Tank Squad Steam Charts & Stats

[h1] I love WW2 related games, especially tanks. But I couldn't bare the pain of the mechanics of this game to play more than 30 minutes. [/h1] Tank Squad. Oh, boy. Where do I begin. I went into this game hoping for something similar to SL-2's tank crew DLC but at a somewhat more affordable price range. The game looked great, it was fairly optimized considering all the moving foliage and modern graphics. Now, I don't consider myself someone that simply enjoys a "run & shoot" type of game, but I generally go into a game like this understanding 3 core aspects. [h3] 1. How to move [/h3] [h3] 2. How to shoot [/h3] [h3] 3. What is the objective [/h3] Linear, but quite reasonable and straight-forward. After getting familiar with these features, I would naturally understand the other detailed and more intricate controls / features. [h1] I was able to understand #1 and #3, but #2 was the Maginot Line for me. [/h1] I could not figure out how to get my tank to fire, without using the "O" button to make the AI fire at a target, but even that didn't seem to work so well. Especially against targets perhaps hiding behind soft cover, or just buildings or obstacles I wanted to fire at. I spent nearly 30 minutes [b] PURELY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SHOOT [/b] and I have to throw in the towel. I looked at the control layout image via "F1" pressed every single button that could possibly have any function with the turret, tried the "Bootcamp", but Bootcamp doesn't really have anything that can help a new player besides giving them a firing range where they can figure things out themselves. [h1] Only take this review as consideration, as it is purely based on my personal experience. [/h1] However, I believe it's worth noting that someone like myself who played other ww2 simulators, strategy games, shooters was not able to get the gun to fire. I was very frustrated and actually had to just turn the game off, I could feel I was only going to get more frustrated and stressed spending anymore time figuring things out. [h1] Verdict: "I was about to commit seppuku inside my bunker before the Russians got to me cause all the panzers were malfunctioning." [/h1]

Great concept but runs like Forrest Gump if Forrest Gump was 800 lbs.

What to say. Game has lots of potential but its an unfinished game. Was rushed out for release for funds to continue the games development. Massive issues with no Game manual, so you spend your first couple hours testing the game mechanic's with trial and error. Annoying how you have to go through a number of tasks to just jump from one position to another.. Mainly TC to Gunner. You have to repair your tanks using resources. You can capture, repair and re-purpose soviet tanks or scrap them for more resources. Have discovered bug where you can't access gunner position from TC position and you have to end battle and re-boot game. There is no game manual what so ever so if you don't have time or the patience to figure stuff out.. don't bother. Give the game a couple months to sort itself out or wait for it to go on sale. I've played lots of tank simulators. This is just not worth the time, although the concept is great.

This is the spiritual successor to old school tank game Panzer Elite, highly recommend it. Devs are fantastic and are working their butts off fixing and adding stuff. I played the demo for many hours with a friend rolling Tigers across Russia. The latest version is way beyond that.

FACT: Game probably should have been listed as "early access" due to the unfinished state and bugs. FACT: Game is certainly playable and enjoyable even with the problems. FACT: Devs appear to be working very hard to fix the game issues and add more content. FACT: Game is a "diamond in the rough" that has lots of potential, but unless we support it by purchasing and playing now, Tank Squad may never become the game we all want to see in the future. BUY THIS GAME!

Im sorry. This "sim" is absolutely awful. A general rule for a sim is: If it's harder to do in the sim than it would be in real life...it needs to be reworked. And boy does it need to be reworked. I wont even start on a needed tutorial. It actually doesn't need a tutorial, because properly teaching you how to use the game mechanics to do things tells you there are serious problems with the game. A proper tutorial should tell you: "get a refund" As a commander: the "best" way to be a commander is to hit B, go into binocular mode, right click to zoom and hit MMB (LOL) to mark targets. Of course your commander is sticking out so you're going to get killed easily. To work it from the inside is hilarious: you point at the viewfinder, use it...and hope you can traverse the pointer to the target after holding down O. It's so slow, awkward and ungainly...when a real commander would switch smoothly. This is obviously a "I'm in a game" limitation and these devs actually thought to keep it this way anyway...it's insane. Oh, and theres even bugs in commander view where the turret likes to point toward the back of the tank, and the AI driver will actually turn your rear armor to the enemy. LOL!!! The game works better as a gunner. Don't worry, I'm here to help: hold down num pad 2. Your vision sucks, and you'll have a hard time playing with the controls to get the turret to turn faster, but at least you'll point and shoot like your playing a tank sim, rather than some crazed person's idea of simulation where you are expected to carefully select the right places to point and click at what a real tank crew would instinctively be able to do. I do recommend swallowing your pride, putting it on "arcade" or playing with custom difficulty. The simulation options are not "simulations" they are silly obstacles. There's few things less immersive than flailing around a turret, unable to range, turn faster or reload properly compared to a real tank crew because the devs thought it would be cool for you to hit and hold buttons or switch stations to shoot. Turning your head to use a viewfinder is instinctual. In the game it's comedy I said all that...but man I really wish it controlled better and accepted certain conventions of simulations...it really can be a good game. GHPC is here, it's flawed too, but miles better than this.

