Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
It’s no secret that I love strategy games that require more from a gamer than just how fast they can mash a button or swing a nunchuck and for this reason it’s no surprise that I am a fan of Nintendo’s Advance Wars series of games. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is the latest game in the series and was released earlier this year for the Nintendo DS. I picked up a copy of the game in late February when I snatched one of the special edition triforce engraved Nintendo DSs bundled with a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.
This is a Hard War
Days of Ruin is a very difficult game and that will be a good or bad thing depending on the type of gamer you are and what you expect, for me it was a good thing especially now seeing that so many games are been numbed down so that they will have a mass market appeal. The campaign takes place over 60+ missions half of which are training missions not directly affection the storyline, at first I welcomed the way they incorporated the training missions to help understand the new units and strategies available in the game but after a while it got annoying and I just started to skip most of them. The story retarded and gets stranger after each battle…boy is saved by man…man becomes boy mentor…boy finds strange half dead girl in a post apocalyptic world…boy falls in love, mix in waring superpowers, a mad scientist, an impotent general and an out break of a biological plague and there you have the story.
Days of Ruin definitely is more hardcore looking with a newish, darkened art style while still remaining recognizable by Advance War veterans. One of the best features of Days of Ruin is it’s online support, I have spent countless hours playing online via Nintendo wifi, building and trading maps, for people like me who can’t find anyone to play with in my immediate area to play with this is a godsend. Days of Ruin is feature rich, challenging and breathes new life into the Advance War series if you haven’t played it yet check it out if you have already played it there is a 90% chance you are still enjoying it up to this day.
Advance Wars Official Site
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin on Nintendo.com
The day I got my Golden DS
