Adam Montgomery of Ripten writes: Previously the series seemed rather pleased with the war; it was the opportunity for everyone to get out in the fresh air and shoot at each other. Now it seems the game has realised that those bullets hurt. War is beautiful no more. This means that the colourful depictions of the series are now gone and have been replaced with a darker, grittier look.
It's a post-apocalyptic nightmare where mankind is nearly all-dead. What's left is the charred remains of earth and a roster of gritty veterans – a sadly soulless re-imagining of a series that formerly boasted a light, approachable visual style.
The core remains as it was; the same turn-based strategy with a focus on exploiting weaknesses and employing strengths. But there's a key shift in emphasis: tactics over power. Now the focus is on elegant advanced planning, with many of the previously overpowering (and perhaps damaging to the game's balancing) units have either been removed or reduced.
What's been anticipated, and delivers, is online battling. Surprisingly, voice-chat is available even when battling a randomly selected opponent. For personal vendettas the friend code system is available, but either way the contests run without issue.
This game doesn't mark the ruin of what is a classic portable game franchise. Like the rest of the Advance Wars series, Days of Ruin is a campaign of addiction and satisfaction, as well as being one of the most accessible strategy games available.
Yes, the man has changed. He's lost his innocence and realised the truth of his struggles: wars are ugly and crippling – but the Advance Wars have never been better.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "As a gamer I absolutely love strategy games, whether they are turn-based, real-time, fantasy or modern or just something that is completely different I always look forward to the next big strategy game on the horizon so I can get my tactical hat out of the closest again. One of my personal favorite series however hasn’t been around too much lately and that’s starting to get a bit depressing. I am of course referring to Nintendo’s Advance Wars franchise, a series that had a long history with the company from way back on the Famicom before coming over to this side of the world in 2001 on the Game Boy Advance. But after the release of four great games the series just… vanished, never to be heard from again – well today we’re going to try to find out why as we ask the question – where did Advance Wars go?"
Advance Wars died off when Intelligent Systems began to see that Fire Emblem was becoming more prominent
I just want another Battalion Wars title
I would love for this series to come back.. It was so much fun! Like fire emblem but with modern military vehicles/troops.. I dont see why both cant exist. Maybe some people prefer guns to swords.. I like both and would buy the hell out of both if released..
I would say that Intelligent Systems is letting the franchise (and themselves) take a breather, because they do seem to jump back and forth between Wars, Fire Emblem, and Paper Mario.
I would venture to say that another Wars title, especially when Nintendo gets their online running, will be headed our way soon enough. Unless they go left field and develop another Paper Mario, but I'm only ruling that out because Ubi-soft is probably going to give us another Kingdom Battle.
I like fire emblem, awakening was shining, but fate was less brillant. We need a rotation between FE and AW.
Advance wars dual strike is still one of my favorite portable games. The design, special powers and dual matchs were great ideas. Fire emblem can't replace this.
And we need battalion wars for more action games on switch.
A turn-based strategy game of intrigue with a distinct Japanese flavor that takes place in the aftermath of your king's assassination. Roll out the tanks, create more troops, expand your squad, and struggle for territory with war-room levels of control!
"Warfare Advanced"... No, definitely doesn't remind me of Advance Wars at all. LOL.
JK. I hope this game does well.
This game is just shit. Looks and runs really bad in portable mode but playing in TV mode doesn't save the experience either. The story and writing are god awful to the point you just want to skip everything.
You spend about a minute every time you switch it on forced to watch the boot-up cutscene which also stutters.
There's a lot to love in Advance Wars' history, and until we're given another new one, digging back into older titles is the way to go. But where to start?
