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

Tanks: The Crusades is a generous, inventive Wii Tanks-inspired sandbox with more creative depth than its humble presentation suggests. Play it for the editor and multiplayer arenas, especially if you enjoy making or sharing your own compact challenges.

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

  • A wonderfully accessible tank battler for a roomful of friends

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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