Pretty disappointing remake all around. I'll start by naming the things that were done well:
1. Very good music remixes
2. CO designs are pretty good
That is unfortunately all the good I have to say. Now for the bad:
1. The artstyle is a massive step down for Advance Wars and Wayforward. Even if you can deal with the cheap plastic artstyle, the game has a problem with units being indistinct from each other.
2. The AI is somehow much worse than the original games.
3. The game launched with several bugs and I'm not sure if they've even been fixed and I don't care to find out.
4. The multiplayer we got was incredibly disappointing and basically an afterthought.

I don't understand why you would ever play this over Advance Wars By Web. It's a shame that this is probably the last time this franchise will ever see the light of day.

This game is only fun when you're good. I know that screams "git gud", but other games are fun enough when I lose that I want to keep playing, and then I get better. The battles in the campaign of the first half are structured so that it's never really about winning and losing, but about winning quickly or losing quickly. I love how the game feels when I've figured out a strategy to quickly get rid of the enemies, and I hate how it feels when I've screwed up and am oh so slowly waiting to get through the missions.

This game is a fantastic update to a classic strategy game. Being able to make new maps is such a great choice. I think not doing a lot to the main formula really helped.

The AI can be a pain in the ass sometimes, being borderline unrelenting. And my other complaint is the voice acting. Arin Hanson is an acceptable VA, but he did absolutely nothing for Max. Like if you're gonna provide voices to these iconic characters for the first time, it really needs to be larger than life.

But if you like strategy games this is a good way to go.

A well made remake that often feels like a loving tribute to the originals. There’s tons of care put into the presentation. I love the COs animations; WayForward accomplished a lot with a little in that respect.

After finishing the first ending of AW1, and getting two thirds through the second campaign, I’m finding myself unexcited to keep playing. The missions of Black Hole Rising are generally improvements over the original, they just get too long and can feel like a grind.

I may return and either persevere or tweak the difficulty but I currently feel like I had my fun with the game.

Me he rendido a mitad de la segunda parte. Lo veo un buen remake de unos juegos mediocres. El apartado visual y sonoro es carismático, lástima que choque frontalmente con un desastre tonal.

En cuanto al gameplay, las bases son buenas, pero los mapas están diseñados de manera aburrida, con misiones frustrantes e injustas, no ayudadas por la falta de un sistema de rebobinado bueno y turnos enemigos eternos.

La saga necesita una reinvención como Fire Emblem Awakening.