Kyle Johnson from TPG writes:
"It seems as though with every year that passes, quite a few games arrive announcing they each have “returned to gaming’s roots, bringing fun and a challenge back to gamers.” Though neither of these are bad in terms of gameplay, most gamers play games because they find games entertaining. Failing that, thought-provoking or even the unabashedly silly game also appeals to many a gamer. As is such, the title of Positech Games’ Gratuitous Tank Battles would imply irreverent and chaotic fun, but eventually comes across as anything but."
This week, the Humble Sale has gone back to selling video games, with the titles up for grabs coming from strategy developer Positech Games.
Eskimo Press: "Gratuitous Tank Battles is a tower-defense/RTS hybrid thing set in a world where World War I never ended. Tanks are used alongside mechs and laser riflemen against missile batteries and laser cannons. Sounds cool, right?"
Today the expansion The Western Front for UK indie Gratuitous Tank Battles is available. It's an "alternate-history" tower-defense game involving plenty of tanks which just got a lot more WW2 themed.
The plot of Gratuitous Tank Battles is that the first World War kinda never ended, but got lasers! Now The Western Front pushes it into WW2 as Yanks face the Krauts in Europe through 8 missions.
