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Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Campaign Impressions

Superserious — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:44:53 MDT

I haven't played the previous AW's, but I enjoy the franchise already. Some of you may recall Military Madness, to which this game bares a striking resemblance. I enjoyed the hexagonal grid of MM better than the square grid of AW, and I was disappointed that they didn't have a similar supporting-fire feature, in which adjacent allied units boost the attack power of an attacking unit, but the animated battles are much greater than those of Turbo Grafix (sp?)16's Military Madness. Another vast improvement ( I say improvement because I am utterly convinced that AW is an intentional near-copy of MM)is the overall attacking system, which used to be more or less a crap shoot. Awesome adaptation, overall. I'm hooked.

Superserious

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DarkLuigi — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:36:19 MST

O have this game pre ordered, and the hasbeen rain and snow in the first game through dual strike ok guys, ;)

DarkLuigi

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Demaar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:28:27 MST

Finally the commander has an effect on the gameplay field directly, nice :)

Demaar

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shwoosh — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:49:18 MST

So, what's Double Strike?

shwoosh

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PRguitarman — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:24:00 MST

I'm a few levels into it right now and it's really fun. However, I can tell that I'll soon be yelling many profanities and throwing my DS across the room..like I did with the previous games.

PRguitarman

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Witzbold — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:00:44 MST

@Cruithne: You win the best comment of the story award!

Witzbold

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Pombar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:08:32 MST

@Brian Crecente: Wifi co-op? Oh Nintendo, you know me too well!

Pombar

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:25:12 MST

Oh, wow. They justified the reason why units created in one battle don't carry over to the next.

VipingViper

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Stormrider — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:14:19 MST

@Pombar: I'm totally excited for Apollo Justice, but I'm also a huge Phoenix Wright geek. Less than a month to go!

Stormrider

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Stormrider — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:13:02 MST

@VipingViper: Who knows? It's more than possible that people will announce some new DS games within the next couple of months.

And presumably Fire Emblem DS will be this year as well, considering they announced it last September or whenever it was.

Stormrider

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:11:58 MST

Oh yeah, that reminds me. Final Fantasy Tactics A2 will eventually be released in the states...

VipingViper

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:11:20 MST

@Pombar: Oh yeah, I forgot about Apollo Justice... Yeah, I guess that will be the runner-up. Likely followed by Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania. FF4? I've seen a bunch of videos of it, and I dunno. I may get it when the price goes down a bit.

@Brian Crecente: That explains why 3 and 4 player maps are selectable when playing online with friends.

VipingViper

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:02:16 MST

I'm playing teamed up with McWhertor right now, against two enemy AI.
Kinda cool.

Brian Crecente

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Pombar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:49:43 MST

We're also probably getting FF4 DS - and possibly (but not probably) the DS Kingdom Hearts game. Can't remember anything else beyond that (though in the UK we're still waiting on Trials & Tribulations and Apollo Justice).

Pombar

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:45:42 MST

Well I've played the demo of Ninja Gaiden, and it is certainly a contender for GOTY.

Cruithne

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:43:56 MST

@Stormrider900: What else does the DS have that we might get in 2008?

The next Castlevania game
Ninja Gaiden DS
N+

Is there anything I'm missing? Because if that's it, I'll maybe finish all of those games, but I'll quickly return to AWDR.

VipingViper

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:38:43 MST

When you choose to play someone not on your friends list, you can choose between a random opponent, or someone with a similar battle score to yourself.

Cruithne

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:36:05 MST

OK Crescente and Jetter added to friends list.

Anyone else?

Cruithne

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Casemarqui — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:34:15 MST

I can't wait to get this game this week

Casemarqui

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Stormrider — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:33:49 MST

@VipingViper: You're ready to say that in January, huh? Interesting.

Stormrider

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:28:53 MST

Man, Cruithne does not go down without a fight. Good game, man!

So Advance Wars: Days of Ruin? Yeah... definitely DS GOTY.

VipingViper

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:28:52 MST

Well played Vipingviper, good victory to you sir.

Cruithne

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:25:09 MST

Nope. 1 on 1 only.

VipingViper

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Jetter — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:22:43 MST

021598-920853 if you need another opponent! Can you play with more than 2 people?

