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Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon:                             Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Old Bugger OMO[/i] [br]I am surprised that nobody has found and posted about this game already. Been playing it for about a week now and it is not only a great game but its free to play! Unlike a lot of free to play games it does not force you into a corner if you do not pay. Much like the CoH FTP game that Relic put out. You advance a little slower and have a few less bennies but its no big deal if you do not pay. It is only 1.8g to download so you dont have to wait hours to play it. The game itself is a class A quality shooter with good graphics that works almost like a full on tank sim. The game has quite a few well thought out maps. Think around 10. It offers a lot of tanks to play with. Even many that never saw battle or did not even make it to the prototype stage. They have light, med, heavy, artillery and tank destroyers. On the back end there is a lot of advancement available from tank components (gun, engine, radio, turret and suspension) to custom add-ons and special crew skills. Latter they will be adding clan wars to it where clans will fight WWII on a campaign map. There is a learning curve for tactics and style of play as matches tend towards strategy and teamwork. Twitch skill is still there but less than in a FPS. The learning curve for just getting in and shooting someone in the face is not much at all. There is a practice mode but I do not recommend it since ppl just tend to mess around and not really play. There are no standings or ladder to worry about so ranked matches are fine to start off with. Ammo and tank repairs cost in-game money but you will get enough to cover that (with few exceptions) from the match rewards even if you loose. It only takes the match maker a few seconds to find a match. So no staring at "looking for match" for 10 min like some games. There are no respawns so if you die your out of the match. The good news is there is no penalty for leaving the match early and starting another one. The tank you used will be locked in that battle till it is over but you get up to 5 tank slots for free and can add more if you pay. You can also watch the match and see how it plays out. The tanks are divided into tiers and there is matchmaking that tries to keep you somewhat in range of the other tanks. This works well up to a point. In the first 2 tiers it works great. Almost every game you play will be tier 1 and 2 only. However you will spend a long time in tier 3 and 4 being totally outmatched in most games. This is not all bad though because you can still be useful as a scout and get rewards for it as well. If you can sneak in and take out a arty or two your team will love you. You can avoid this somewhat by playing tank destroyers and arty since they can still hurt big tanks. Unlocking med and heavy tanks tends to be a bit more of a uphill struggle. I am playing as Voidbeast and would love to play some games with any of you that want to try it out. Knowing the kinds of games you guys like this one should be a blast for most all of you. Advice for new players If you are going to stay with free to play you should prob not try to play all three nations. Focus on one or two. I play mainly German except my tank destroyer is US because some of the latter US ones get a rotating turret instead of front fire only. keep a few lower tier tanks around for quick cash. You get rewards for "spotting" the enemy. So you can jump in a fast tank and charge their base right at the start. Get a few shots off, die and go jump in another tank. The tier 2 US M2 light tank and the German 35(t) are great for this. I like the 38(t) better even though its slower and has less side armor. It has slightly more HP, better front armor and a more accurate gun. It is better for sniping if you want to play the match out. If your playing light tanks in tier 3 and think you wont be so outmatched in tier 4 think again. They up the stakes once more and you will end up in most games full of top tier tanks. Not every game is like that but a lot are. In those I either try to sneak past their lines and take out arty or suicide scout depending on map. When you do find yourself in a game where you are at the top sit back and enjoy the carnage. Atry is in a class by itself. It plays totally different than everything else. It can shoot about half way across most maps and can penetrate almost any armor even at tier 2. It can direct fire (hard to do) but is built for sniper mode. For sniper mode HIT SHIFT!!! I did not know this when I started and found arty hard as hell to play with. Once I figured that out it was a lot of fun. Can get frustrating sometimes if the map has a lot of big hills or nobody bothers to protect the base from those pesky little knats that like to suicide into you. Also the ammo is quite limited and very expensive. This is one case where you may actually loose money in a match so be careful. Make every shot count. Do not assume bigger is better. This goes for both guns and tanks. Penetration and damage are the biggest two factors when looking at guns. Some of the large guns do tons of damage but can only penetrate light armor. All tanks are not made equal. For example the US has a tier 2 med tank that has less armor than most light tanks. The gun isn't any better either. The Pz III med tank only has slightly better armor than same tier light tanks and also uses the same gun. Take a careful look at the tech trees. The arrows that go sideways to other lines are shortcut paths. You do not have to go both directions to get into a tank. Either path will get you there. Looking ahead and planning your path well will save you a lot of time. Edit: Forgot the link... [url]http://worldoftanks.com/[/url] And a professional review that scored it 9.2/10... [url]http://worthplaying.com/article/2011/7/6/reviews/82210/[/url] [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON    Insert a File     Check here to include your profile signature.