This is EVERYTHING Ive been waiting for. Actual WW2 Armor shenanigans. Not some boring death match, arcade game, like the rest. PLEASE keep working on this game, you are the GOAT!

I want this game to succeed. I am enjoying it to a point, BUTTTTTTT I'm sorry. I can not give this game a positive review at this Time. The game was release as a complete buggy bag of shxt. Positives historical uniforms and markings on tanks . A great variety of tanks and Anti tank weapons. In game economics. I didn't see that one coming. The restocking lost tanks with captured Enemy tanks. Missions do look good & are Historically Based. Negative points After you complete the first objective and die in mission 2. The spawn points are are sometimes in front of retreating enemy, so you are instantly killed on spawn from behind from retreating enemy tanks. This is Poor mission planning by dev on that part. Remove spawn points and make the players drive the tanks. Its a tank game. No Quick save , You have one successful event & then the bugs or poor design come into play. Allow people to save after objectives. At least this way we can go for a walk and come back and try again. Not restart the whole mission from scratch. Even the AI is hacking in this game lol. In simulator you have marking on enemy positions, You simply can not see past the marking and are normally killed from the enemy behind these Markings. Remove them its simulator. where is the Map key ? let players use maps with only enemy positions marked. Simulator. Flying tanks. Really, no joke. Infantry AI is retarded. Like the real russian army. No damn quick save. you put an hour plus into game only to loose 3 platoons to a bug you cant do anything about. Sniper tanks . Enemy engaging from 1000 meters plus, all while I'm out of line of sight & while i am in dead ground on other side of hill .( in Cover for you Civies ) Getting hit from under the tank through a hill . yeap Sound cutting in and out ? We'll say its intentional and hearing loss from explosions. Add Ringing. A simple fence post will stop your tank shots hitting tanks or infantry. Invisible walls. The IDEA is great. i want it to succeed . But it is Currently Not ready for public release. The missions are planned ok. I'm liking them. But your bugs are ruining your game. Maybe in the discord you only had positive feed back and this lead to a early release. But this is truly bad. I've pumped many hours into this game. The Dev's needs to sort out a few basic's . I will gladly change my review when these issues are fixed. I've been waiting years for this game, only be disappointed by the poor release. Expecting the Public to beta test your game or pay for the privilege is a risky & bold strategy . Lets see if this Pays off. Out to you.

They have done it again .full of promises but continously failing . they promised they were going to add loads of maps and other content in early access then they dont they wrap it up and release it before fulfilling their promises . their great at selling you fantastic ideas but never see it through. they did exactly the same with tank mechanic simulator. what could have been a great game never got the content it deserved .they are like children getting bored and moving on to other great ideas before finishing and seeing through their current projects. im very angry they fooled me twice now with false promises i can promise you now im done with these jokers. im a builder by trade im pretty sure if you paid me to build you a house and i got bored half way through and built you a bungalow instead. id would be going to court for it,but seems this is acceptable practice in the gaming world.

I love the premise and potential of the game, and I'm even having fun with the gameplay (this probably would be one of my favourite games if it worked better), but this doesn't feel like a fully-fledged release yet. The game is incredibly raw right now, with bugs, visual inconsistencies, unused/unfinished features (like the crane) and AI problems. Here's a few things that really annoy me when driving around in a StuG III for example: [list] [*]If peaking outside as the commander and the vehicle is at a slope, then your camera will be massively off-center in relation to the commander's hatchet, potentially even ending up behind the open hatchet door, effectively blinding you [*]Many times, when going from outside to inside as a commander, the hatchet refuses to close when you're not specifically looking up at it to trigger the animation [*]When in the MG gunner's position, the camera will reset to looking backwards (!) everytime you end aiming with RMB [*]Also when in the MG gunner's position and when peaking outside, the tank interior is not getting rendered, so you're just looking through your tank and at the ground when you look down inside the hatchet [/list] There are more issues like this, and they add up and cause frustration during gameplay. I would've been less dissappointed and critical of these issues if the game was marked as Early Access, but according to everything stated on the Steam store page, this is a 1.0 release, and so my review is treating the game as such. I would love to be able to rework my review in a few months of time, if the developers keep focusing on fixing issues, but as it stands right now, only buy this game if you can deal with it being a work in progress release.