Bubble Tanks 2 Review By Obeliskos
Bubble Tanks 2 is, obviously, the sequel of Bubble Tanks.
There is no plot to develop or anything, so Bubble Tanks 2 was made to improve on the last game by bringing us class upgrades, new weapons, more enemies, and a few bosses, not to mention Arena Mode.
Like the first Bubble Tanks, this game is all about running around shooting other bubbles. Some can put up a fight, some can’t. When an enemy is defeated, bubbles fly out and you collect them to grow. If an enemy bubble shoots you, you lose bubbles. After a while, you’re given a set of class upgrades to choose. There are 5 upgrades to be made, each choice leading to a different tank type. Which type should you choose in order to succeed? Well, that’s the fun about BT2: You have to experiment with things like classes to find out what the best course of action is in order to beat the game.
While the game is not particularly hard, since you can’t really “die”, it still takes a while to get all of those bubbles and upgrade your tank to the max. Due to this, the game gets repetitive, with only new enemies every now and then to keep it from getting stale. Nonetheless, it’s a fun game for a while. However, once you fully upgrade your tank and kill the boss, there is hardly much left to do. Search for the other four boss bubbles for the badge and you’re done, with hardly any motivation to play again.
The replay value in this game is low, unless you really want to try every single class combination possible (and if so, you must have a lot of time on your hands). Class upgrades usually keep people interested for a while, but once you’ve done it all (fill up the Bubble-o-Pedia, got all of the badges), there isn’t anything left of the game to do. You can try Arena mode, but that might not keep your interest for long.
The music is nothing memorable. Just something to play so you’re not stuck with dead silence. The sound effects are good, but the firing sound effect gives me a headache after a while. The graphics are great - polished, good detail on the bubbles, and the animation is smooth. Overall, Bubble Tanks 2, although fun at first, gets repetitive after a while, yet somehow you can’t stop yourself from playing until you’ve accomplished everything (unless you’re like me).
Gameplay: 4/5
Music: 3/5
Sound: 4/5
Graphics: 5/5
Replayability: 3/5
Overall: 19/25, 4/5