This might sound like a rather conventional sort of top-down shoot ’em up, but Tank Force does a number of things to distinguish itself from similar titles, as well as drawing inspiration from Namco’s earlier titles.įor example, the fact the game is set in single-screen, maze-like arrangements is rather reminiscent of Pac-Man, requiring you to carefully plan out your movements so you can get the drop on your enemies without making yourself vulnerable to them.Īt the same time, the game draws inspiration from Dig Dug by making much of the level destructible, meaning that both you and your enemies can blast a path through obstacles and attempt to use this to your advantage. Like in Dig Dug, you ideally want to put yourself in a position where you have a good vantage point, but enemies have limited ways to get to you. The levels are enjoyably varied, with backgrounds, level layouts and music gradually changing as you progress through the game. You’ll begin by facing nothing but ordinary tanks that fire in front of themselves and move around rather erratically, but as you progress you’ll come across more and more different enemy types, including high-speed jeeps, heavily armoured tanks that take several hits to destroy and even bosses. In some ways, each level can be considered a kind of “shooting puzzle” in which you need to find the best possible places to put your tank in order to destroy your enemies with maximum efficiency.

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