World of Tanks

World of tanks is BY FAR my game of the year.

This game is a game where you control and drive a tank, and the objective is to either eliminate all enemy tanks or take their base.

Most people would stop there and say "that sounds boring."

But its not.

There are 5 classes of vehicles: Light, Medium, Heavy, Tank Destroyer, and SPG( AKA artillery) My personal favorite is the medium class. Fast, but has enough of a punch.

But the game doesnt stop there. There are 4 (soon to be 5) nations. American, Russian, German, and French. Each nation has about 30 tanks if not more. The tanks go from tier 1 through 10. I play the Russian mediums. I currently have the tier 9 Russian medium and will have the tier 10 Russian medium when it is released.

But it doesnt stop there. Every tank is based on historical documents. For example, the Russian t-54 has 120 MM of frontal armor sloped at 45? degrees in real life and 200mm frontal turret armor. In game its exactly the same.

All the guns have different penetration values and different damage values.

The game gets even more in depth. The angle of armor and slope of armor lets you bounce enemy shells that would normally penetrate. Life and death could mean 2 degrees of turning your tank so that the enemy shell will bounce.

But it gets even more in depth. You have crew in your tank. This varies for every tank but I will use the commander, loader, driver, and gunner as examples.

Say your loader gets hit. Your loading speed is now reduced significantly. Say your driver gets hit, now you cant maneuver nearly as well. It goes on and on.

It gets even better. Your tank has modules. Say your ammo rack gets hit, you either instantly explode or loading time is reduced. If your engine gets hit it can either light on fire, die for a short time, or just get damaged. If your track gets hit, you cant move for a short amount of time.

When you first unlock a tank it is stock. But as you play you get Experience and with that experience you can unlock the next turret, tracks, engine, gun, or radio. In whatever order you want. This experience also makes your crew better. When you first buy a tank your crew starts at 50%. As you play they gain experience, and get higher levels. the higher the percentage, the better they perform.

This game is truly amazing. And it is a great amount of fun. From playing tanks like the King Tiger to the M4 sherman, from the KV3 to the IS3, from the T-54 to the Patton.

I highly, highly recommend this game.

Here is a link to the game: http://worldoftanks.com/