Thread 723300496

Why is Sami so underwhelming in Advance Wars? In a game where capturing property is de facto the best play and she's the best one at doing that, it really feels boring at best to play as her

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I found that flooding the map with Mech Infantry units was very useful in emergencies against anything but Neotanks and airplaces, so I found Sami to be pretty useful. If there was a bad situation where I didn't think I could get thru it normally, I could usually just fill the map with Sami infantry units and push most enemies out.

Will you be playing their game?
>genuinely looks like it could be a contender of best AW like game (I know, not a high bar)
>made by actual fans of the genre
>devs actively communicate with the fans
>devs willing to implement feedback
>devs aware of AWBW and contacted major names for advice and such
>devs are long time veterans, not newfag hires
>literally 0 views or comments on their media or channels
>literally 0 threads or discussion

Since warside, wargroove, the other one, the other other one, and to a lesser extent athena crysis all failed
you wont let this one fail too, right?
Actually looks good, with good mechanics, faithful design, willing devs, and for once - unit balance

>buy an ad
I swear im not the dev but im shilling it anyway because we've lacked a true AW game for over 20 fucking years and no one can get it right. At this point im fed up with the curse and will happily shill this fucking game.
The literal only complaints I have right now are
>the 2D sprites look cheap like a mobile game
>the lack of battle animations, despite most people turning them off, is a bit sad
>mechs only move 2 spaces still, but unlike AW, they dont have type 2 movement, therefore theyre slowed by forest and mountains - meaning they only move 1 tile on forest and mountains. meanwhole infantry move FIVE spaces. Five.
>wish they stole warsides medics and naval properties
>wish they lowered naval cost, naval still seems ignorable
>battleship doesnt move+shoot like AW4
>rockets are even fucking worse with only 3-4 range. Yes. 3-4, not 3-5.

>>723304457
This will not work in PvP. Mechs are hot garbage mostly due to the 2 movement thing, even samis power to make that 3 movement isnt enough.
Only works on AI or low skilled players.

Shame too. I wonder what itd be like with AW4's bikes, or say, warsides rocket-bikes.

>>723305156
Every AW clone ive ever played so far has been shit.

>>723305156
I actually tried the demo and playing the pvp beta after signing up for it on the awbw discord server. It did nothing really wrong other than not allowing the d-pad to move the cursor and select units. Unironically soured my experience

>>723306283
indeed
>Wargroove
bad balancing, terrible online / skirmish support lead to dead game
>wargroove 2
what game?
>warside
couldve been good, had good ideas, but was literally unfinished, buggy, shit online / skirmish, bad balance, AI went from too easy to literally unfair, lack of UI like enemy power bars, unbalanced powers, faction specific unit locks hampering viable characters. Lack of staple units like subs, cruisers etc
didnt keep AW4s additions like temp ports and such despite them making so much sense in that game
>athena crysis
actually decent game, but ugly art and too many units cause confusion in the moment and choice paralysis, honestly too complex for its own good in that regard. but its got good ideas and balance of indirects for once
custom CO powers are cool, lack of battle anims is a let down, player made content is cool, lack of quality control isnt
>that one I forgot the name of but with blocky fog of war
was just awful in every way
>reboot camp
need I even say more?

Apes warfare genuinely seems like the only one that I cant see a reasonable way itd fail unless they REALLY dropped the ball somewhere the demo doesnt show.

>>723306475
Id just message the devs, they seem to be actively seeking feedback and have already overhauled the mines and drones based off of the first demos feedback
The demo we have now is different than the one available a few months ago.
I only use KB+M so I didnt notice, but seems like an easy fix.

>>723306609
>Apes warfare genuinely seems like the only one that I cant see a reasonable way itd fail unless they REALLY dropped the ball somewhere the demo doesnt show.
biggest red flag for me right now is the zero views/comments/discussions happening for it
Games like this need a playerbase to keep the PvP going, wargroove 2 wasnt even a bad game it just had zero players.
Game looks good but it has basically fuck all awareness. unironically needs an eceleb to pander it.