Jetter

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:18:18 MST

OK Viper, I am now prepared to accept your unconditional surrender.
I shall be magnanimous in victory, just say the word.

Cruithne

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rezak — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:16:36 MST

I stopped reading at DOUBLE strike...

rezak

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:16:24 MST

@Cruithne: LOL

VipingViper

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:14:33 MST

Yeah, frankly it was clear at about turn 14 who was going to win, there is a surrender option, but I'm in France and wasn't going to live up to that particular stereotype.

Cruithne

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:11:27 MST

Day 22. Cruithne's turn. He has 5 units, 12 buildings, 29800 funds. I have 15 units, 16 buildings, and 400 funds.

VipingViper

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Mariye — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:07:47 MST

Wait until you hit mission 19.

That was the only mission I have had trouble with so far. Waylon's a force on that map. I had to quit my first attempt (after 30 days) and start fresh.

Thankfully I beat the map easily on my second attempt.

Mariye

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Pombar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:04:43 MST

You've been playing for HOURS o_O I salute your dedication, several hour long matches on turn based games can get real dull. I'd hope for an online experience that was a little quicker myself. Then again, I've had great fun in long online games too (Alterac Valley whoo!), so maybe this one will win me over too.
Promise me you'll still be up for a match when this is released over here on Friday, guys!

Pombar

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:00:35 MST

Ok, it's Day 20.

We've been playing for a good while now.

VipingViper

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:59:03 MST

I just missed what turn we're on, but as of the start of his turn, he has 12 units and 12 cities, I have 13 units and 16 cities.

he has 25300 funds and I have 2300.

also, we're playing with fog of war and CO powers disabled on the first Classic map.

VipingViper

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cmoody17 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:50:26 MST

I was sort of hoping the units would actually look different on map. I've been playing duel strike, but the forced story that hardly exists between levels, and the way each level is just the addition of a unit, base type, or terrain gets pretty old after a while. It's not so much a complaint against the game, I just suppose Duel Strike isn't for me. Which, it would seem from this, means DOR isn't either. I shouldn't have expected this to be a Fire Emblem DS substitute. Nothing can stand up to that title.

cmoody17

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:45:55 MST

Well in the ass handing stakes I am sorry to say I am currently in the process of getting my posterior sliced and diced by Viper.
Where's the WMD when you need 'em.

Cruithne

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my spoon is too big — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:43:36 MST

someone please help, where did you get this game at today? Gamestop told me it won't be at least until tomorrow (even hinted it might be Wednesday, to my chagrin). How did you guys pick it up today? I'm dying to play this with now, must...play...please!!!

my spoon is too big

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:41:29 MST

@Cruithne: I just wanted to know if it works in multiplayer.

There's no way this game would've told you to build a missile unit.

VipingViper

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Spiderbait — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:41:19 MST

@jayntampa: Believe me, I didn't like turn-based strategy games but I thought that Advance wars was awesome. It really suprised me.

Spiderbait

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Spiderbait — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:40:29 MST

Guys you have to decribe what's going on for those of us here on the comments. I would really like to see who kicks who's ass.

And I remember playing Advance wars on my gameboy advance SP. I played with two of my friends and was about to kick both of their asses when the battery ran out T_T

Spiderbait

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Import98 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:36:13 MST

Been playing it a little bit today, pretty sweet.

Import98

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:35:34 MST

Have you been using it during this battle? lol

Ouch, low blow, fecker.

Cruithne

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jayntampa — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:29:28 MST

Ugh ... I hate strategy games that are really puzzle games you figure out a specific strategy in order to pass a level. I like it a lot more dynamic. I'm still going to give the game a shot, but it's kind of disappointing to hear that ...

jayntampa

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Pegleg Joe — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:27:55 MST

@Brian Crecente: Added to my list. Thanks.

Pegleg Joe

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:25:13 MST

@Cruithne: Have you been using it during this battle? lol

VipingViper

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:21:06 MST

@Cruithne: There's this constant tone when you talk, but it seems to have gone away lately.

