank! Tank!<\/em>\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0tout the most intricate or complex environments, but small details like demolishing buildings and blowing chunks of armor plating off creatures, big or small, capture its essence. In short, each of the monster, tank, and level designs are charming, vibrant, and engaging.<\/p>\n