War of the Human Tanks

This is the prequel to Girls Last Tour

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I was looking through my strategy games when I came across this, and was hit by a sudden wave of nostalgia. Hmm, how long has it been, and how do I talk about this series when I have so many conflicting memories? First, let me say that my overall impression is that I loved it. It was charming, in its own weird way. When I look back on it I don't have any regret for playing it, and in equal parts I desire to play it again and experience it afresh, yet I also would never wish upon myself the slog of playing through it again. * The tactics are solid, in the way a block of wood is solid - there's nothing too new or too interesting, but it remains serviceable for multiple playthroughs of this game and of its sequel(s). There's something satisfying about it in its simplicity. And as for the multiple playthroughs - well, it helps that you can retain your army at the end of the game, thus steamrolling everything the second time around. * The maps are straight-up either generic, boring and repetitive, very tactically challenging (enough to remain in memory years later, which is quite a feat when they are this visually uninteresting), or very specific and keyed toward certain strategies, which can feel annoying when the only strategies you were prepared for are entirely different. The majority of the maps, however, felt generic and repetitive. * The story is nonsense, but it is the best kind of nonsense. The dialogue is almost always cringe-worthy or annoying, but the game is somehow so much better for it. At a surface level of plot, the story is more complex than it seems, but only because it obfuscates itself. And at the level of intent - the tone and theme of the story - it is somehow by the end a beautiful dissonance that can make you emotional in spite of its flaws. And it is perhaps because of this emotional dissonance that I chose to play the games and their extra content multiple times to see different story routes - because I truly enjoyed it, and truly wanted to see what happened in other routes. * The music is... something else. I can't otherwise describe it. It was not always for me but it was seldom annoying, and there were a few tracks I enjoyed and wanted to carry with me. * The graphics are also a strange dichotomy. Or... trichotomy? The story segments usually use brushed photos, almost a sense of realism, as a background against the chibified, cartoonish characters in the foreground. The battleground maps are the plainest you can imagine, but for every attack there is a SRW-style animation cut-in that ranges from the most simple animations in the beginning to the most over-the-top anime weirdness by the end. Overall, I really did enjoy this game. I think that only specific people will enjoy it; namely those with patience and a sense of humor that can grimace while they grin, and visa versa. Others will get bored, confused, or frustrated very quickly. I would still recommend it, if for no other reason than to experience this strange potpourri yourself and see if it clicks for you.