
What a cool new tank without leveling? You can choose from a handful of premium tanks. Do you want to level up faster (get more tanks?)? Then spend a little for elite membership. Heavy tanks sure hit hard but winning the game is about positioning not size, so light tanks can be used to get around these slow moving behemoths.

While the heavy, famous tanks are further down the line (Tigers and Shermans), the game is not pay to win. I have already had many enjoyable hours and I am free to continue to play with the tanks I have unlocked. I can feel that they are pushing me to a paid feature, but I am totally ok with this. I have gotten to the point where unlocking new tanks is slow. I have put in many hours (probably 25, which is a lot for me) and have yet to spend any money. The goal of a F2P game is to provide a quality play experience and then offer paid features in just the right spots. F2P working does not mean that you can play forever for free and never have any reason to spend money. Heartstone, Summoner Wars, and others have really grasped what this monetization style can do for our crowd. This is a game that relies on flanking, just like real tank warfare and rewards careful planning and surprise rather than being the one to pull the trigger first.į2P can be done right, I firmly believe that. However, if someone gets the drop on you from behind, you will not be so lucky. If you are hit from the front, you can generally escape and make it to cover, to fight another day. Your goal in the game is to move from position to position hoping to spot enemy tanks for your teammates while staying in cover and out of sight. The battlefields feature a varied mix of city type terrain (tight corners, hard to navigate, but good cover) and open areas (great visibility and maneuverability, but little cover).

World of Tanks is all about positioning and there are no one-shot kills. Laying my mild offense aside, I booted it up and discovered what he meant. I don’t really consider myself old, but I guess in the world of twitch-based shooters, I am about a thousand years old. He told me that I should definitely check it out as it is an FPS for old men. A few months ago I was speaking to Owen Faraday about World of Tanks on the Xbox.
