Tanks: The Crusades

Tanks: The Crusades

2021

A remarkably deep playground for making your own tank battles

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How you play it

Online co-op

Online co-op

The WhatsNext verdict

For Fans of retro top-down arcade tank combat, Wii Tanks enthusiasts, and players who love crafting custom levels and campaigns.: It captures the satisfying geometric thrill of ricochet shots and mine traps while offering an expansive editor to design intricate custom scenarios. Tradeoff: Rudimentary visuals and occasional quirks in enemy AI can make standard runs feel repetitive if you are not diving into custom or multiplayer modes.

What it does best

  • A remarkably deep playground for making your own tank battles

  • Ricochets, enemy abilities, and cover turn each arena into a small puzzle

What might put you off

  • The core loop can feel repetitive

  • Enemy AI and occasional technical roughness

The setup

What you are walking into

A top-down shooter with tanks that have various assorted abilities, with support for multiplayer and a level editor.

Where it lives

PC (Microsoft Windows)Mac

Genre

StrategyIndie

Vibe

Action
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