VipingViper

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enigmaX89 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:13:33 MST

I got the game yesterday for free yesterday at Nintendo World and it's great. I still haven't gotten used to the zoomed-in view, which have resulted in many careless errors, as I'm used to easily eye-ing the distance from indirect attackers in the previous games.

On another note, one of my friends who also got it free at Nintendo World played in the multiplayer tournament and got a second free copy of Days of Ruin and eventually won the tournament, with the grand prize being some form of a Advance Wars-styled DS Lite. I want that DS Lite. =[

enigmaX89

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:11:59 MST

There is now an option where they give you hints as to the strategy you employ. It's quite helpful.

Cruithne

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:10:29 MST

@Pegleg Joe: def, it's got online support.

Brian Crecente

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awkward91 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:10:02 MST

The commander's actually in the battlefield now? Awesome... Can't wait till I get my hands on this bad boy.

awkward91

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Xenigma — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:08:01 MST

Missions constructed like brainteasers? That could be a good or a bad thing. I always enjoy finding the "solution" to an Advance Wars mission, but overly difficult missions really ruined AW1&2 for me. Nothing is more frustrating than having to repeat the same scenario over and over again, especially since the hard ones tend to be the longest. Guess I'll find out once I pick up my preordered copy.

Hate to be a nitpick, but it still says "Double Strike" twice in the article (paragraphs 2 and 7). Not a big mistake, but it sticks out after playing Dual Strike for months.

Xenigma

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:06:59 MST

Shit, that is one huge tank, did you really have to use it against unarmed civilians disguised as soldiers with guns?

Cruithne

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Kinburn — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:06:46 MST

Perfect, thank you.

Kinburn

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:06:06 MST

Dude, we got a mountain range between us, I gotta get the message to you somehow...
Anyway, what's up with your voice chat connection?
Too much feedback?
Mine was fine, no problems at all.

Cruithne

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Pegleg Joe — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:05:16 MST

@Brian Crecente: I have neither version so would you recommend this over dual strike?

Pegleg Joe

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:03:37 MST

Cruithne is a huge fan of indirect attacks, it seems.

VipingViper

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ODST VII — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:01:37 MST

@metahgyear: Happened to me today when I went to gamestop. :(
But anyway back on topic. I am a little disappointed that they had to cut some things out like the survival mode but online wifi makes up for it. Though i'll never forgive them for removing the black boat.

ODST VII

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:59:25 MST

You just made a missile unit.

On a map with no airports.

Yeah, I was wondering why that rocket launcher didn't look quite right, Christ, it's Vietnam all over again, never get involved in a land war in central Asia, the classic mistake.
Hey, it's not over yet, I've still to bring out my big guns...that is assuming I don't mistakingly bring out my big gums instead...

Cruithne

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:58:47 MST

Oh, bah. The temp airport can only resupply and repair air units.

Oh well.

VipingViper

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:57:18 MST

Crap, I switched out DS and it changed my FC, sorry. It's actually: 408145 965049

Brian Crecente

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:55:54 MST

@Cruithne: @VipingViper: I added both of you guys.

Brian Crecente

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metahgyear — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:53:54 MST

did anyone else go to their gamestop only to be disappointed that they didn't have the game yet?

metahgyear

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ZinkO: refuses to immanentize the eschaton — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:53:35 MST

this is gettin epic!

ZinkO: refuses to immanentize the eschaton

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kiigan — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:53:22 MST

Pity, I was really hoping for a return to the elegance and simplicity of the first GBA Advance Wars. Almost everything they've added since that version has been for the worse.

But I'm interested in the online play, so I hope Crecente gets a chance to let us know how well that works!

kiigan

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Pombar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:51:37 MST

Viva las guerros de Cruithne, I say. One small step for the Kotaku online community...

Pombar

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:50:51 MST

@Kinburn: you can do either.

Brian Crecente

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:49:19 MST

@ZinkO: can do italics now!: Actually it may not be so funny. I just remembered I can make a "Temp. Airport" using the Rig, as I'm doing now. And he's mobilizing that missile unit...

VipingViper

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:46:35 MST

@Kinburn: Random people as well as friends. I'm not sure if you can play any map with random people, though.

VipingViper

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ZinkO: refuses to immanentize the eschaton — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:45:48 MST

@VipingViper:
rofl

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:44:09 MST

You can play with random people, I think.

