Desert Thunder

I don't know why I haven't reviewed this game yet (I thought I did), I used to play this back in the day, it was fun for what it was; only 8 missions, and in the end you fight Goliath tank and destroy the terrorists' HQ.

I do remember playing this game 1 or 2 times when i was very young. The game is simple and have some fun too , the designer of the main tank is nice , the main challenge are the guys with RPG running directly to you and 90% of times they will Hit you. For a game made on year 2003 its cool game, good Gem. I didn't have any problems on running this game. Good Nostalgia.

It is old like me but it is fun for an old fart like me

Plays well on a modern system; only had to manually swap resolution for a modern 1440p widescreen, which took 2 mins with a guide from Steam. The game is crap, looks awful, plays awful, AI woeful, controls awful. But the simple arcade 2000-era action of it makes it a good simple fun game for a blow out of fun. The campaign is set in a Middle Eastern country of origin and plays out as the invasion of said country. But it's a one-man invasion, no allies at all. You fight enemy men, tanks and other armour and a few static defences. The missions are typical army-type things: advance, take this important thing, defend it, carry on. The graphics are a turd, and I guess would have been back then. There's nothing to speak of; they function no more. The AI is so bad the enemy tanks may as well not exist, and the men are so hard to kill. So priority goes to men then wild armour. There are mines and obstacles to dodge, and turning this tank is slower than steering the Titanic. But overall it's just a good, fun, simple 1 pound game that will make you laugh at how crap it is.

A product of it's time, Desert Thunder has abysmal mouse controls, low resolutions, and kinda janky gameplay. That being said, if you want a 'turn your brain off for a few hours' kind of arcade shooter, it scratches that itch pretty well. Not horrible, just not worth it.

https://youtu.be/ob5golsDYME Arcade style tank action lacks when it comes to softening aim precision that would be expected for the genre.