xbox 360
Look At Death Tank Go!
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 11:30 AM on September 3, 2008
Go, Death Tank, go! The Xbox Live Arcade release of the Saturn multiplayer classic may not have much in the dazzle department, but it's clean and has explosions and looks like a good way to spend some Microsoft Points. It also has an amazing title screen. We can be very meat and potatoes sometimes.
Death Tank Silent Spring Gameplay HD [GameTrailers]

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agies
Posted 12:16 PM 3/9/08
@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
Coquiton
Posted 12:15 PM 3/9/08
@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
Strangelove
Posted 12:13 PM 3/9/08
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
ggodo
Posted 12:13 PM 3/9/08
It looks like realtime Scorched Earth which is AWESOME!
ggodo
Ajey
Posted 12:08 PM 3/9/08
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
Netnavi
Posted 12:01 PM 3/9/08
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
dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased
Posted 11:55 AM 3/9/08
@DarkTravesty:
AH, I think you just got pwned.
dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased
DarkTravesty
Posted 11:54 AM 3/9/08
@Ad-hominem: *cough*[en.wikipedia.org])*cough*
DarkTravesty
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Posted 11:51 AM 3/9/08
@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)
Ad-hominem
Posted 11:48 AM 3/9/08
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
HappyWulf
Posted 11:47 AM 3/9/08
That's as good as bought. Do we have a release date yet?
HappyWulf
Wolfers
Posted 11:47 AM 3/9/08
They went from top-down 'hack and slashes' to Tanks? Odd! I love Worms, so this could be fun.
Wolfers
ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST
Posted 11:45 AM 3/9/08
This trailer looks oddly familiar...
ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST
the-hypnotoad
Posted 11:40 AM 3/9/08
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
3inst3in
Posted 11:40 AM 3/9/08
idk, looks like there's some dazzle to me. blowing sand, asplosions, sparks and flares, etc.
3inst3in
cubed2D
Posted 11:39 AM 3/9/08
that does look amazing, me wants. any game with explosions that big and sparkly, can't be bad
cubed2D
icepick314
Posted 12:35 PM 3/9/08
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
Tilimorf
Posted 12:25 PM 3/9/08
SUPER ADVANCED SCORCHED EARTH! I'm sure I'll be playing this game alot
Tilimorf
shiner980
Posted 12:23 PM 3/9/08
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
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
Posted 12:23 PM 3/9/08
This is gonna be great.
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
R0ark
Posted 12:56 PM 3/9/08
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
Turhaya
Posted 12:53 PM 3/9/08
Wow, this could be The Mother of all Games.
Turhaya
Perdew
Posted 12:46 PM 3/9/08
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
johnpnj
Posted 12:44 PM 3/9/08
Nah...I'll pass.
johnpnj
Scazza
Posted 1:09 PM 3/9/08
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
twelveminusone
Posted 1:37 PM 3/9/08
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
TheMurderer
Posted 1:33 PM 3/9/08
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
Kenninator
Posted 1:26 PM 3/9/08
woah, this game looks great. I remember playing pocket tanks in middle school, so I might pick this up to play with friends.
Kenninator
sc00t420
Posted 1:53 PM 3/9/08
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
Terrorsaur.
Posted 1:46 PM 3/9/08
I think I speak for the majority of us when I state:
DO WANT.
That is all gentlemen.
Terrorsaur.
durrem
Posted 1:38 PM 3/9/08
Wow, I hope Wendell Hicken is getting a nice big fat royalties check for this.
durrem
PuppyGuarder
Posted 2:04 PM 3/9/08
@sc00t420: because Worms is already on XBL and because Gunbound is already free to play on the PC
PuppyGuarder
Mericana
Posted 1:57 PM 3/9/08
So can multiplayer be played over Live?
Mericana
NeoAkira
Posted 2:31 PM 3/9/08
This looks like GunBound without the turn-based combat.
NeoAkira
Terrorsaur.
Posted 2:52 PM 3/9/08
This looks like iraq without the oil.
Terrorsaur.
Deekman
Posted 2:46 PM 3/9/08
This looks like Scorched Earth* without the turn-based combat.
Deekman
Does Not Equal (ダズノット)
Posted 3:53 PM 3/9/08
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)
Luziphir
Posted 4:57 PM 3/9/08
@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
Luziphir
Posted 4:56 PM 3/9/08
Looks like a real time TANK WARS. I can't wait.
Luziphir
Cojo21
Posted 7:56 PM 3/9/08
@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
TearsandScreams
Posted 8:31 PM 3/9/08
Ah it's just like I remember, and as such, consider it bought.
TearsandScreams
Salen
Posted 11:19 PM 3/9/08
@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
mariospants
Posted 12:34 AM 4/9/08
Hey, there used to BE an arcade game called "MIRV".
mariospants
L_K_M
Posted 1:10 AM 4/9/08
@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
stonefry
Posted 2:31 AM 4/9/08
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
SAMAS
Posted 11:34 AM 4/9/08
Okay, it's a real-time Scorched Earth/Worms/Gunbound. I think we can all get behind that, right?
SAMAS
Aitrus233
Posted 12:31 PM 4/9/08
Am I the only one that thought Watchmen looking at that arrow?
Aitrus233