Cruithne

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:43:49 MST

Well...

You just made a missile unit.

On a map with no airports.

VipingViper

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Kinburn — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:43:29 MST

I'm still waiting for an answer...Can you play Wi-Fi battles with random people online or are you restricted to friends only?

Kinburn

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Raynre — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:39:23 MST

... I @#$%ing hate you. My NEX isnt getting a shipment in for another week...

Raynre

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:39:16 MST

Viper,
You're only saying that cos you're winning, bastid.

Cruithne

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:36:51 MST

This is pretty fun.

VipingViper

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Foxstar Sixtail — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:35:10 MST

@xpnet: Yeah, uh no.

Foxstar Sixtail

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EnragedTemplar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:32:48 MST

i cant wait to get this one

EnragedTemplar

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:32:04 MST

FC: 275001 977855

Brian Crecente

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WiggyDee — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:32:01 MST

Nice I wasn't aware units had that little level level up system. Hopefully this can get me back into DS games since Phantom Hourglass for me was a disapointment.

i was about to say I'll pick it up in a few months time but I just realised the release date in europe is this friday, which makes it within one week of the american release date.

Therefor instant day one purchase.

WiggyDee

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:27:33 MST

and the war is underway!

Cruithne

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Green-clad Gamer Dude — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:26:31 MST

Gee, I wish I could play online with you guys, but my DS won't work with my wireless internet for some reason...

Green-clad Gamer Dude

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:22:43 MST

@xpnet: It sort of fails to deliver on sweeping changes, but it's a pretty solid game. You know, just because someone likes something doesn't mean they're on the take.

Brian Crecente

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kwan — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:19:51 MST

Fire Emblem made me scream out in frustration at my GBA. No AW game has never done that to me. I will NEVER play another FE game - my perfectionist self won't let me. Trust me, if you like having flawless victories (and in FE, they are highly incented), then FE might not be for you. Don't get me wrong; FE is an amazing game with lots of innovation. But be warned of the difficulty level!

kwan

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:17:10 MST

Sorry, it should be Ok now.

try it.

(war is never easy)

Cruithne

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:17:09 MST

Huh. Now I got disconnected.

VipingViper

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:16:09 MST

Tried joining again and it said you disconnected.

And a third time.

VipingViper

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:15:28 MST

It said you were hosting, but

you're kind of in and out. got connection problems?

VipingViper

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angry_gamer — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:14:32 MST

Is it me or id the cover/artwork very SNKish?

angry_gamer

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:14:02 MST

Alright then. Do you want to host?

VipingViper

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Niraj — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:09:03 MST

Does this game still have the dual CO powers? I thought that was too broken in Dual Strike

Niraj

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:08:38 MST

I just added you too viper, so We're good to go, I don't know what's happening with Crescente.

Cruithne

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ZinkO: refuses to immanentize the eschaton — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:08:21 MST

@belain:
yeah, that's what I meant. On the other hand, you don't have the FE-style "start over if there is any lucky hit or unexpected battle and you just lost a unit" gameplay... man, I wish there was more of a blend. I really like the more military feel of AW but having a rigid road to victory is hardly a good thing. Although I suppose it is a bit more tactically interesting, as opposed to FE, where many of the battles are variations on "overpowered melee units kill everything while magic/bow units kill anything wearing armor". I'm glad they mixed that up a bit in PoR with the defense missions and odd enviroments.
We really need a new series that combines the best of both worlds...

ZinkO: refuses to immanentize the eschaton

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Iron_Dragon_2.0 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:05:57 MST

@Cruithne: Good luck against Crecente. Kick his ass for the team!

Iron_Dragon_2.0

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:05:30 MST

I added you, Cruithne, so let me know if you want to play later.

VipingViper

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:02:37 MST

OK Back

Friend code 532700-011753

Cruithne

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Madeira — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:02:12 MST

These levels are constructed so tightly that I suspect there are actually only a few ways to win.

No Days of Ruin for me then. I can't stay far enough away from games like that, I learned my lesson with Jeanne d'Arc. In a lot of the battles in that game, you really only had one way to play it to survive- you had to be exactly correct with the way the game wanted you to play or you're toast.

