A four years old game with 8 reviews (according to Steam)... Can't be good, right? Or maybe a hidden gem? Firing up the hexbased tactics The tutorial shows well how this game is played. Main difference from other games is the influence of range on the outcome of combat: close range is best, then max range, followed by the steps closer. Engaging combat...
Tank Battle: Pacific2017
Tank Battle: Pacific
2017 HexWar Games70Good
Playtime
ShortPlayers typically spend about 8 hours in the game.
Playable on
Available on
- $9.99
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Details
- Launch
- August 3, 2017
- Developer
- HexWar Games
- Publisher
- HexWar Games
- Themes
- -
Overview
Capture the experience of being a tank commander in the Pacific Theatre in World War Two. Fight battles between Japan, France, China, Russia, British Commonwealth and The United States of America. The game has a wide range of features from the tank battles of Northern Manchuria to the battlefields of Burma and the landings on the Pacific Islands. The game even includes a what-if scenario for Operation Olympic, the invasion of the Japanese homelands.
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Reception
Players71
Good- Steam71from 21 reviews
Tank Battle:Pacific is a good game,it's not frilly by any means and I would like rather bigger maps. It's hard to deploy un-noticed,I think " Civil War Bull Run" handled this a bit better.But those gripes apart there is not much else to moan about.There are different campaigns ,various settings for each , and these are interesting, largely forgotten...
The fact they were able to milk out 7 of theses is crazy. Guess the joke is on me for owning them all in the first place. But I will save you from the same fate that I had to suffer through.
Ancient wargamers like me, played a lot of hexagon-based strategy games back in the day. This was how battles were decided, way before real time strategy was invented. What this series does is capture the spirit of these old games. It's not innovative or groundbreaking. It's simple to play and the battles are fairly quick, but it's a sweet taste of...
Good strategy game.
Oldschool design is awesome.
You can earn achievements.