Capsule Computers editor Joe Morgan writes,
"The campy science fiction trope has been done a few times before. Giant bugs from outer space invade, and it’s up to we, the few soldiers left, to stand and fight as we repel that alien threat. BUGS vs. TANKS! turns that on its head a bit, but the idea is still there. With famed game designer Keiji Inafune (Capcom‘s Mega Man, Onimusha, Dead Rising) at the helm, how does this Man-versus-Insect game hold up? Is it worthy of your collection or should you squash it underfoot? Let’s find out."
"I’m not really sure what intrigued me so much about Bugs vs. Tanks. Perhaps it’s my real-life fear of bugs and the added satisfaction of blasting them to pieces with a tiny virtual tank. Whatever the case, the game is passable, but it hasn’t aged terribly well," writes Cliff at Game Freaks 365.
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BUGS vs TANKS! is a top-down action game from Level-5 and Comcept. You best know Comcept as the studio recently formed by Keiji Inafune, the creator of Dead Rising, Mega Man, and other great games from Capcom. BvT! is the second game in the GUILD02 trilogy of experimental games proceeded by last month's The Starship Damrey. The trilogy itself is the second after last year's GUILD01 was released for the Nintendo 3DS. BvT!'s title is self-explanatory, much like PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies games, as you play as a tank well, fighting bugs. Unlike PvZ, BvT! is very much a strategic action game as opposed to a strategic tower defense game.
Talk about an odd looking game, but considering the price isn't too bad I might give it a shot once I finish PxZ.