Tank Beat

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Tank Beat

Developer(s)	Milestone Inc.
Publisher(s)	O~3 Entertainment
Platform(s)	DS
Release date	November 30, 2006 May 29, 2007
Genre(s)	Artillery/Strategy
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer, online

Tank Beat is an action/strategy game for the Nintendo DS. It is developed by Milestone Inc.. It is followed by a sequel, Tank Beat 2.

1 Overview
2 Playable Vehicles
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Overview

In Tank Beat players take control of Vill Katjue, a rookie tank pilot (All tanks in the game are driven by one person only) lost in the chaos of an invasion. The game features 24 missions as well as skirmish modes ^[1].

The game is played with the stylus, with players drawing paths on the touch screen for their tank to follow, dragging the stylus across the screen to rotate the camera, and tapping on enemy units to fire upon them. More than 20 different tanks and combat vehicles such as APCs or missile launchers are available to the player, each differing in speed, defense, firepower, weapons and weapon range ^[2]. Players can also give commands to allied AI-controlled tanks.

The game also supports 2 to 4-player wireless play, and online games through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ^[3].

[edit] Playable Vehicles

Most of the vehicles in the story mode are original tanks made for the game, based from real life vehicles although it's possible to earn several real life World War II vehicles after finishing the game and completing extra missions.

Some examples of the vehicles in the game:

Dorcas (Looks like a beefed-up Jadgpanther)
Objex 09 (Looks like M40 GMC)
Puma (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen)
Hetzer
M4A1 Calliope (T34 Calliope) (it's possible to use both cannon and rockets in the game unlike real life)
M3 Lee
Sturmtiger (Named S-tiger)
Jagdpanther
Tiger II
IS-2 (Named JS-2)
T-34/85
ISU-152 (Named JSU-152)

[edit] Reception

Tank Beat received generally negative or mixed reviews. The gameplay mechanics have been cited to have a "Hit or Miss" feel to the game, ranging from "great fun" to "old in about two seconds".^[4] Game Rankings currently gives the game a ratio of 53%.^[5]