It looks like its time to break out some major artillery on the multi-player action front. Come on; admit it. You never watched "Patton" and thought, "Man, I wish I was one of the infantry men!" No way, you wanted to be in control of a couple of tons mechanized destruction known as a Tank. Well, 3DO is giving you that chance and you are not going to want to pass it up.
WDL Thunder Tanks is essentially a multi-player game. And so it suffers when confined to a single player. The variety offered to keep multiple players happy in death matches actually works against the one player game. One such mode requires you to secure various drone machines inside of an arena. Once you secure them, they will produce drones of your color while you race to the next enemy controlled machine and attempt to take control of it. This provides hours of "punch your buddy in the arm, hey that was mine!" type of fun with a group of friends. However, when you encounter this challenge every forth or fifth round in the single player game, the amount of time it takes to complete this challenge slows the game to a crawl and saps most of the fun out of it.
The over the top power-ups really help WDL: TT. 3DO not only managed to include cool methods of destruction such as satellite strikes and tactical nukes but they did so in a way that still keeps the gameplay balanced. Each of the finely detailed tanks their own strengths and weaknesses. Some are fast and fragile, while others are lumbering behemoths. But the variety isn't limited to simple shape and speed, different weapons and powers (such as strafing) also make you choices a little bit harder. However, no matter what tank you prefer, the gameplay is always fast and firepower filled. A good mantra to mumble while playing Thunder Tanks is "Strike Hard, Strike Fast, No Mercy." If you have to stop to think, you'll usually wake up dead.
If you are looking for a multi-player party, WDL: TT brings the chips and tanks, you just have to provide the bodies.
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