Разработчик: PigeonDev
Описание
То, что точно есть в этой игре:
- 20 разнообразных уровней
- Смертоносные боссы
- Воксельная графика
- chiptune-музыка
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10
- Процессор: 1.7 Ghz
- Оперативная память: 1 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: 512 MB VRAM
- DirectX: версии 9.0
- Место на диске: 128 MB
- ОС *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10
- Процессор: 2.4 Ghz
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: 1024 MB VRAM
- DirectX: версии 9.0
- Место на диске: 128 MB
Отзывы пользователей
It's a totally playable generic tank game with voxel graphics and great 8-bit style music. All the levels are open so you can just beat the bosses to get the achievements if you want. I played through all the levels and only found one of them challenging. If it's an open area the tanks will never hit you if you strafe. Most of the bosses are pretty cool even though they're easy, but the final boss is just a single tiny tank that is a normal enemy. I guess it's supposed to be a joke but it's totally disappointing and almost ruined the game for me. While not terrible I see no reason to ever play it again but for a sub 1 hour game it's not bad.
I'm not really sure if Voxel Tanks is an asset flip. Some elements of this game certainly make it seem like the developer put some effort into assembling some kind of original here. On the other hand, a lot of the game assets don't seem like they were created by the developer, but they haven't credited any asset creators for supplying assets, which might be a case of plagiarism. There's no evidence, so we need to give the benefit of the doubt... regardless, asset flip or not, the quality here is indistinguishable from many asset flip/cash grab scams, and that's a problem in itself.
Voxel Tanks is a really bare bones, basic 2D top down shooter with the titular "Voxel Tanks" which really look a lot to me like they just borrowed them from an asset pack, but you know, maybe they didn't. You drive your voxel tank asset around an arena, dodge stuff that's shooting at you, shoot at other tanks, and ask deep questions about why you're wasting your time with such garbage, low effort Russian shovelware.
From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision.
The game assets are fairly mediocre/low quality which fits with the idea they weren't developed by the game creator... they look like they're "just reasonable enough" to go on sale as part of an asset pack. The issue of asset flipping aside, ultimately the quality of these assets is low and low quality always makes for a less than optimal gaming experience.
The game features lazy low-polygon voxel "Minecraft"-like voxel "art", making this look like a barely functional 3D game from the 1990s. A lot of amateur developers see Minecraft's success and assume it's because it looks bad, not because it had unique and appealing game mechanics, and they try to emulate the success without understanding it. It also happens to be easy, and doesn't need any proper talent in terms of game development/graphic artists etc. That's why reviewers are faced with so many of these terrible games with confrontingly bad graphics. Developers must learn that Minecraft succeeded despite the bad graphics, not because of them.
Bewilderingly, the game doesn't include proper audio controls, so you can't turn off the annoying sound/background music, you'll need to alt+tab out and stop it using the Windows sound mixer. This is obviously not okay and it's unclear why the developers chose not to include this basic feature.
The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers, left handed gamers or gamers using AZERTY or other international keyboard layouts.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 4 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 100,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected.
So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam?
Voxel Tanks is relatively cheap at $3 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend. This is also competing with over 11,000 free games available on Steam, many of them far better than this paid product.
What I Liked
I got a 50% discount coupon for this game—which made an already inexpensive game cheaper—so I decided to buy and play it. I certainly had fun with this game playing thru the majority of the levels. The levels introduced mechanics appropriately and each level felt different. The voxel graphics were also enjoyable and added to the feel.
Complaints
The turret's fire rate is based on your monitor's refresh rate. So since I was playing with 120Hz the turrets were shooting two times as fast. This made some of the levels extremely difficult and some impossible. So if you are planning to play this game, I suggest temporally lowering your refresh rate to 60Hz. This makes the turrets shoot as fast as they were intended making the game much more fair and enjoyable.
The boss AI is simple and predicable making the bosses extremely easy. I was able to beat all the bosses either on my first or second try. This is great if you are quickly trying to get the achievements but makes the bosses boring.
Overall
Before I edited this review, I didn't recommend this game because of the unfair turret fire rate. However, if your willing to temporary change your refresh rate down to 60Hz the game becomes much more enjoyable. Because of this, I recommend this game.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | PigeonDev |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 15.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 67% положительных (15) |