very fun
Very fun game with a little replay value. Alright, so this game is definitely has the "classic" feel to it. Seriously felt like I was playing some metal slug/splatterhouse.
The music, although by different artists, fit together nicely. I really enjoyed the title screen song actually, which is probably why it's the title screen song.
The graphics were OUTstanding, I mean, if you just look at the detail put into the backgrounds and some of the foregrounds. It looks amazing and brings up all kinds of nostalgia. Your art seriously makes this game stand out for me because there are so many things going on per frame I can't even stand it.
The gameplay itself was exciting, fun and surprisingly difficult which really gave me a splatterhouse vibe. I did find it a little easy though, what with having infinite lives and checkpoint respawns. But I suppose people today can't handle classic throw-the-controller-at-the-tv difficulty. I found the melee attacks to be a tad underpowered, especially with the scarcity of the guns at some parts. It doesn't matter though because if you die, you just respawn at the same area with plenty of fresh ammo; Which I find a little too easy. A minor complaint I have is that the zombies come down to a certain point before they move forward to attack. Well, I found that you are unable to hit them when they come at you from the highest angle. Even though my bullets pass through their upper legs it doesn't hit them. This makes it a little annoying because you have to run backwards, re-adjust and then fire which causes you to take hits most of the time. Also, I found that the light at his hip is in a fixed position so when you attack and his body moves, the light does not. I'd hate to say it's unrealistic because of the game this is but it just bothers me a bit.
I was surprised to see so many recent game references, especially since this is supposed to be a recreation of late 80's, early 90's arcade games. I did catch some older references, whether they were intentional or not but still it seemed valve was a big inspiration to you. The main character even looks a bit like Ellis. The ending really messed with me too, I wasn't sure if the zombies end or not so after several attempts and failures I gave up and just ran for the jeep.
Overall, this is a solid game that you can come back to and enjoy. Replayability is often very hard for me to find in a shooter flash game.
5 out of 5 / 9 out of 10
Graphics: *****
Sound: *****
Gameplay: *****
P.S. - I'm sure I'm just an idiot but I wasn't really clear on the whole collecting tanks thing, maybe you could elaborate. I killed every enemy in the game and went every I could go but I never I had 0 tanks at the end of the level.