Review - Siege Tank Defence

Siege Tank Defence is a flash animation action game created by Newgrounds.com user dz2001. This tank game was submitted to Newgrounds.com on December 3, 2009 and won a Daily 2nd Place award on December 4, 2009.

Game Controls

Use WASD or arrow keys to move your tank around.
Use the mouse to aim and click the mouse to fire.
Press spacebar to pause the game and access the menu.
Press Q to adjust the game's quality.
Press 1, 2, 3, or 4 to change to the corresponding type of ammunition.
Press E to go to Overdrive mode, which will improve your shield regeneration and ammo reloading time.
Press F to go to Siege mode.
Press R to access your Special Weapons.
Press T to access the turret store, where you can purchase turrets with the money you earned.

Gameplay

The goal of the game is to prevent enemy tanks from entering the teleporter. Use your tank to fire enemies and destroy them, thus preventing them from entering the teleporter. Enemies all have health bars to indicate how much damage is necessary to destroy them. Some enemies do fire back, so being able to dodge while shooting is essential.

At the top of the screen, you can see the time you have survived, your number of kills, the number of enemies that have escaped through the teleporter, and the amount of cash you have earned. The top-right will display your current fps (frames per second). Adjust the game's visual quality to improve your fps. At the bottom of the screen, you can see your different types of ammo as well as the amount of ammo you have remaining. You can also see which modes you are currently using. At the bottom-center is displayed the shield, damage, and armor of your tank.

There are items that will appear on the battlefield from time to time. Click on them to activate or obtain them. Warning: some special weapons will destroy your own tank, so exercise caution when handling heavy artillery and or explosives.

There are four modes of play. Casual and Classic are available by default. Armageddon and Ring of Fire are unlockable. Survive Classic mode for 250 seconds to unlock Armageddon. Survive Armageddon mode to unlock Ring of Fire.

Game Review

First of all, Siege Tank Defence has one of the most interactive main pages I have ever seen. Special props to that. The rest of the game is also pretty solid. With pretty sound graphics and audio effects, this game is perfect for anyone looking for a good shooter/action game. The gameplay is sweet and simple but still maintains the grittiness that is characteristic of good old-fashioned battle tank games. Also, with four different modes of play and multiple turret options, this game has a high replay value for players of all levels.

Siege Tank Defence scores a 10/10 for explosive entertainment.