I actually really enjoyed this game. I've always expressed interest in the Advance War Series, and this was my first one. Honestly a pretty good introduction to the franchise. It's super strategic, and most missions are really fun to problem solve. The Ai in this game is actually insane, some of the smartest Ai I've ever seen. The Ai changes on a mission by mission basis. It's genuinely genius. But sometimes, I feel like the Ai can be too smart on certain missions. Chapter 22 took me a week to beat due to how annoyingly defensive the Ai was, it felt good to beat it eventually, but by the end of the game, I was a bit tapped out. This really isn't a criticism, as it came down to my lack of skill, but I still felt burnt out. So it's something to consider. The story is genuinely bad, the main protag is just a terrible Makoto Naegi clone, characters have no charisma and are paper thin. And the plot is dumb... But thats fine, it's a pretty cool game.