Testing has started on the next major update to War Thunder, so I wandered off to the development server to see what’s new. Hopping in to a trusty Hurricane, the mission briefing screen warned of a terrifying new Japanese secret weapon; what could it be?
What’s that coming over the hill?
Better take a closer look…
Giant snail at 11 o’clock! No sir, that’s not banter, it really is a giant snail.
Could it be a giant mutant radioactive version of Gaijin Entertainment’s snail mascot? I think it could…
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound…
Yes, for one day only, War Thunder went a bit Kaiju, with one team trying to destroy Gaijilla and the other defending the giant snail-beast. Really rather fun! Could be an interesting asymmetric battle type in the proper game as well, though obviously you’d need to slightly tweak things to fit into a more realistic setting, perhaps having a formidable battleship like Tirpitz or Yamato as the main target. Or Mecha-Streisand.
Hey, chief, I might be wrong, but I think we’re flying into a giant snail. This makes me feel… scared of the giant snail.
Up from the depths,
Thirty stories high
Breathing fire,
He stands in the sky…
Godzilla!
Godzilla!
Godzilla!
And Godzooki….
(I didn’t think *anyone* else would know the theme tune, this makes me happy.)
Fear not, there are at least a few other children of the 80s ready to launch into a rousing chorus of the Godzilla theme at a moment’s notice (possibly as part of a medley with The Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31, if they’ve stopped going ‘woof woof woof woof woof woof woof, Muskehounds are always ready’ whenever a trailer for the new BBC Musketeers airs…)
You wanna be careful about involving the Yamato. (Wave Motion Gun, FIRE!)