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((short description|Control system used in video games))
((about|the video game control system|the controls of tanks|Tank steering systems))

'''Tank controls''' are a control system used in [[Video game|video games]] whereby players control movement relative to the position of the [[player character]], rather than the perspective of the [[Virtual camera system|game camera]].<ref name=":0">((Cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/a-eulogy-for-tank-controls/|title=A eulogy for tank controls|date=20 February 2015|work=[[PC Gamer]]|access-date=5 March 2018|language=en|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202610/https://www.pcgamer.com/a-eulogy-for-tank-controls/|url-status=live))</ref> 

== System ==
In a game with tank controls, pressing up on the [[game controller]] moves the character in the direction they face, down reverses them, and left and right rotates them.<ref name=":0" /> This differs from many games, in which characters move in the direction players push from the perspective of the [[Virtual camera system|camera]].<ref name=":0" /> The term "tank controls" comes from the [[Tank steering systems|steering mechanisms of old tanks]], which had to stop completely before turning.<ref name=":1">((Cite web |date=23 March 2013 |title=[Horror Declassified] An Examination Of Tank Controls |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3224958/horror-declassified-an-examination-of-tank-controls/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202757/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3224958/horror-declassified-an-examination-of-tank-controls/ |archive-date=2018-03-05 |access-date=2018-03-05 |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |language=en-US))</ref> 

Tank controls were common in 3D games in the 1990s, such as ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' and the early ''[[Resident Evil]]'' and ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' games.<ref name=":0" /><ref>((Cite news |title=Untold Riches: The Intricate Platforming of Tomb Raider |language=en |work=[[Gamasutra]] |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/187601/untold_riches_the_intricate_.php |url-status=live |access-date=2018-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306022744/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/187601/untold_riches_the_intricate_.php |archive-date=2018-03-06))</ref> Tank controls allow players to maintain a direction when the camera angle changes. The ''Grim Fandango'' designer [[Tim Schafer]] chose the system as it allowed the developers to create "cinematic" camera cuts without disrupting the controls.<ref name=":2">((Cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-24-bringing-out-the-dead-tim-schafer-reflects-back-on-grim-fandango|title=Bringing out the Dead: Tim Schafer reflects back on Grim Fandango|last=Matulef|first=Jeffrey|date=2015-01-26|website=Eurogamer|language=en-UK|access-date=2018-03-05|archive-date=2015-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128094744/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-24-bringing-out-the-dead-tim-schafer-reflects-back-on-grim-fandango|url-status=live))</ref> [[Shinji Mikami]], director of the first ''[[Resident Evil (1996 video game)|Resident Evil]]'' (1996), felt the use of fixed camera perspectives and tank controls made the game scarier.<ref name="Icon" />

== Criticism ==
Tank controls have been criticized as feeling stiff or cumbersome.<ref name=":2" /> They have become less common over time and free-roaming cameras have become standard for 3D games.<ref name=":1" /> The remastered versions of ''Grim Fandango'' and ''Resident Evil'' include alternative control schemes, and later ''Resident Evil'' games discarded tank controls.<ref name="Icon">((cite web |last=Mielke |first=James |title=Resident Evil Creator Talks Zombies in 2020 and How His Games Will Change Post-Pandemic |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-creator-talks-zombies-in-2020-and-how-his-games-will-change-post-pandemic |website=[[IGN]] |date=June 4, 2020 |accessdate=February 4, 2021))</ref>

== References ==
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((Video game gameplay))
[[Category:Video game terminology]]
[[Category:Video game control methods]]

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