Tank Hero
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Release Date: June 1^st 2011
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Publishers: Apple Inc.
Platforms: iOS, Android, Blackberry
Genre: Tank, Action
Players: 1
Rating: 9/10

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Synopsis

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Battle through dangerous arenas and become the Tank Hero!
Fast paced 3D tank action on your iPhone. Take out your enemies with cannons, heat seekers, grenades, and howitzers. Battle against cunning enemies and become the Tank Hero!

FEATURES:
* Beautiful 3D graphics with realtime shadows and dynamic lighting
* 120 levels spanning three unique worlds
* 3 game modes: Campaign, Survival, and Time Trial
* 6 weapons to choose from
* 6 types of AI tanks to fight against
* 3 control schemes to match your gaming style

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Aim/Objective

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The aim of this game is to complete all of the levels to the best you can, and the ultimate goal would probably be to complete all of the levels on every world with a gold medal. There are no achievements in this game so the aim/objective would be up to the user, though completing levels to the highest grade would usually be considered the goal.

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Gameplay

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The gameplay in this game is different to other games, I have never personally seen a tank based game like this one. In this game you control a miniature tank from a bird's-eye view where you battle other tanks with several different available weapons. You must eliminate all of the other tanks in order to complete each level. There are a number of levels in each world, each level gets progressively difficult and each world has different levels that feature different layouts, challenges and enemies that have different abilities and health levels. You have 4 different weapons:

Regular Shots: These are the default single shots which you have an infinite number of.
Triple Spread Shots: There are just like the regular shots, but 3 of them shoot out each time. As they get further away, they spread out more so shooting them close range will put them closer together.
Heat Seeker Shots: This shot homes in on enemy tanks so you don't have to be perfectly on target to get the kill.
Howitzer Shots: Fires explosive shells that cause damage around its area of impact, it can also be fired over walls and other obstacles.

These can be bought when playing Survival Mode (fighting off waves of tanks), and when playing Campaign Mode, some levels will give you one of these weapons at the start. Some enemies can have special abilities like extra health or faster movement speed, but some also fire different types of shot such as the Triple Spread or Heat Seeking shot.

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Graphics

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I have always loved the graphics in this game, it is a 3D game from a bird's-eye view but the graphics of the tanks and the weapons are very well detailed and designed, the overall design suits the game very well. I like how some of the shots bounce and rebound off of the walls, this has a well animated effect. I also love how the tanks move, it is not just an image the goes up, down, left or right, the head of the tank is separate from the body and it rotates and turns according to the direction it is moving, the level of detail is perfect.

The audio in this game is also appealing, when you are loading a level, there is a countdown before this begins. This countdown has as female voiceover that counts down from 3, this gives the game the feel as if this is a real arena styled battle which in turn makes the experience of this game better. The background music when you are playing can make the atmosphere feel intense and make it more realistic. When you complete a level there is a joyous war-sounding tune which further makes the game sound more like what you would imagine it to be like in real life.

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Controls

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The controls in this game are very different to other games I've reviewed because of this type of game. There are several ways in which you can control your tank:

Virtual D-pad and Tap: This is the default control, you have a D-pad on the left or right side of the screen (you can change which side). When you place your finger on the D-pad, your tank will move in whatever direction your finger is on the d-pad. To fire, you tap anywhere on the screen and you will fire in that direction.
Swipe and Tap: With this control layout. there are no HUD elements and you simply swipe in the direction you want to move, your tank will proceed in that direction until it gets to the point where the swipe stops. To fire, again you simply tap in the direction you want to fire.
Dual Virtual D-pads: This control method is the hardest to control in my opinion, you have two D-pads, one on either side of the screen. The left D-pad acts just like it does in the first control method, but you will always face in the same direction. The right D-pad is to aim which way you want to fire, and you have to tap anywhere on the screen to fire. I find this method difficult as you have to aim and then fire separately which could affect the accuracy of your shots if you are moving at the same time.

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Facts

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• Tank Hero is played by over 10 million users around the world!
  
• Tank Hero has been praised by well known app review sites like Slide to Play, Android Tapp and Pocket-lint
  

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Rating

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Gameplay - 10/10
Graphics - 9/10
Controls - 8.5/10
Overall - 9/10