Panzer Waltz

Some games, like those of SEGA's Valkyria saga, are set in a fantasy World War II, but Panzer Waltz is the first-ever game to be set in a World War II where women-tanks fight animal-tanks.

By 'animal tanks' I mean the enemies are actually animals with tank parts attached to their bodies. We're talking about raccoons with cannons and legs that are heavy trucks, armored monkeys, and lizards with metal shields. You know ... your typical animal-tank.

The gameplay in Panzer Waltz is pretty simple. In fact, the battles between your 'metal maidens' and the enemy troops are maybe too simple. You have to choose the group of characters you want to send into battle, but then you can't make any other decisions: your units just attack automatically.

In between battles the story of the game takes place. As you can imagine given its wild cast, the whole plot is absolutely crazy. In the end, it's a game with half-animal and half-tank beings who are named after important historical characters: the enemies are called Mozart, Archimedes, Galileo, and Euclid.

Panzer Waltz is a crazy role-playing game – so crazy that it's difficult not to like it. The graphics are great, too, with an anime aesthetic that suits the plot really well.