Wargroove

I like turn-based strategy a lot, but this game was frustrating to play. It felt like I was being pushed into only being able to win by being boringly cautious. I prefer strategy games where there are at least a few different valid approaches and you have to find what works best for your style. This game felt more like having to figure out the one singular approach that would win, and that approach is super boring and takes forever and then tells you that actually you didn't do well enough and took too long.

The mission looks fine, oh wait a boss can attack all the units he wants in one turn, and makes you lose the mission whatever you do. So, every mission has to be played twice to be prepared to that kind of surprices. wth? nah, increase the gameplay time by adding missions, not making them just absurdly unbalanced

i was really hoping to like this game but it seems kinda dead now :v

This game is a good example how hard game design is. On the surface, Wargroove is just a clone of Advance Wars with its own twists and tweaks, very polished game, all good. I welcomed the tweaks in hope, that they would provide a fresh experience, but the game simply isn't fun. It just goes to show how delicately balanced the Advance Wars games are and how messing with the balance, makes the gameplay fall apart. The main problems are: - expensive units compared to income, you can usually build just one or two at a time - places to build units waaay too far from the battles, maps often lack forward outposts - this means you need to wait 3-4 turns before the units actually get to battle and at that point they may be ill suited for the current situation, this also creates a lot of busywork transporting the units to the front - the inability to merge damaged units and the capturing and healing system just sucks This all decreases the speed, the intensity and the push-and-pull dynamics of the game. I appreciate that the developers wanted to evolve the formula, but it was such a well oiled machine, that each change just made it worse. Just play Advance Wars, emulators are your friends,…

I had fun but I wish there was more variance between the heroes and the factions, like exclusive units in each factions or different stats for each units and heroes. Right now, the different factions just feel like different skins for the same units.

fun game just like Advance Wars. The S-rank is kinda grindy tho, finishing a mission then not getting an S because you finished it a day or two late is frustrating. The story is meh, the music is great and arcade mode adds a lot of replayability only for a short time.