War Thunder
Some of us have found, as we’ve aged, our reflexes getting a bit too slow to really keep up with the pack in online shooters. Some of us may include me, your humble narrator. That’s why we’re finding a lot of enjoyment in the massively multiplayer online tank battle sim – which rewards careful positioning, enemy awareness, and terrain exploitation with giving you a solid five minutes before blowing you into smoldering hunks of reinforced steel.
War Thunder is one of these and it’s the best one on Steam, and instead of focusing on just one class of vehicles, you can choose from a host of land, sea, and air vehicles that span the World War II and Korean War periods. The game gracefully hits the balance between arcade and military training sim, forcing you to learn actual tank, dogfighting, and naval tactics without really veering into territory where that stops being fun.
And that’s on a sliding scale, too – unlike its competition, War Thunder actually lets you adjust the level of realism you want in your game.
Upgrade trees tend toward the mazelike, but there are plenty of resources online to pore over before spending your hard earned dosh.