Wargroove

Why is half of this game a tutorial and half scripted fights

a truly fine "Advance Wars" clone. very welcome to see on PC, and it really works nicely. however it's plagued by a disease like so, so many games these days: a sense of humor. or "humor". like many / most devs, these talented designers thought their writing was absolute gold, so injected their game full of it. problem is, it's not a comedy point-and-click adventure, it's a simple and straight-forward Advanced Wars tactical game. so when you want to be strategizing, first the characters want to banter for a while. a long while. be prepared to mash buttons before every attempt at a challenge map, for example ... even a retry on a skirmish gets you 10+ dialogue balloons you've got to skip through to get to the reason you're there. campaign dialogue seems mostly skippable by holding a button, but the scenario maps? no such luck. it's a bizarre problem you really do see again and again on indie games lately. they all have hilarious jokes, and the player's just GOT to experience all of them, even on retry. sigh! but the game itself's really nice. it's Advanced Wars, only fantasy. the art's solid and music just fine. a really very acceptable PC substitute for Adanced Wars 1 and 2 and I wish there we more games like it. if you're a fan of those titles, this is the one to get. my problem with the endless comedy bits notwithstanding. I'll get over it.

Le jeu qui a tenté de ramasser le flambeau d'Advance Wars là où Nintendo l'avait laissé tomber pendant des années. C'est le genre de titre qui provoque un grand "Oh oui !" à l'annonce, et un "Ah, en fait non" après quelques heures de jeu. Voici pourquoi le charme finit par rompre : Wargroove — Advance Wars au pays des déceptions ? Note : 12/20 — Une belle coquille, mais un moteur qui broute. Sur le papier, c'était le rêve : de la stratégie au tour par tour, du pixel-art magnifique, des dragons et des chiens de guerre. Mais dans la pratique, le jeu s'avère bien plus rigide et frustrant que son modèle des années 2000. Ce qui est "Oui" L'esthétique incroyable : Le pixel-art est d'une finesse rare. Les animations de combat sont un régal pour les yeux et l'interface est ultra-propre. C'est coloré, c'est vivant, c'est du grand art. Le contenu colossal : Entre la campagne, le mode arcade, l'éditeur de cartes (hyper complet) et le multijoueur, il y a de quoi faire pour rentabiliser son achat. Le feeling rétro : On retrouve instantanément les sensations de jeu d'autrefois, la musique entraînante et le côté "échecs" revisité. Ce qui est "Non" (Le mur de la frustration) L'équilibrage aux fraises : Contrairement à Advance Wars, certaines unités sont soit inutiles, soit trop puissantes. Mais le pire, c'est l'économie : une fois que tu commences à perdre un peu de terrain, il est quasiment impossible de remonter la pente. C'est l'effet "boule de neige" dans toute sa splendeur. Des missions interminables : Une partie peut durer une heure... pour se terminer sur une erreur bête à cause de l'IA. Devoir recommencer 45 minutes de jeu parce qu'un commandant s'est un peu trop avancé, c'est une torture psychologique dont on se passerait bien. L'IA qui triche : Ce n'est pas un secret, l'IA de Wargroove connaît la portée exacte de toutes tes unités et ne fait jamais d'erreur de placement. Elle ne joue pas "mieux" que toi, elle joue de manière mathématiquement parfaite, ce qui rend les victoires plus épuisantes que gratifiantes. Le manque de punch : Malgré les dragons et la magie, on finit par faire toujours la même tactique de "mur d'unités" pour avancer case par case. C'est lent, très lent. L'avis final : Wargroove est un jeu trop cérébral et pas assez ludique. Il a voulu être plus complexe qu'Advance Wars, mais il a oublié au passage le plaisir simple de la stratégie accessible. C'est un bel hommage, mais qui manque de la souplesse et du fun de l'original. C’est comme un beau jeu de plateau dont les règles sont tellement rigides qu'on finit par ranger la boîte avant la fin de la partie.

It's basically Advance Wars with a fantasy setting, unfortunately a significant downgrade in a number of ways. Rather than have characters who change the ways the units work, units are fully interchangeable and each character gets a single power tethered to a hero unit. making characters much less impactful than Advance Wars. As a direct result the gameplay is very bland, as the only mechanical difference between any faction/character is a single power occasionally activated on the hero unit, which is itself mechanically identical to any other hero unit except through use of the power. Other downgrades include AI that entirely ignores fog of war instead of using spotters and an entire roster of characters less likable than AW's. It's better than nothing, but this one falls short of its inspirations.

Review Primarily for Character and Narrative Gamers: Score: 6.0 Overview: This game is not at all what I thought it was. Keep in mind, while I love Intelligent System Works, specifically for Fire Emblem, I've never taken interest in the Advance Wars games as they seemed pure strategy without the RPG or narrative content I prioritize in a strategy game. This game is apparently the same type of game. I was a bit mislead into believing it was an SRPG and story/character focused, and it definitely is not based on what I've played. Characters & Narrative: Honestly, this game fell really flat for me. Very basic dialogue and minimal story/character development from what I experienced. The character design is interesting, but this is a lighthearted strategy game about units and completing missions for stars, not a character centric storyline where you care about the units you use. That may change by the end, but based on the very minimal writing as a framing for the next battle rather than to direct a meaningful story, I doubt by much. Gameplay: Very simple combat gameplay in a more nuanced form of a rock paper scissors formula, but without stats or experience things interesting. You get leader abilities later to my understanding, which should make it more strategic, but my issue is the lack of the RPG elements making this pretty repetitive and boring very quickly. Closing: If you were drawn to this thinking you would get an SRPG and deeply character driven game, as so many reviews say "great story", the reality is you will get a barebones minimum experience with units with only archetypal character and limited interconnected development or attachment to the cast. This is a game to play for the gameplay elements and features, not for the story or characters. To that end, my review only really applies to people whom like myself had been misinformed and led to believe this was something more by a community that uses "good story" and "great characters" a little too broadly and easily, leaving the rest of us to engage in some serious trial and error as we look for games that appeal to a narrative and character driven attachment to enjoy a game, and not just serviceable characters that act as a vehicle for the next combat sequence.

Рекомендую абсолютно всем. Игра очень увлекательная, по крайней мере, одиночная игра (думаю, в мультиплеерных схватках с друзьями тоже неплохо играется). Сюжет неплох, так что хочется окунуться в этот удивительный мир. Мне практически каждый из командиров понравился как визуально, так и способностями. Геймплейно это просто пошаговая стратегия с покупкой боевых единиц из специальных зданий, разбросанных по карте, плюс здания, которые пополняют вашу казну для найма войск. Тут главный принцип — камень, ножницы, бумага, а также нужно учитывать, что у отрядов есть критический урон, но он работает только в определённых условиях. Чтобы понять, в каких именно или что нужно сделать, читайте про сам отряд. В игре очень много письменной информации, лора и так далее. Стоит ли эта игра своих денег? Абсолютно точно, и, кстати, после прохождения основной одиночной кампании тут есть кооперативная кампания, плюс внутри игры есть целый артбук, страницы которого можно открывать за звёзды, что классно, поэтому даже после основного контента есть что поделать/чем заняться в этой игре

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