Reviews from

in the past


It's a shame the maps don't really look as nice as GBA, and a lot of the GBA CO themes are a little weird, but still a superbly fun game

Uh Oh! War is Kinda Fun: The Game

Better than Days of Ruin, and maybe the first one! But Advance Wars 2 is still the best one!

I recall it didn’t grab me like the GBA games did but unsure why.


This is a completely unbalanced mess. Basically all of the carefully laid down mechanics that AW and AW2 laid down are busted wide open by the team-up system, and while we're at it there's also some RPG mechanics as a last middle finger to the original design. And honestly? It's kind of beautiful. AWDS is one of those games that you don't play, you break, and its only issue is that it isn't hard enough to really encourage that. After AW2 perfected the formula, it's a completely different, very serendipitous spin on it, and as the last game in that trilogy (I don't have much hope for Reboot Camp leading to a proper sequel), it's not a half-bad way to send it off.

I really need to replay this again. I tried it a lot when GameStop was still generous on make customers try DS games (they allowed me to try this, Meteos and Kirby Canvas Curse) and as a first AW it felt one of the funniest strategy turn-based games I've ever played.

I don't remember the reason why anymore, but this Advance Wars just didn't really grab me.

Another great game.
Has new feature with AI and the Tag Power.

"I'll defeat you Von Bolt with the power of friendship and this gun Hawk gave me" -Jake

Probably my favorite RTS game ever. I loved the story and all the character abilities. Music is a 10/10.
The balance of all units in the game is not the best but that does not make it less fun.