Re Tvt and SF, SF is probably the most enjoyable out of the box, despite annoying bugs.
Both games are quite different, and both frustrating. The biggest problem with SF is that the sound attenuation is bugged, you hear the MG 1km away as if it was firing IN your tank, and so on. Other than that, the tanks feel "light", but the missions are furious and replayable, and there's lots of mods to add playable vehicles and more missions.
TvT overall feels more polished, there's no apparent bug, there's much less content than in SF (2 playables and 12 missions) but it works nicely. The biggest problem is that the 12 missions suck big time.
Half of them feel like a glorified Nintendo Duck Hunt: stay still and shoot everything that shows up on screen. The other half feel like Time Crisis: advance to next encounter, shoot, start again. There's hardly any tactics involved, and the worst is that there's not the slightest random element in the missions. Enemies will be at the same place all the time.
Other than that, the tanks feel like tanks, very heavy, the sounds are great, gunnery is very well done and there's some nice effects.
The enemy infantry in TvT is harmless, but since the game is more geared toward long range pure tank battles it's ok. SF simulates combined arms better, in the missions you'll have artillery support, infantry that does something, light vehicles and so on.
IMHO SF is a good game though the bugs are frustrating and disappointing. I really want to like TvT but in its current state the game is an empty shell. If you can get it for less than $15 I guess that's about ok.
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