Tacticool: 3rd person shooter

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Tacticool: Tactical shooter is a fast-paced shooter game with impressive visuals and humor-filled moments. With its online multiplayer mode, players can drive cars and shoot guns in tactical team combat. However, the game is weighed down by grinding, excessive ads, and buggy gameplay, which may impact the overall emotional experience. The game's description highlights its focus on tactical shooter action and online play, appealing to fans of the genre.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

Tacticool: 3rd person shooter screenshot

59%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,340 reviews

gameplay121 positive mentions

monetization101 negative mentions

The game has great graphics and smooth gameplay, making it enjoyable to play.
The variety of weapons and operators adds depth and strategy to the gameplay.
The game is fun and addictive, with a unique take on the shooter genre.

The matchmaking system is unbalanced, often pairing players with significantly higher-level opponents.
The game heavily leans towards pay-to-win mechanics, making it difficult for free-to-play players to compete.
Connection issues and lag can disrupt gameplay, leading to frustration.

gameplay
210 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
58%
35%
7%
Gameplay reviews are mixed, with many players praising the fun mechanics, smooth controls, and engaging graphics, while others criticize the heavy pay-to-win elements and matchmaking issues that detract from the overall experience. Some users appreciate the strategic depth and unique features, but express frustration over repetitive modes and the impact of microtransactions on progression. Overall, while the core gameplay is often described as enjoyable, the presence of bots, lag, and unfair advantages for paying players significantly affects player satisfaction.
- “Tacticool is a refreshing twist on the mobile shooter genre, offering a top-down, physics-based gameplay experience that's both strategic and action-packed.”
- “Gameplay is smooth and great.”
- “The gameplay is thrilling and a lot of the environment is fairly destructible, making every map fun to experiment with.”
- “Update: so after investing several hours in the game, it's clear your wallet has more of an impact than actual gameplay.”
- “From a gameplay perspective, it's hot trash.”
- “The game is designed to interest you at first then the pay wall hits and progression lacks; the mechanics are okay.”
graphics
153 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
30%
3%
The graphics of the game are widely praised for their quality, detail, and smooth performance, particularly on higher-end devices. Many users appreciate the vibrant art style and realistic physics, noting that the visuals enhance the overall gameplay experience. However, some players express concerns about performance issues on lower-end devices and the game's tendency to lag, especially in offline modes.
- “The graphics are amazing, you update a lot faster than other mobile games, and there are tons of weapons and throwables to use, along with cool open maps.”
- “Graphics are well refined and polished on most fairly new phones.”
- “The game is super fun, amazing graphics, amazing physics... this a rank based system and the matching seems to be very balanced.”
- “Great game concept and graphics, poor execution.”
- “Slow movement, subpar graphics paired with long matchmaking times makes this game very unplayable.”
- “The camera is bad, bad graphics, bad weapons. The game concept is pretty basic; I know it's just a team deathmatch, but at least add more things to make it interesting.”
monetization
119 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
5%
10%
85%
The monetization strategy of the game has drawn mixed reviews, with many players expressing frustration over excessive and intrusive ads that disrupt gameplay and often fail to provide promised rewards. While some users appreciate the option to watch ads for bonuses, they feel that the game leans heavily towards a pay-to-win model, making it difficult for free players to compete effectively. Overall, the combination of misleading advertisements and aggressive microtransactions has led to a perception of the game as a cash grab, detracting from the overall enjoyment.
- “The microtransactions aren't really a problem; I'll list for you.”
- “Yes, it does have in-game purchases, but it's not pay-to-win by any means, and I'll tip my hat to you guys for that.”
- “Yea, there are some in-app purchases that make the game easier, like better characters with better health or weapons, but it's totally enjoyable without anything extra.”
- “Absolute garbage cash grab game.”
- “This is the most ad-intensive game I've ever played.”
- “The game is fun and action-packed, but mobile games have to stop being cash grabs.”
story
47 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
15%
79%
6%
Players express a strong desire for a more robust story mode and additional missions in the game, highlighting that the current mission structure feels limiting and often unfair due to matchmaking issues. Many reviewers suggest that the game would benefit from co-op missions, a single-player campaign, and more diverse mission types to enhance engagement and enjoyment. Overall, while the gameplay is fun, the lack of a compelling narrative and mission variety detracts from the overall experience.
- “I've been playing for over a year and even subscribed to their 'club pass', which for the price of a latte each month gave the player access to additional missions with additional rewards and a few other perks.”
- “Wanna try and make cool missions; I think a single-player campaign is what it is missing or co-op zombie missions or something other than the two modes now.”
- “It would be great if there was a story mode to play offline.”
- “I recently downloaded it after seeing the ads for the 20th time and I was excited, thinking that they added new modes and creative missions, but just like all the other games, it's just lies and false advertising.”