Madeira

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Belain — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:01:20 MST

This game, and its ridgedly structured pathways to success is reminiscent of one of my favorite games of all times! Military Madness. Another game in which there are only a handfull of viable strategies per level, and deviation from that strategy will result in cataclysmic failure.

God I love games with zero tolerance!

Belain

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:00:02 MST

@mjemirzian: Well, that's not very nice. What are you going to say next, white men can't jump?

Come on, now.

VipingViper

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.endejas. — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:58:52 MST

I cannot wait to get this game. And a DS.

.endejas.

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mjemirzian — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:57:32 MST

By the way, NA gamers are on average abysmally bad at tactics games, so it's no surprise when something remotely difficult is decried as 'too hard'.

mjemirzian

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mjemirzian — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:56:09 MST

I'm sure this games campaign has nothing on the original GBA Advance Wars Advance Campaign. That was less of a brain teaser and more of a brain melter.

mjemirzian

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xpnet — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:54:42 MST

You guys must be in bed with this game.. If I here that new breath quote from your website on TV one more time I'm gonna break something..

That commercial is ON so many times.

xpnet

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Krellie — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:52:51 MST

Played, and loved, the first GBA iteration. Superb series but feel very been there done that.
If you have enough spare time for such a time sink (in a good way!), or havnt tried any of the earlier ones, I understand you may want to pick this up thou.

Krellie

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:52:49 MST

My friend code is 412440-877865 if anyone else wants to play.

VipingViper

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Iron_Dragon_2.0 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:52:08 MST

Really that hard? I'm at mission 9 or so and it hasn't been hard at all. The only time I've had to repeat mission was for an S rank.

Iron_Dragon_2.0

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eugaet — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:51:52 MST

[glances over at still-shrinkwrapped copy of Dual Strike]

Must find time...

eugaet

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Lstormy10 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:51:11 MST

Somehow, this impression just makes me want the game quite a bit more, but do not have the money for the day it is available in store...

Lstormy10

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VipingViper — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:49:58 MST

@Cruithne: I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. Vehicular infantry. Infinite replayability through custom maps tradeable over Wi-Fi.

Creating buildings using units. COs on the battlefield.

This is a pretty damn huge leap forward, if you ask me. I'm only on Mission 5 or so right now, so I can't say exactly how awesome some of these new units are yet, but I'm willing to bet that they're pretty damn good.

VipingViper

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:47:07 MST

Ah Crescente, with your silvery tongue and your dazzling birdy shirts, how could I say no?

Uh, I have to find the WEP key for my WiFi and I'll be right with you.
Give me five minutes or so.

Cruithne

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:44:16 MST

@Cruithne: Hey Cruthine, want to play some online today? What's your friend code?

Brian Crecente

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Crunch King — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:43:43 MST

Cannot wait til this comes out here in England in a few days. You have to love Advance Wars.

Crunch King

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DaiMacculate — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:39:07 MST

Damn this game for being so good, I'm going to be months catching up to the point where I have time to play it, I'm still working through the 2007 stuff! ;)

DaiMacculate

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Seiryuu — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:34:21 MST

You know, there is only one thing I want to know right now, No more Heroes or DMC4?

AWDR is coming for sure.

Seiryuu

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Cruithne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:34:01 MST

So far I'm enjoying Days of Ruin, but disappointingly, it's not the leap forward that the first DS iteration was. Still, even if it's not something new, it's still the same solid Advance Wars that we know and love.

Cruithne

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Tonx — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:31:08 MST

@PXShaman: The differences between Fire Emblem and Advance Wars are many, but the gameplay is similar. The biggest difference is that while Advance Wars units gain experience and power in battle, it doesn't carry over to the next field. Your units don't stay leveled up. Also, Fire Emblem has a great amount of focus on what happens between battles, and you can somewhat control that with user input. Advance Wars is more about text scrolling between battles, where you have no real input.

I would also say that barring level 14 according to Crecente, Advance Wars is a more forgiving strategy game compared to Fire Emblem. Not forgiving like it's easy, but forgiving in that there are multiple ways to win and screwing up doesn't necessarilly mean starting over.

