Monday, October 03, 2005

Top 5 Most Wanted - No. 4

Please also check out No. 5, Fire Emblem Path of Radience beaneath this feature. Today is Battalion Wars, a similar but different game and cousin of Advance Wars for the GBA.


Advance Wars was a turn based strategy game where you took control of a Cammanding Officer (CO) and sent your troops in to fight the enemy, using tanks, planes, boats, and infantry, among other troops. Your troops can be destroyed, but you can also create troops using funds gathered from captured cities. The first AW you commanded the Orange Star Army to investigate an eerie attacker and along the way you engage Blue Moon, Green Earth, and Yellow Comet. The four countries later on team up with each other in AW2 to defend agaisnt teh ruthless Black Hole.


Battalion Wars however is a real time strategy game. You take control of one unit, whether it be infantry, tank, plane, artillery, etc. If you die, you just take control of another unit on the battlefield. This is a very fast paced game where quick decisions need to be made or it can mean certain death.


The wide array of units adds to the gameplay. Infantry units can be upgraded, and there is even a new type of infanrty that can weild flamethrowers. The tanks are powered up more, and the recon units can either be fast with little firepower, or not as fast with a whole lots of firepower.


Returning are the Crazy CO's. Their personalities always reflect in the way they fight, and add to a bit of the light hearted fun in this game, already released. Don't be turned away from this sleeper for the Gamecube, and don't think it kiddie (it has a rating of T for Teen). Check it out, and keep an eye out for my next feature: X-Men Legends 2!

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