>>723304457
I feel like Sami is going to flood the map in OP's pic

>>723300496 (OP)
mechs are too slow and they arent even in mechs

>>723300496 (OP)
Post the next page or source faggot

Just finished the demo
am pleasantly surprised, normally when someone shills a game on /v/ it ends up being tripe, but, yeah I can see its potential to actually be good

it does what reboot camp failed to do by having a charming toy soldiers look

>game has an eceleb in it
Should that be concerning or..
normally id take this as a crimson tapestry sign of pandering
but in the case of this game, its specifically a guy whos all about the competitive scene. That gives credence to the idea the devs are aware of the scene and taking feedback from the actual fans, and more importantly, care about the community enough to research AWBW folk

one of the biggest reason other AW clones died was not pandering enough to the compfags and being seemingly unaware that a free online version of AW exists already, in a much better state. While I hate eceleb pandering in general, this at least proves theyre aware of AWBW

>>723309382
Mekkah won
Mangs is a sexpest

Non Advance Wars player here, what is the pinnacle of gameplay for this series, either official or unofficial? What's the "gold standard" that imitators are failing to live up to?

I think I saw a mod of one of the mainline games being played competitively once and it looked cool.

tummy

>>723311959
Days of Ruin is the best in both gameplay and aesthetics

>>723311959
AW 2

>>723305156
>>723306827
is it PVP only? it needs a campaign to reel people in

>>723300496 (OP)
is she gonna peeeeee?

I’m a big fan of fire emblem and tried out the 1+2 remake but the mechanics seem so much more complicated than FE. Maybe I’m just retarded

>>723311142
???
quick run down

>>723313516
Mangs sexually assaulted someone at a con. Mekkah made a video calling him out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8JDGEx0A-Q

>>723311959
AW4, called either Days of Ruin or Dark Conflict depending on US / EU
unironically the best gameplay only mired by the fact it started from scratch so has less overall content than AW 2 or AW 3.

AW 2 is probably the next best, since 3 is so brokenly unbalanced and too gimmicky with its "hey we are a DS game!"

>what about the knockoffs
all of them have a fatal flaw, honestly. Fire emblem are better AW games kek

>>723312935
its got a campaign too, the demo is the tutorial and a couple of early missions right now.
Skirmishes I think were confirmed too, but not in the demo.

>>723300496 (OP)
I'm pretty sure she's busted in Dual Strike.
You can partner her up with Eagle, then use your Dual Strike to fly across the whole map and instantly capture your opponent's base.

>>723313613
okay, didnt see that coming. Never even heard about this despite knowing of mangs for over a year.
Still im not seeing strong evidence, havent sat through all 2 hours though

>>723305156
>Will you be playing their game?
Nope because I'm sick of Scrimblo wholesome chungus reddit humor AW likes. I want a Days of Ruin clone.

>>723304612
Based, I want to meet Sami and get her autograph

>>723314036
>Scrimblo wholesome chungus reddit humor
buzzwords aside, this doesnt exist.
The dialogue in ApeW is the same kind of shit in AW 20 years ago

though yes, a DARK CONFLICT 2 or clone would be best.

>>723305156
I don't like the ape vs humans theme

>>723314231
>this doesnt exist.
I'm being a bit hyperbolic but I am really tired of milquetoast Saturday morning cartoon whackiness. Especially because the clones are actually worse with it than AW, see wargroove (especially 2 which I chose not to buy within 10 minutes of seeing campaign footage). AW was somewhat charming, at least, and has an extremely solid game template to boot.

>>723315259
ah, yeah I actually agree I just want AW4 again.
Warside on its surface looks gritty like that in the battle animations, but then you have some smiling reddit mom tank girl cheerily talking about dumb shit and making airport memes or the ice people forcing out ice puns while your side goes along with it like theyre buddies.

>>723316409
I actually like apes warfares look, reboot camp tried the toy soldiers thing and, it just doesnt work. I dunno why exactly but it looks too fake and plasticy, theres no depth or shading.
Apes actually looks like a game board with actual units on it.
and I think its cute that when you pick up a bazooka guy, he swings from the weapon or that you slam your hands when you lose a big unit, or just the quirk of using WD40 to repair your tanks.

id love a gritty, dark, days of ruin looking game too (sprites though, fuck hyper realism in every game) but I cant complain with how apes looks

>>723300496 (OP)
She's so me fr fr