Tonx

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Scazza — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:29:52 MST

Massive advance wars fan, and this impression has just made me want it more...

Scazza

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:24:38 MST

AW, despite the plot which is at times quite intriguing, is very much not an RPG. I mean you have characters, but besides the different commander skills, which come in pretty late in the campaign, they're really not a part of the battles. It's a dyed in the wool turn-based strategy game, a really good one.
Oh, and feel free, once the game launches, to come back and bitch about level 14. GAH!

Brian Crecente

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ZinkO: refuses to immanentize the eschaton — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:20:36 MST

Hmmmm. This tactical focus reminds me of he VC's Military Madness... never did finish that game. I was just getting increasingly annoyed at how you had to jump through the very specific hoops for each mission, so that to win there was basically only 1 viable set of moves you could do... I suppose I'll have to give this a try anyway. The first several levels of MM WERE decent enough.
I find it interesting to note how AW differs from FE... FE seems to be far more freeform, but I think it loses on scale, due to individual units (and rarely more than 10 of those).

ZinkO: refuses to immanentize the eschaton

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PXShaman — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:20:05 MST

Hey um quick question about this game.
From the TV the game looks a lot like Fire Emblem, if that is true I will have to buy a DS and this game, so uh, is it true?

PXShaman

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Tonx — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:19:10 MST

Crecente just punched me right in the wallet. Dammit.

Tonx

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d1sCo_d3aTh — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:18:27 MST

@crecente: You know....having been married to you, seems like your wife would expect nothing less. XD

But anyway, it's nice to see this game is worth a purchase. I need me a new DS game.

d1sCo_d3aTh

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Barts — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:16:20 MST

@Moonshadow101: Is it me, or was there some weather influence (namely Blizzard) already in the very first Advance Wars?

Barts

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Lou3000 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:15:16 MST

Gah, here we go again. It seems that where the 360 took all of my money in the fall, now the Nintendo wants it all this spring. No More Heroes, Brawl, Advance Wars, and I'm sure there are some I'm not mentioning.

I'm still playing games from the fall.

Lou3000

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:14:28 MST

Either mike or i will be writing up online impressions later today.

Brian Crecente

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:14:02 MST

@badasscat: Whoops, that's what i get for writing impressions from a location without the previous version of the game handy and no internet. Sorry, fixed it.

Brian Crecente

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evilralphwiggum — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:13:19 MST

I need to pick up a DS again.
....
someday..
i keep on reselling the one i buy off of ebay back on ebay.
sigh.

evilralphwiggum

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Atheist Jew — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:13:06 MST

Your wife walked off in disgust, Brian?

Really?

That seems rather harsh!

Atheist Jew

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resetbutton — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:12:34 MST

LOL "(She walked off in disgust when she realized I'd been yelling at the DS and not a real person.)".....priceless

resetbutton

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Fyren — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:11:12 MST

@fyren:

You lose for not reading after the jump :/

Fyren

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Fyren — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:10:23 MST

The wifi.

Divulge on the wifi...

Fyren

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GreenCard200 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:09:36 MST

I think I will be picking this game up after I beat Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones. My friend loves AW and since this one is online I can play online with him. I hope this game supports the headset because I still haven't opened mine.

GreenCard200

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Step5555 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:09:02 MST

The experience system sounds as though they cribbed it almost directly from Age of Empires DS, which is a good thing as that game made a lot of really good design decisions.

But if the scenarios are as tightly-designed as you say, I'll probably wait on someone FAQing this to obsession before picking it up.

Step5555

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Kinburn — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:07:41 MST

Can you play Wi-Fi battles with random people online or are you restricted to friends only?

Kinburn

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NotAZombie — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:06:59 MST

Oh I really want to buy this but I've been playing Dual Strike and I need money to buy Brawl.

NotAZombie

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badasscat — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:06:53 MST

@Moonshadow101: Yeah, Dual Strike had weather too. Snow sucked...

badasscat

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Moonshadow101 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:06:03 MST

"The game introduces weather"

ummm.... huh.

Moonshadow101

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Witzbold — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:05:16 MST

Nice impression Crecente!

Will be looking foward to getting my hands on this game.

Witzbold