Players take control of Griffin Spade who is a Spacelord living in the year 2006. He is one of the lone survivors of the X-2 virus, which spread in 2001 and infected only the women side of the human race for reasons unbeknownst. Fear ravaged the land as the remaining men of the world panicked in the idea that the human race would not be able to sustain them much longer. The surviving women's existence caused a war between the countries of the world. Everyone began tossing nuclear missiles every which way and ending up destroying most of the left over world population. Those who survived this real-life apoclypyse formed tribal gangs that had central leaders called 'QueenLords'. They are highly regarded individuals and the gangs fight over them often.

In the original Battletanx, you traveled across the country to save your one true love, Madison. After rescuing her, you and her developed a gang and established a form of government centralized in San Francisco. Madison and Griffin created a child named Brandon, which is suspected of having supernatural powers.

Surprisingly, the developers have decided not to take advantage of the nice expansion pak, even though Army Men: Sarge's Heroes, a game released before Battletanx II, used it. Battletanx II would have really been helped by something such as that, too. The graphics have been cleaned up this time around, but there is still a considerable amount of fog to make sure that minimal slowdown and frame rate drops occur. Unfortunately, the fog only gets worse in the multiplayer mode, but, again, this does prevent the before mentioned problems from ever happening most of the time. If nothing else, that's certainly a plus Battletanx II has over most of the Nintendo 64's offerings.

There are plenty of weapons of mass destruction to use against the enemies in the game, and, believe me, you will have to end up using most of them at one time or another. From swarmer missiles and guided missiles to lasers and grenades, Battletanx II offers up a plethora of weaponry to take on the opposition with. Not all of them are all that useful, and are just there to show off some of the neat visual effects that have been implemented. There are, however, a couple that you will end up using constantly throughout most of the missions. For example, since you cannot adjust the tank's (or should I say tanx?) main weapon up and down, tossing grenades is the most effective way to take out mines on the ground without having to physically walk over them. Then there are the guided missiles which are efficient for taking out powerful enemies from long distances without them even knowing you're there. Personally, the grenades, guided missiles and normal fire were the only weapons really used at all during the fight for freedom.

One place I am glad that the developers have not tampered with that much is the multiplayer, which happens to be my favorite part of the entire game. Things are restricted because of the split screen (which hampers the viewing area), but there is so much going on at once that it becomes just an absolute blast to play. And while there is just as much fog here - if not more - as there is in the single player games, but you don't even notice that fact during the intensity that rushes in and out during a good game. There are enough variations on the multiplayer aspect that it almost never gets old and stale, there is always something to do.