With Advanced Wars being dead in the water for the longest time, wargroove is essentially a fan game of advanced wars with a fantasy coat of paint instead of military. Being a fire emblem guy through and through, i cant really get behind the generic units and mission based structure but there is for sure something to be said for the money management and the focus of multiplayer.
Wish you could kill the dogs, but besides that it throws a frankly hilarious grenade directly at the starbound lore and has fairly solid gameplay and music. However, many achievements are a huge difficulty spike relative to normal gameplay, and even seemingly basic completion tasks can be extremely opaque to figure out.
This game set out to be a spiritual successor to the 'wars' series (most notably advanced wars). I think it did an incredible job doing that. The combat feels just as good, and the change to having your CO powers be fighters on the map makes every choice feel even more impactful, as you do not want to lose them.
I personally get a bit backed off from these types of games as the battlefields get more complex with more enemies all at once. However, I think the pace is great, and if you like the tactical turn based combat style of game, you'll enjoy it beginning to end.
I personally get a bit backed off from these types of games as the battlefields get more complex with more enemies all at once. However, I think the pace is great, and if you like the tactical turn based combat style of game, you'll enjoy it beginning to end.
I like how this game took inspiration from Advance Wars, and gave it an nice little spin with it commanders. It has a safe story with unique enough characters to enjoy it, plus an decent soundtrack to follow. I dont know why despite having that great soundtrack, they choose to use the same 3 battle songs, it makes you go crazy. Other than that, it's pretty enjoyable and adjustable to your own difficulty
It somewhat satisfies the Advance War hunger you had when it came out
Plenty of extra content to entertain you from story to bonus challenges to test your skill. It also has some of the most insane multiplayer features ever: crossplay, custom map support, email notification for when it's your turn, who the hell looks at their email while their gaming??
Plenty of extra content to entertain you from story to bonus challenges to test your skill. It also has some of the most insane multiplayer features ever: crossplay, custom map support, email notification for when it's your turn, who the hell looks at their email while their gaming??
Really beautiful pixel art graphics, essentially an Advance Wars clone with a fantasy setting.
However it didn't hit the mark for me. Battles take way too long to get through, and the difficulty is all over the place with a lot of surprise units, leading you to have to replay these already over long battles. I just didn't have the patience for this one.
However it didn't hit the mark for me. Battles take way too long to get through, and the difficulty is all over the place with a lot of surprise units, leading you to have to replay these already over long battles. I just didn't have the patience for this one.
I had a lot of fun with this game. I loved the different factions in the game and how that changed the way they looked. I liked the ways the game made it feel like an actual battle scenario and how that changed the way the player needed to act in their moves. I also loved the humor in the game in the dialogue and bios.