![]() ![]() Gratuitous Tank Battles is a far more substantial offering than its predecessor. It's still based in the Gratuitous idea, but this time it's actually a tower defence game. It is about sending tanks, and mechs, and millions of tiny men to their deaths. ![]() This isn't about fleet battles in space of course, but gigantic assaults on the ground. The basic premise nevertheless remains the same: intense tweaking and customisation followed by epic, gratuitous battles. Terrestrial sequel Gratuitous Tank Battles is a little more hands-on than that, because you can direct a little of where the action is going. This was a game where you were the admiralty, rather than the commander, and you simply set up your fleet and your tactics and let the game play out. It was a space fleet manager, rather than the real-time strategy you might have been expecting, and that experience that threw a few people. Those of you who dabbled in Gratuitous Space Battles will probably recall that the experience was a little unusual. However, it was very nearly called Gratuitous Trench Battles, and even "Over The Top", and you can find out why by reading on, below. Logically enough it was called Gratuitous Tank Battles, because it features a multitude of tanks, and even robots. One thing is certain: It will all be over by Christmas 2114.Today we got to see Positech's sequel to Gratuitous Space Battles for the first time. The two great armies continue to fight with patriotic zeal and little memory of who Franz Ferdinand was and what happened to him. Soldiers still fight in the trenches of the Somme, although rifles have (mostly) become laser rifles and giant armored mechs stride across no-man's land. ![]() GTB takes place in an alternate reality where the 'central powers' never surrender and the 'Great War' continues for two hundred years. A built-in map editor allows easy sharing of custom maps and defensive challenges with other GTB players in a similar fashion to the challenge system in GTB's sister game, Gratuitous Space Battles. You can take the role of the defender or the attacker in a series of top-down explodey battles. World War I is still raging! Gratuitous Tank Battles is a real-time strategy/tower defense hybrid with online elements and customizable units. ![]()
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