There is, however, one minor annoyance with the controls as the auto-shooting is pretty slow compared to manually shooting at a relatively normal pace. To keep players entertained after the story is over there is also an endless mode where all of the enemies shine at their brightest. The controls are good, and the enemies and bosses are challenging and varied enough to create a great no-frills challenge, just like in the old days.
It certainly does get the fundamentals of the genre right, as well. There is nothing more or nothing less to it than that, but it does prove that teams do not need to go further in getting the fundamentals right. It is an extremely simple concept about a tank that has to save humankind from certain doom - a tale as old as time. Lil Tanks feels like a generic shoot 'em up from the '80s or '90s and has that pure, frill-less gameplay retro gamers are always looking for. Lil Tanks stays extremely true to the classic shoot 'em up format to the point where it feels unique in today's gaming scene where being too old-fashioned is, by some, seen as a bad thing due to the high importance put on adding twists. Sometimes games stray too far from the formula of their genre to try and explore new ground, but Lil Tanks isn't one of those titles.