Do you want waifus or an actual enjoyable game? That was my initial question as I sat down while watching caseoh with my girlfriend after finally opening back up this doc. The game in question provided this as my thesis, and these are now my thoughts on… Panzer Knights
Visuals
Panzer knights did intrigue my interest with its artstyle. It’s reminiscent of Valkyrie chronicles! If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically a sketch style mixed with anime, at least in the gameplay it is. when it comes to character designs they’re just straight up basic anime and if you’re wondering what the waifus look like… well keep wondering I’m not getting into an argument with my girl over this. Just know it’s nothing too crazy.
Gameplay
This is where things take a turn for the worse, panzer knights arguably has some of the most boring gameplay I’ve ever tried, it lacks depth or enjoyment. The game gives you plenty of variety in tanks and the weaponry inside them as you progress through its small story which isn’t much. Tank gameplay would be fun if the game was even slightly difficult. If you are too distant from your enemy they won’t even realize they’re being shot at or try to move. When you’re close, you’ll get attacked but as long as you’re over the age of 12 you shouldn’t have an issue destroying them. And sadly besides a mediocre variety of tanks, weaponry and characters, you won’t find yourself experiencing anything better during your playtime.
Story/Characters
There’s not much of a story in this game, if anything just a bunch of random dialogue for each mission, dialogue that isn’t well written in the slightest, there were plenty of issues with mistyping and none of the convos flow well regardless. It just feels like the game wants you to get the objective done and that’s all. If it didn’t feel like the story was trying to get rid of me, I would probably enjoy it more. And the characters aren’t much better, although they can seem a bit fun off their design, everything else is just plain, nothing about them catches my eye or interest, if you’re interested in the appeal of the characters and their design, well at least there you would have some fun.
Music
The music isn’t anything crazy, most of the time the game feels empty of any music and when it’s there it’s just not entertaining, it doesn’t even excite me while playing. It’s dull atmosphere also just adds to the emptiness of sound while going through these levels, and there’s also not many tracks either. Leaving me with a sour taste in my mouth.
Performance
On the upside, the performance is splendid! Ran into almost 0 issues, the game ran smoothly and never failed to deliver but the reason I say almost is because of small technical mistakes like the tanks not noticing you or the dialogue being mistyped to high heaven, the game worked fine.
Verdict
If you were wondering I do not recommend this game, it’s dull, repetitive and lacks any excitement, if you’re here for the women! Go right ahead and get it, but if you want an actual good game look elsewhere as this game provided me more lows than highs. I give it a 3/10 the artstyle and performance make it at least a game that works but the lack of actual greatness outside of it makes it a game that disappoints.
Side Notes
The game was reviewed on a pc that holds an Rx 6750 Xt Powercolor fighter and an intel i5 1300f. Another thing I want to mention is that the controller support didn’t work in the main menu so you might need a keyboard on standby to traverse that but the gameplay feels great with controller support besides that issue.
