Genre: Shooter, Snake
Dimensions: 2D
Setting: War
Players: 1
Mimizu Panzer is shooting game that resembles the game snake. You move around and shoot enemy turrets and for every one you destroy you become longer (it’s a tank I think). You only have 2 buttons out of which you’ll only use one the one for shooting (the other is self destruct). Shooting might be effective at the beginning but in later stages when you go against turrets that are much more resistant shooting at them is useless.
So how do you going around defeating enemies? Well there is an interesting twist if an enemy attacks your body (not the head), the segment starts to glow and if you shoot it after that it becomes a huge flame thrower. So you should make a path next to the enemy turn around and shot that segment and it’ll destroy anything in its path. Your segments remain intact even after you shot them, but you need to recharge them with enemy fire to use them again. Every destroyed enemy will give you a new segment, and every time you get shot in the head you die and lose half of your segments. The length of your tank is both you greatest advantage and disadvantage. The longer it is the easier enemy fire will hit it and the easier you’ll shoot at it. Also you’ll be able to hide behind it for defense. But the problem is the longer it gets the less space you have to hide so you’ll have to conserve space and hurry to finish the level.
The enemies are varied. There different kinds of turrets that come in all shapes and sizes. You’ll also come across helicopters that can easily fire at you from the side you are hiding. There are also boss fights which require you to change your tactics.
The game starts in a desert and there are some objects you can destroy, but you are confided in a boxed space in each level. From what I’ve seen later levels have a change of scenery. The graphics are ok and the explosions are nicely done. The music is nice, but the sound effects aren’t too impressive.
The game allows you to record replays so you can show your mad skills to other people. And there is an option to continue so you can resume the game from the level which you last died at. You start with number of segments you had on your last try.
This is a nice game which can get hard at times, but considering there is an option to continue from where you left off (you can continue an infinite number of times), the games is playable even if you are not a hardcore gamer.
Graphics: Nice but nothing spectacular. Effect of your tank when it blows up is good.
Controls: They are really good. I never had a problem with them. Only 2 buttons (fire and self-destruct). One big minus is there is no pause button.
Story: There are 3 screens of dialog at the beginning, but after that there is no story until the boss battles.
Gameplay: A very fun shooting game, requires a lot of thinking and planning. It can get very hard at times.
Replay value: I am not too sure how much replay value this game has. But it’s always fun to see how many levels you can pass without dying (it can be really frustrating then).
Best moment: Killing an enemy while being destroyed, and still getting a level clear.
Official site: http://nepiaworld.com/menu/works/mimipan/index.html
