July 14, 2013

Tank! Tank! Tank!

Date played: July 14th
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 6/10

The eShop could be a lot easier to use... I was navigating through the convoluted menus of Nintendo's digital store front and randomly found out that there is a free to play version of Tank! Tank! Tank!. The catch is that there is a three play per day limit. I played it in two player mode. We tried to complete a city attack event but we didn't manage to kill the giant three headed mechanical dragon...

We couldn't bring this fucker down...
The game is actually an enhanced port of an older arcade game, and it shows. The graphics are pretty ugly and it's a very simple game. However, it's actually really fun. I played on the tablet and my partner played on the TV. The first part of the mission has us destroy 100 arachnoid enemies with rockets and machine guns. The second part is where it got really interesting though. The giant mechanical dragon attacked us and yes, defeated us. After the three allowed attempts, we figured we would have to try another day.