It simply felt wrong that I could have a four-man squad and yet only shoot in one direction. When the squad gets surrounded, it doesn’t tend to end very well, and with enemies sniping from cliffs, hiding around trees, and occasionally patrolling, this can happen quite frequently. Normally, around two to four men will be under player control, but no matter their number, they always act as one unit, firing at the same targets and moving to the same spots. This isn’t about two armies colliding, although there is one army, and it’s trying to kill your tiny squad. There’s not a speck of intelligence between them, however, but they can still pose a significant challenge. Not to worry, though, as the context isn’t nearly as important as slaying hordes of incredibly stupid enemies, and the game has this in spades.ĭynamite-wielding suicide bombers, snipers, artillery spotters, tanks, chaps made of shields - there’s a decent variety of determined foes to blow up and riddle with bullets. It doesn’t mess about, gets straight to the point, and is horrendously uninspired. That sentence essentially sums up the story and context of Tiny Troopers. Tiny Troopers (iPad, iPhone, PC )Īmerican soldiers fighting vaguely Middle Eastern troops in a vaguely Middle Eastern setting. As a PC title, however, it’s a somewhat lackluster affair.
Comparing Tiny Troopers to Cannon Fodder does it no favors, unfortunately, though it still provides some short bursts of entertainment that make it well suited to mobile gaming. And losses there were, some of them soldiers, but also my patience and interest. So it was that I nervously prepared to lose countless soldiers fighting an unrelenting enemy. Tiny Troopers, an iOS title recently ported to PC, is undoubtedly inspired by that classic - it’s an unapologetic homage. It could be a brutal game, and its anti-war message was completely lost on my young mind, but I delighted in my victories and mourned the losses of my fallen soldiers all the same. I whiled away many hours in my youth playing Cannon Fodder on the Amiga, mostly replaying failed missions.
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