2 posts tagged “war games”

This game http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/stick-rpg/ is a fun little piece of work.  It's called Stick RPG.  For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the lingo, RPG is 'role playing game.' Stick, of course, refers to stickmen, those every present targets of flash gaming abuse.

In this game, however, you're not abusing the stickman.  You are the stickman.  The purpose of the game is simple: to have your stickman acquire as much wealth as possible, as quickly as possible. You start with very little money, small amounts of intelligence, charm, and strength, and a job as a mcslave at McSticks restaurant.  The rest is up to you.

You can walk your stickman around town, and see the sights.  There are about 12 buildings you can enter, people you can talk to in alleyways, and different tasks you can accomplish. I won't spoil the game by giving away all the tricks, but I will say that it's rated R, at least, for violence (one of the ways to increase wealth and strength is by killing your opponents in bar fights) and drugs (another way to increase wealth is by buying and dealing cocaine).  There are also plenty of pitfalls.  You can lose a bar fight, get beat up by girl scouts, take too many caffiene pills, die while trying to rob the bank or convenience store...  Or, you can play it honest.  You can go to work, go to school, get promotions, deposit your money in the bank and watch compound interest do its magic.  The choice is yours, and that's the beauty of role playing games.

Have fun!

In my last post, I talked about the "Missile Defense" game at the site, http://ugotgames.com/action.  This time, I want to talk about "Tanks."

At the risk of dating myself, I'll say now that I remember playing this one in video arcades, back in college.  The game is a classic, and this flash version comes with all of the bells and whistles.  If those disturb you, I would recommend that you turn off the sound.

Now start the game.  Just find "Tanks" in the ugotgames site menu, and click on it, give a few seconds to load.  The first thing you'll get is an options menu: number of players, how many humans, how many computer players, how "smart" are the computer players.  You also get to choose the terrain: desert is basically flat, forest is slightly hilly, with trees that can block your view, and mountain has very steep, tall hills that are hard to shoot around.  I like playing in the forest terrain, but it's up to you.

To play, just use the arrow keys to move your tank, and raise or elevate the cannon.  The space bar shoots.  That status bar at the top of the screen shows what weapon your shooting, the canon angle, how much power you're putting into it.  I would strongly recommend using the unlimited "small missiles" to target the enemy before letting loose with larger weapons.

As you destroy enemy tanks, and increase your score, you can purchase more and deadlier weapons.  These can range from large atomic bombs, to air strikes with pinpoint accuracy, to the amusing ball weapons that start rolling when they strike.

Try the game.  It's one of my favorite free flash games.