Athena Crisis

[h2]This is hands down, probably the best Advance Wars clone you'll find on steam, bar Wargroove, and has positively surprised me. But it has it's fair share of problems.[/h2] [h3]Pros[/h3] [list] [*] [b]Fully customizable campaigns and editor[/b], easy to make and access player generated content. [*] [b]Fully customizable faction[/b], down to character names and portraits [*] [b]Very large building, unit and CO power variety:[/b] dragons, dinosaurs, tanks, trains, planes and zombies are all encountered in the campaign, to give you an idea. [*] [b]Soundtrack is (mostly) quite enjoyable.[/b] [*] [b]Player invasion system is unique and can generate a lot of fun chaos.[/b] Though I suspect some players might be controlled by CPU. [*] [b]Shake up on AW meta:[/b] as expected, the units here behave wildly different from what an AW player is used to, it seems to be reasonably balanced, as well. [/list] [h3]Cons[/h3] [list] [*] [b]Online only:[/b] Bizarrely, it requires an internet connection to be played. Why this game was made online only is beyond me. [*] [b]Confusing menus:[/b] The game probably has an option for what you're looking for, but it's very unintuitive to navigate, for example, the retry button. [*] [b]"Incomplete" main campaign:[/b] The base campaign ends on a strange note, without a satisfying conclusion. [*] [b]Inconsistent difficulty:[/b] another problem with the main campaign, which will have extremely easy missions interlaced with very hard ones, seemingly at random. [/list]

This play like an Advance Wars clone. Though they added alot of units, it still doesnt change the combat in a meaningful way and at times it even detracts from the experience. That being there is a huge custom map experience. Though the campaign focuses way too much on gimmicks to be ground breaking. Its so so as far as turn based games go

A Fun Advanced Wars-esque tactics game. Plenty of content and a built in map editor with a friendly but small community on discord. Progression is gained via offical campaigns that grant Skills, Account Portraits and Stars via objectives. Stars can also be gained "Chaotically" by invading other players (who opt into invades) by either aiding or hindering them. All the stars gained by both methods can then be spent in a shop (NOT MONITIZED) for profile images, unique skills, unit skins and more invade materials! PvP games can both be real time (still turn based) and up to a week between turns for those with a busy life schedule. Not to mention the game is cross compatible with mobile devices! If you have the money and an itch for a classic tactics game with fun twists then please pick this up! On sale it's an absolute steal!

The UI and menu system are awful. I bought this game for 3 dollars and it was too much.

Perfectly adequate advance wars clone with most of the fat trimmed and a focus on gameplay.

i've gotten 200+ hrs out of this game and have plenty more ahead. the rebalancing of AW mech rushes, for instance, feels so nice :) the devs are great with giving QoL updates, and their curation of player campaigns is a very nice feature for solo players like me

This game is awesome.

It seems to require an internet connection, game wants me to sign in to play it (on the deck, which I mostly use in offline mode). If you want/need to play offline, don't buy this game. That's why my playtime is so low.