/vr/ - Retro Games

Alright, I decided to give Stray Dog a go, some impressions on gameplay:
>1: The tank drives like shit, it's awkward to steer, even when you get used to it you're going to be making awkward as fuck turns.
>2: The tank also aims like shit, the crosshair lines you up horizontally and that's it, there's no kind of range markings or anything to give you a clue about the absurdly parabolic trajectory of the cannon shells (the lines beneath it are cosmetic), you pretty much just have to point, shoot, and if you miss you'll have to adjust your aim vertically, which isn't conducive to trying to blast quickly moving targets, which is most of them, and that means any kind of ranged combat is tedious and frustrating, while the enemy have an easy time hitting you. You pretty much have to floor it and move towards them to have good chances of hitting them, but that also makes it easier still for them to blast you, so you gotta maneuver like crazy and use cover a lot, it's this weird paradox of enemies being more dangerous the closer you get, yet somehow also less dangerous. I don't even know how to put this.
>3: The 20mm machinegun on the tank is also kind of shit, it scatters wildly and is difficult to use outside of close range, you will miss most of your shots at any distance beyond that.
>4: The only way to heal your tank's damage is to find a welder, which you need to find in every level, and which is SO slow at repairing the tank, it really murders the pacing.
>5: The level design is not very good, it's not really clear where you're supposed to go most of the time, and a lot of things look very samey, in most levels you can just drive through water, but in level 04 this changes without warning and now if you drive your tank over the railings (very easy to do), your tank will just explode.
The times I've had fun driving a tank was the GTA and Saint's Row series, thanks to more distinct level design that's easier to navigate, better controls, and a GPS.