#Battlezone 2 shields upgrade
#Battlezone 2 shields series

#Battlezone 2 shields upgrade

Tanks can be customised, from the zebra-striped interior panels, to having bobble head characters from Rebellion's 2000 AD comics line, such as Judge Dredd, and Rogue Trooper, as well as customising the sound of the tank's horn, whether it's the steamboat, or the bus horn, or to that infamous 'Wah, Wah, Wah' song that plays during a comedic death scene - there is enough here to cosmetically personalise the controlled tank.Д«ut the real fun part is upgrading the statistics of the tanks, to either upgrade the shields to make them withstand more damage, or boost their speed to make them zippier around the battlezone. These stats can be upgraded during the campaign using cogs, which can be purchased using in-game currency that is easily obtainable in large bulk during the battlezones. The medium tank is the typical best-of-both-worlds: not quite as sturdy shields, but nimble enough. The heavy tank can deal with more damage due to its robust shields, but it moves quite slowly, and can make outrunning enemies quite the task. While the light ones are the fastest of the fleet, they can easily get ripped to shreds by a barrage of enemy fire. Each vehicle contains their own base statistics, each present with their own strengths and weaknesses. Sure, there will be more of said units, but the controlled-tank might be more powerful to defeat them soundly, and as such, making the final battle against the AI Core that much easier.ДЄs for the various controlled tanks, these fall into either one of three categories: light, medium and heavy vehicles. However, taking the time to complete all the side-missions on the board can warrant a lot of benefits, such as new and more powerful weapons for the tank, or heavy armour. Tossing up the strategy to either go directly at the AI Core to have less Nemesis units to worry about might sound like the easy solution. There are Shields, which provide optional mini-boss battles that are much tougher than the regular battlezone missions, and knocking out these shields will decrease the AI Core's power level so, it is always beneficial to make them a priority en route to the volcano. Therefore, the longer it takes to reach the AI Core, the more Nemesis units will get put on the map. The Nemesis is essentially the hardest enemy unit in the game and it is designed to make the campaign harder. After completing a battlezone, the AI Core's power meter will slowly fill up, and once the bar is filled, its power level will increase, and a 'Nemesis' will appear on the gameboard. Due to the grid-like nature of the gameboard, taking a more direct path to the Core can be either beneficial or detrimental - depending on how the game plays out. Having the campaign play out like a board game certainly adds an extra layer of strategy, as levels aren't just about blasting away enemy tanks. Complete the assigned missions, of which there are four different match types, and hack weapons caches to unlock blueprints to equip new weapons on the tank, while getting ever-closer to that dreaded AI Core. Moving to a node will initiate a Battlezone, which is an arena tank-shooter segment.

#Battlezone 2 shields series

The campaign takes place on a 'game board' of sorts that is pieced together by a series of 'nodes', which are 'Battlezones.' The AI Core, and the end goal is situated at one end of the board, while the controlled tank starts at the opposite end, with the aim being to fight though each node and complete missions to reach the volcano and destroy it. The mission is equally simple: destroy the AI Core, and the robotic uprising is over - sounds easy enough, but Rebellion's warzone-shooter is anything but. The human rebellion must then get back to above-ground with their armoured tanks, to drive back the AI machines that guard the brain of the entire technological race, the AI Core, which lies in the heart of a volcano. An Artificial Intelligence was created by people to serve, before it managed to take over the world, and force humans into hiding underground.