@Ajey: You mean if you love shitty netcode lagging you out of games and kekekekeke then you'll love Gunbound.

Besides, Worms came out way before Gunbound.

agies

@Ajey: How is Worms a watered down version of Gunbound?

I like Gunbound, and think it's a great game, but I think it's a far cry to Worms is a watered down verion of GB.

I mean, Worms World Party puts GB to shame...
>_>;

Coquiton

I just wish they'd release a proper version of Worms on XBLA. There are just too many missing weapons, voices, terrains, etc., it's like a demo of the real Worms experience.

Strangelove

It looks like realtime Scorched Earth which is AWESOME!

ggodo

This kinda reminds me of Worms, and Worms kinda reminds me of a watered-down version of Gunbound. If you like this/Worms, you'll LOVE Gunbound ([gunbound.com])

Ajey

Gotta keep on saying , I love these graphics. I like how the explosion comes at you. And the water looks prerendered. If it is real time then that is crazy.

Netnavi

@DarkTravesty:

AH, I think you just got pwned.

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

@Ad-hominem: *cough*[en.wikipedia.org])*cough*

DarkTravesty

@ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST: Yeah... there's been a lot more deja vu these days on Kotaku. I wonder if somethings wrong.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

Yeah...It still looks like it's trying to be a Pixeljunk game, and failing.

It's not that it doesn't look nice, it just lacks any "inspiration" or innovation. It's the same game that came out on the Saturn. Like, identical.

Ad-hominem

That's as good as bought. Do we have a release date yet?

HappyWulf

They went from top-down 'hack and slashes' to Tanks? Odd! I love Worms, so this could be fun.

Wolfers

This trailer looks oddly familiar...

ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST

Was this the game that was on the same disk as Powerslave for the saturn? Little fuzzy on that...

Anyway, looks like a more action-oriented Scorched Earth, a game that ate away quite a bit of my time in college (funky bombs, mirvs ... good times). Thumbs up!

the-hypnotoad

idk, looks like there's some dazzle to me. blowing sand, asplosions, sparks and flares, etc.

3inst3in

that does look amazing, me wants. any game with explosions that big and sparkly, can't be bad

cubed2D

wow!!!

even some of the weapons are straight copies of Scorched Earth including rolling bombs, nukes, and deflector shield...

i'll be disappointed if there's no Dirt Bomb so i can bury opponents in 10 tons of earth and they have to dig themselves out for a long time....

icepick314

SUPER ADVANCED SCORCHED EARTH! I'm sure I'll be playing this game alot

Tilimorf

O.O, Worms is certainly not a watered down version of gunbound, especially considering how long worms has been out there compared to gunbound. Worms World Party was pretty good. I digress, and consider this something of a real time version of scorched earth, or worms, and hell yea, bring it ON!

shiner980

This is gonna be great.

Knoxximus (360/PSN)

Oh lord....That's Scorched Earth, the first...no second game I played on a PC Clone. The first was Gorilla...which I am sure has been remade too.

Memories....

R0ark

Wow, this could be The Mother of all Games.

Turhaya

If you haven't ever played Death Tank Zwei, you have NO IDEA THE AWESOMENESS.

Seriously, it's one of the most fun games ever. It looks like all the good weapons are back, especially that shield! And the Death's Head, right?

Perdew

Nah...I'll pass.

johnpnj

Wow, looks like a sexy version of Pocket Tanks, yep, it has all the same weapons and the ability to jump in the air and move...

Scazza

man if this used to be a saturn game does that mean they can spruce up games like guardian heroes or dragon force for the saturn? i loved those games.

twelveminusone

Does anyone remember Tank Wars 15 years ago on the PC? I grew up on that game, and in a way, it got me into gaming. This has just become a must buy for me.
WHOO! BOOM!

TheMurderer

woah, this game looks great. I remember playing pocket tanks in middle school, so I might pick this up to play with friends.

Kenninator

Oh man, I was excited for this then you had to go and mention Gunbound.

Now why the HELL is that not on XBL? It'd be freaking huge.

sc00t420

I think I speak for the majority of us when I state:

DO WANT.

That is all gentlemen.

Terrorsaur.

Wow, I hope Wendell Hicken is getting a nice big fat royalties check for this.

durrem

@sc00t420: because Worms is already on XBL and because Gunbound is already free to play on the PC

PuppyGuarder

So can multiplayer be played over Live?

Mericana

This looks like GunBound without the turn-based combat.

NeoAkira

This looks like iraq without the oil.

Terrorsaur.

This looks like Scorched Earth* without the turn-based combat.

Deekman

It's a real-time Scorched Earth. Same powerups (shields, screen-sweeping bombs), same destructible terrain, same trajectory-based gameplay. I hope whoever came up with Death Tank paid the Scorched Earth guys heavy royalties (or was part of its original team).

Does Not Equal (ダズノット)

@Does Not Equal (ダズノット): The scrotched earth guys didn't pay anything to the author of Tank Wars, so I doubt it.

Luziphir

Looks like a real time TANK WARS. I can't wait.

Luziphir

@DarkTravesty: Totally right. This is Scorched Earth from good old DOS gaming. What were the other ones???? Duelling Starships and Monkeys or Gorillas or something. I expect to see them soon too.

Cojo21

Ah it's just like I remember, and as such, consider it bought.

TearsandScreams

@the-hypnotoad: Scorched Earth + MIRVs were a WIN/WIN situation, every time. Nothing quite like dropping a boat load of warheads on a badguy, or 5.

I can't wait!

Salen

Hey, there used to BE an arcade game called "MIRV".

mariospants

@Ad-hominem: "It still looks like it's trying to be a Pixeljunk game, and failing. (...) It's the same game that came out on the Saturn. Like, identical."

Those two sentences seem to contradict each other :-)

L_K_M

People seem to be guessing at the weapons that are included in the game. Since this seems to be a port of Death Tank Zwei for the Saturn (on the Duke Nukem 3D Disc) I can tell you what they are:

Offensive items
Normal shot - takes 1/3 life with direct hit
Machine Guns - Weak, but good for close range
Missles - Steer these in the air, 1/3 life
Rolling Mines - Roll down hills, 1/3
Nuke - Big blast radius, direct hit takes 2/3 life
Mirv - Shoots 5 normal shots to blanket an enemy
Death's Head - Shoots a whole bunch of nuke powered shots
Air Strike - Calls in a carpet bombing raid

Other stuff
Jump jets - fly away from danger
Shield - Repels most fire
Hover coil - Like jump jets, but lasts the whole round
Target comp - Puts a reticule where your shot will land
Corbomite - releases a bunch of shots when you die

I think that about covers it.

stonefry

Okay, it's a real-time Scorched Earth/Worms/Gunbound. I think we can all get behind that, right?

SAMAS

Am I the only one that thought Watchmen looking at that arrow?

Aitrus233