

We hire our soldiers and place them as best we can. And we’re on the other side and we have a budget to spend on our opposing army. So me and the kid are staring down the barrel of a small army of tactically placed enemies, on one side of an area that’s shaped a bit like a tennis court. But they’re not, in the least sense, historically accurate. Ancient Greek-style phalanxes will appear alongside Persian-esque archers and Romanish swordsmen and Carthaginian battle elephants. TABS has a campaign mode that takes us through various military periods. I am not, generally speaking, an ideal dad The project has turned out to be the most fun I’ve had with a video game in ages.

So I agreed that we would review TABS together. Turns out, he was already familiar with the game via his intense diet of YouTube gameplay videos. Long before I’d reached the end of my précis, he was bouncing off the walls yelling “TABS, TABS, TABS”. The strange thing is, they’re like silly ragdoll soldiers, but their goofy physics don’t matter because as the battle progresses, you really get into who’s gonna come out on top.” “And they are two opposing teams, and you let them loose against each other, and then you see who wins. “It’s like an overhead view thing where you take a dozen archers and a knight and then you take a Viking berserker and five shieldmen,” I said. When it came to telling him about my current interest, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, I couldn’t recall the game’s name, so I had to describe the general concept to him. He’s not mad into sweeping historical death sagas or heartfelt indie love stories. “I’m previewing a new game about aliens,” or “I’m reviewing a strategy game about samurai.” It’s a nice way for us to connect, although he views my game tastes as pretty dreary. Its graphics are also better detailed than your regular F2P flash games.My youngest son, a boisterous 8-year-old, will often ask me about the games I’m playing for work. As a free-to-play zombie survival game, TABZ offers players great value with a one of a kind art style and engaging combat. Loot each downed opponent and keep a constant eye on your inventory, as over time the horde becomes bigger and more vicious. Control the battle with responsive keyboard controls and plan out strategies with multiple other players online simultaneously. Some adversaries will interact with you through funny mannerisms and grunts.įight against different type of zombies, from regular slow walkers, sprinters, and boss zombies. Another positive aspect of the game is its humor. Your opponents are presented in bright colors, unlike many generic zombie shooters displaying the same stereotypical brain-eater. TABZ plays in a first-person view and, like its counterpart TABS, carries a unique graphics style. Shoot on your opponent’s leg with a shotgun and watch him bounce back like a ragdoll. Every shot hitting the zombies feels extremely satisfying and carries weight on impact, which results in often hilarious, over-the-top action scenes. Your movements and actions are displayed in a realistic matter, thanks to the games physics-based engine. Shoot and loot your way through varying beautiful landscapes and different buildings. Your battles will take place across multiple different maps where you and other players must kill as many zombies as possible. Survive hordes of flesh-hungry zombies in this whacky physics-based online survival game.

