For me Hexage is a type of builders that harkens again to the early days of the App Retailer and actually the beginnings of iPhone gaming. I’ve spent many collective hours enjoying the likes of Totemo, Radiant, Radiant Protection, EVAC, Reaper… the record goes on. So I used to be delighted to see one other new recreation from Hexage launch this week referred to as Flying Tank, and much more delighted that that is one more critically good recreation from this developer.
This can be a horizontal scrolling shooter that takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting the place aliens have arrived on Earth and humanity determined to greet them peacefully. The large aliens simply sort of frolicked within the sky doing their very own factor, and people simply sort of saved doing their very own factor as effectively. Slowly although, the aliens started consuming the planet’s sources and taking up, and because the people lived alongside them for therefore lengthy they weren’t actually well-equipped to combat them off.
Their resolution was to simply… nuke the entire planet, principally. And let me let you know, that did NOT go as deliberate. The aliens nonetheless dominated supreme, humanity was nearly fully worn out within the course of, and people people who did survive have splintered off into varied factions. You, along with your fleet of flying tanks, are type of a employed goon that blasts away aliens and people alike throughout 24 completely different missions as you attempt to assist reclaim Earth from the aliens.
Controllers are supported in Flying Tank, and the sport performs simply nice with them, however that is additionally a recreation that was designed extremely effectively for the touchscreen. Default controls have your ship–er, tank–following your finger, however relative contact is on the market within the choices and it’s my choice. You fireplace your principal gun by tapping the display or holding right down to rapid-fire, launch your particular weapon with a swipe to the proper, and drop a bomb by swiping down. Sure, there are floor enemies along with airborne ones. You even have one other particular skill, usually a protect, mapped to an upward swipe.
The result’s an extremely succesful killing machine with advanced weapons and protection skills all mapped to straightforward to make use of faucet and swipe gestures. It’s a lot extra enjoyable having full management of your arsenal and having the ability to make strategic selections on when and the place to fireplace off your weapons or deploy a particular skill, in comparison with numerous made-for-mobile shooters the place your ship simply auto-shoots and also you simply sort of information it by the sport. For lack of a greater time period this appears like a “actual” shooter and never one thing dumbed down for the sake of the touchscreen.
The fight is a blast and there’s no scarcity of stuff to customise and improve your fleet of flying tanks with, and there are SO MANY superior and distinctive weapons and enemies it actually stands other than different shooters. There’s a ton of stuff to do on this recreation, however I’m additionally discovering myself actually having fun with the story aspect of issues. Better of all is that Flying Tank is free to obtain and take a look at with 8 missions obtainable, and if you happen to get by these and like what you see there’s a few completely different choices for unlocking the total recreation relying on if you happen to like further goodies or not. Personally, I really like further goodies, so I purchased the deluxe unlock, but it surely’s good there’s a less expensive possibility too. For those who like shooters and premium cellular recreation experiences you may’t actually go unsuitable with Flying Tank.
