Tank Goodness: Difference between revisions

Line 12:

[[Real Life]] tanks have large cannons to take on other tanks and fortifications, and (usually) secondary weapons to deal with infantry or aircraft. In fiction, other tanks may use anti-infantry or [[Anti-Air|anti-aircraft]] weapons instead of cannons.<ref>These do exist in [[Real Life]], but they're not called tanks. To make the distinction even more difficult, many of these are based on existing tank chassis, so they look like tanks that have had their turrets swapped out. Cue [[Viewers are Morons|journalists and the general public]] [[Tanks, But No Tanks|calling them "tanks" anyway]].</ref> The tank's size and mobility may also be used as a weapon to crush people, cars, and walls. The armor is thick enough to stop small arms fire, most of it in the front, with the weakest areas being the rear, bottom and top. Expect enemies to take advantage of this [[For Massive Damage]].

Of course, the above paragraph refers to tanks around the size of today's main battle tanks. Sometimes that's not enough. <big>[[Bigger Is Better|They need to be bigger!]] Big enough to crush the ''other tanks''! [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|And carry loads of weapons!]] [[Multi-Track Drifting|~~While~~ racing donuts around them!]] No, we're not compensating for anything!</big>

Of course, the above paragraph refers to tanks around the size of today's main battle tanks. Sometimes that's not enough. <big>[[Bigger Is Better|They need to be bigger!]] Big enough to crush the ''other tanks''! [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|And carry loads of weapons!]] While [[Multi-Track Drifting|racing donuts around them!]] No, we're not compensating for anything!</big>

Other armored fighting vehicles, like [[Awesome Personnel Carrier|armored personnel carriers]], self-propelled artillery and tank destroyers may be called tanks. [[Tanks, But No Tanks|They're not. Don't be fooled!]] Likewise, don't listen to the [[Crazy Awesome|deranged lunatics]] who keep wanting to [[Walking Tank|put legs on them]]. [[It Will Never Catch On|Ridiculously impractical, that.]]

Line 206:

** ''[[Valkyria Chronicles II]]'' gives you a fully customizable tank, as all classes get a tank, and you even get to name it. Different kinds of tank and APC chassis, choice from three turret types, various armor, shoulder and back parts and decal and sticker options.

** ''[[Valkyria Chronicles III]]'' uses the same mechanic as ''II'', but further refines it and adds more customization options, as well as making the heavy tank easier to move around.

* ''[[Armored Core]]'' would be the ultimate Tank Goodness poster child: most games offer the tank legs. Very slow, but usually very heavily armored, has very low energy drain, has built-in boosters, so it actually saves the main body weight, and carry loads like nothing else. With that in mind, most kinds of tanks can fulfill requirements of [[More Dakka]], [[Macross Missile Massacre]], [[Nuke'Em|Tactical Nukes]], or all of the above, ''with [[Stone Wall]] defenses''. [[There Is No Kill Like an Overkill]] is guaranteed. And then, starting from [[PlayStation 2]] Armored Core titles, you have the option of having Overboost, and later additional boosters. At that point, tanks can finally achieve [[Multi-Track Drifting]], made even more possible by mounting the best generators. And even with all that, most players don't really consider it, since [[Rule of Cool|Gundamlike bipedal robots are just cooler.]]

* ''[[Armored Core]]'' would be the ultimate Tank Goodness poster child: most games offer the tank legs. Very slow, but usually very heavily armored, has very low energy drain, has built-in boosters, so it actually saves the main body weight, and carry loads like nothing else. With that in mind, most kinds of tanks can fulfill requirements of [[More Dakka]], [[Macross Missile Massacre]], [[Nuke'Em|Tactical Nukes]], or all of the above, ''with [[Stone Wall]] defenses''. [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]] is guaranteed. And then, starting from [[PlayStation 2]] Armored Core titles, you have the option of having Overboost, and later additional boosters. At that point, tanks can finally achieve [[Multi-Track Drifting]], made even more possible by mounting the best generators. And even with all that, most players don't really consider it, since [[Rule of Cool|Gundamlike bipedal robots are just cooler.]]

** Also, ''Armored Core 4'' has regular modern tanks. [[Tanks for Nothing|They might as well be plushies for all the good they do.]]

*** AC 4A allows tank legs to store oversized backup weapons, like, oh, another set of Chain Guns. Or Bazookas. ''Or damn near anything else in the game.'' It's possible to make a mech that has [[More Dakka|6 Chain guns]], two of which are actually 4 rifles attached to each other. Said mech is usually very hard to kill, but can run out of ammo in about 2 minutes of concentrated fire. I've yet to see something stand up to a full 30 seconds though, as most NEXTs only have around 60K HP, tops.

Line 388:

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

⚫

[[Category:Motor Vehicle Tropes]]

[[Category:Bigger Is Better]]

[[Category:Military and Warfare Tropes]]

⚫

[[Category:Motor Vehicle Tropes]]

⚫

[[Category:Travel Cool]]

[[Category:Vehicle Tropes]]

[[Category:Just for Pun]]

⚫

[[Category:Travel Cool]]