- “It really looked like it had a decent storyline, but, nope, MMORPG.”
- “Great shooter game would give 5 stars but the club missions are not re-rollable; therefore, you are forced to play characters you absolutely despise to get rewards (that you paid for...) so basically pay for your rank elo to subtract massively.”
grinding
35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players consistently express frustration with the grinding mechanics in the game, noting that progression is excessively slow and often feels unrewarding, especially at higher levels where pay-to-win elements become prominent. Many reviewers highlight that the time investment required to earn upgrades and weapons can lead to a tedious experience, particularly when matched against players who have spent money to gain advantages. Overall, while the game is enjoyable initially, the grind and monetization strategies detract significantly from long-term engagement.
- “Even then, you can't progress without putting either months grinding to get intel, gold, and silver to upgrade your operators' loadouts.”
- “As long as there's pay-to-win mechanics with slow grinding progress for non-paid players, this is more frustrating than fun.”
- “Grinding days just for one weapon or upgrades to be faced with opponents with legendary operators and weapons with multiple upgrades which are far superior to us.”
stability
23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is frequently criticized, with users reporting issues such as freezing during loading screens, constant crashes, and various gameplay glitches that disrupt the experience. Many players experience lag, unresponsive controls, and frustrating bugs that can lead to unexpected deaths or failures to execute actions. While some updates have improved stability, the overall consensus indicates that significant stability issues remain, detracting from the enjoyment of the game.
- “Constantly crashes or freezes.”
- “Basically when the game gets tired of you winning, suddenly dozens of different glitches and horrible matchmaking will bring you down beyond belief.”
- “These lags show a stopped screen and freeze my device for almost anything for about 30-60 seconds until I get a crash message from the system UI.”
humor
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is often derived from its absurdities, such as the exaggerated pay-to-win mechanics and the chaotic interactions between players, leading to both hilarious and frustrating moments. Players find amusement in the game's physics, unexpected deaths, and the comical nature of team kills, while also noting the developers' attempts to inject humor through taunts and gameplay quirks. Overall, the humor serves as a significant draw, despite the underlying issues with balance and monetization.
- “I always laughed at the funny ways we kill or get ourselves killed, which is the only reason I keep playing, to be honest.”
- “The available taunts are hilarious, and it seems like the devs at Panzerdog are truly interested in providing a fun and balanced gaming experience.”
- “Not only that, but the physics are really funny and enjoyable, especially when you accidentally blow yourself or teammates up, or get obliterated by a falling barrel.”
optimization
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
29%
21%
Overall, the optimization of the game has received mixed reviews. While some players appreciate the graphics and smooth performance on certain devices, many report issues with server performance, stuttering, and poor handling of internet connections, particularly on mobile. There is a consensus that further optimizations and bug fixes are needed to enhance the overall experience.
- “Gameplay is great, optimization is great, but the game is completely pay-to-win.”
- “Graphics are just right, not the typical boring first-person view, so it doesn't slow performance with unnecessary details.”
- “Just a few more bug fixes, optimizations, graphics upgrades, and maybe lowering the pay-to-win wall a bit, and then you guys are golden.”
- “Tested with different internet providers to see if the problem was unrelated to the game, but still found extremely poor server performance.”
- “As per typical for mobile games, the optimization isn't well handled.”
- “Stuttering even at low settings with a brand new phone.”
music
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
33%
33%
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with players praising the instrumental beats and the engaging menu tracks that blend metal and rap. However, some users expressed frustration over the persistent music playing at launch despite having the option turned off, and there are calls for a return to previous music tracks that were favored over the current selection. Overall, the soundtrack contributes positively to the game's atmosphere, but there are notable concerns regarding user control and preferences.
- “I make instrumental beats, so the music is dope too!”
- “Btw, it has metal and rap menu music!!!”
- “The tutorial music slaps for no reason.”
- “Why is the music on when I launch the game even if the option is switched off?”
- “However, one thing I would really ask of the developers, please change back to the previous music, the new one ain't right!!”
- “Btw it has metal and rap menu music!!!”
emotional
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The emotional aspect of the game is heavily impacted by frustrating gameplay mechanics, particularly the punishing physics that lead to unexpected deaths from minor interactions with the environment. Players express feelings of annoyance and helplessness due to frequent, arbitrary deaths caused by glitches and restrictive movement, detracting from the overall experience.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players highlight the game's high replay value, noting that it remains engaging and enjoyable over extended periods, making it a standout choice for mobile gaming.
- “The only mobile game I've played for the past few months; everything runs pretty smoothly, but most importantly, the gameplay has high replay value.”