Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp

released on Apr 21, 2023

Command an army in strategic, turn-based combat as a tactical adviser for the Orange Star Army. Your expertise is needed as you move land, air, and naval units across the battlefield. Take down enemy squads and capture towns and bases to secure victory and keep the peace. Keep an eye on the game-changing terrain and weather as you lead a variety of units across multiple maps. This remake features two campaigns that cover the events of Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising!


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Definitely worth a shot if you're on the fence about this type of game. I'd always been put off the genre as I absolutely hate losing any units in these, but is very good entry level stuff, although it does have quite a steep difficulty curve at times.

Un juego mucho más difícil de lo que creí, aunque lo dejé un día prometiendo no volver a jugarlo; estuve toda la noche pensando en cómo terminar el nivel, sin duda alguna muy enviciaste

This game is only fun when you're good. I know that screams "git gud", but other games are fun enough when I lose that I want to keep playing, and then I get better. The battles in the campaign of the first half are structured so that it's never really about winning and losing, but about winning quickly or losing quickly. I love how the game feels when I've figured out a strategy to quickly get rid of the enemies, and I hate how it feels when I've screwed up and am oh so slowly waiting to get through the missions.

A well made remake that often feels like a loving tribute to the originals. There’s tons of care put into the presentation. I love the COs animations; WayForward accomplished a lot with a little in that respect.

After finishing the first ending of AW1, and getting two thirds through the second campaign, I’m finding myself unexcited to keep playing. The missions of Black Hole Rising are generally improvements over the original, they just get too long and can feel like a grind.

I may return and either persevere or tweak the difficulty but I currently feel like I had my fun with the game.

Had an almost identical experience to my first time with these games in high school: an insanely good time, extremely replayable, then I just stopped wanting to play it on a dime. Can't hold that against them tho cus its just wild how much fun they produced out of such a simple system. Real masterpiece stuff here. Only knock is that I wish there were even more maps/scenarios in vs CPU mode.

Back when the Switch first released, one of my most wanted games was a new Advance Wars title. Now that it's finally here (sorta), I'm pleased while also slightly disappointed? There's a lot of fun to be had here with WayForward's remake of the first 2 Advance Wars games - games I played when I was still in grade school on a friend's borrowed GBA. Maybe it's just because I've played more sophisticated tactics games in the many years since, but Re-Boot Camp left me a little colder than I expected. Still, this is a solid remake and is still worth a pickup for fans of the genre. If nothing else, I'm glad that there's an Advance Wars available on modern hardware.