
A side-scrolling shooter with RPG elements that puts you in control of a prototype tank -- defending humanity from the alien scourge known as The Cuur!
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This game is alright. Gameplay: Lil Tanks is, more or less, a scrolling shooter, but with tanks, making for slightly less maneuvering, slightly bigger player hitbox, and slightly more player projectiles on screen. There are 7 campaign levels, 4 playable tanks, and an arcade/endless mode. There's an XP/level system that makes either of your tanks a bit stronger as you keep accumulating levels. Graphics: Pretty adequate pixel art, no real complaints here. Audio: Sound effects are fine. Soundtrack has what I can only describe as "sudden dubstep syndrome" - you have some jazzy track going on and then suddenly there's a drop. It's not tied to level getting around to the boss section or anything. It's just there. Coop: The second player gets to control your tiny companion tank. They can't be killed or anything. Based on player tank this ranges from "I guess [shrug]" to being pretty overpowered from just standing in the right spot and shooting non-stop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1802124928 Endless mode: Kind of underwhelming really. So you start at level 1 and the game slowly starts adding more enemies, but there are no bosses and also (at least on my system) the game starts to struggle with framerate before anything interesting starts happening. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1802177799 Annoyances: - Dialogue font is strangely interpolated and it is upsetting. You can also see that tank "beeps" in dialogue stack over each other until reaching max opacity. - Neither the game or the manual explain some elements - for example, whether the player can recover health (as consequence, if you take damage twice in quick succession, you lose your regenerating shield and are basically done for), and what do "S" discs do anyway (aside of making some mystery drones spin around your tank). - Related to above, it is easy enough to take 3 damage within one second and die instantly. - Player projectiles draw over enemy projectiles, which makes it harder to see what you are supposed to dodge. - Boss battles have the general property of there being way too much going on. This especially goes for those tiny homing missiles that the last few bosses use. - At first I was wondering why does this game even have a fire button if you want to be firing non-stop, but, wait - you are expected to button-mash to shoot faster when you need to. If you have a turbo button / external app that can simulate >20 presses/second, you can demolish enemies and bosses before they even get to do a single attack. So, overall, it's not really a bad game, but I couldn't call it particularly good either. It's OK for those few hours of gameplay that it offers.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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It is a fun little game and WAY harder than it looks. WARNING: X-BOX controller recommended!
Basura de shoot 'em up, super lento y tedioso, llevar un tanque para esquivar balas no es buena idea.
Lil Tanks is a fun shooter which chooses a few ideas and executes them really well. Fans of bullet hell shooters will enjoy the experience, though may find the game easier than others of the genre. Casual players will likely have fun with the simple execution and manageable shooter game play. The unlockable tanks and leveling system means that Lil Tanks has a lot of replayability in it. Full review: http://pixelpopnetwork.com.au/2017/04/lil-tanks/
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