![]() Secondary weapons such as grenades, bazooka rockets and air strikes are aimed by touching the on- screen icon and dragging an aiming reticule to where you want the weapon to go. The left stick moves your players and the right stick allows you to shoot your rifles in the direction of your choosing. It wasn’t until I was the playing the game proper that I discovered that the twin joysticks could be used! It’s clear the tutorial is a carry over form the mobile touchscreen version of the game and hasn’t been updated to include the PlayStation controls. Worse still with the tutorial is that it teaches you to move your soldiers, fight and even “take cover” (throw yourself to the ground) using the touch screen. Having said all that – I learned most of this after starting playing the game proper as the tutorial is awful. ![]() ![]() Fortunately you do have the option of regenerating fallen soldiers with the aforementioned medals you have picked up adding a game dynamic that certainly can help you out a little. You are rewarded with command points for kills and the destruction of enemy buildings and vehicles, all depending on the mission parameters, with extra pickups available to boost your command point totals along with medals which have a different function.Īs with the game you are probably already thinking of, your soldiers get better with experience, but if they die in the mission they are replaced with raw recruits. You guide the soldiers around the game map, shooting the bad guys (you also in some cases, have the option of using grenades, bazooka/rocket launcher type weapons and even air strikes.) The game is presented in an isometric fashion, even though it is rendered in 3D, and gives the diminutive feel to the soldiers that the title suggests. ![]() You take command of a small squad of soldiers which can literally be just the one soldier up to two, three or more (especially when rescuing prisoners). ![]() The game style maybe rather familiar to old Amiga, or even Megadrive players. Originally starting life on mobile platforms (iOS and Android) and porting over to the PC and Mac via Steam, Tiny Troopers and it’s sequel have been merged to create Tiny Troopers Joint Ops, released this week on PS Vita and PS3 with a PS4 version to follow. ![]()
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