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Wargroove |OT| Advance Wargs
- Thread starter hersheyfan
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Played the first couple missions. In a little daunted by the mechanics, or the amount of them. This game is meaty, but I definitely liked what I played.
Welp, just got my first KO on a mission. It kinda sucks to have to replay everything.... the pace of the game feels too slow.
I'm feeling meh on the game overall. It's a great AW clone, but I feel like I may just wait for a patch that speeds up pacing before I dive back into this more.
I'm feeling meh on the game overall. It's a great AW clone, but I feel like I may just wait for a patch that speeds up pacing before I dive back into this more.
This is exactly how I play FE and it's a complete game changer as far as saving time goes
Any real reason to go steam over switch? No issues with the switch version or content that it only accessable on steam (ie. Workshop stuff or level editor stuff etc)?
Or anything else really. The character design is the only thing thay stops me from playing it.
The game literally launched hours ago. This is a bit rude to ask, especially since a dev is here on this thread!
I'm personally kind of give or take with a few of the critiques you've posted, but this is the one I 1000% agree with.
I mean, I've gotten used to it but it is something you really notice with the ranged units. Heck, it took me longer than I'd like to admit to learn how to properly attack with the archer.
I also can't seem find the option to keep enemies move/attack grids always present. If there isn't, that should be added as well.
You know, the story/characters are really interesting so far! I wasn't sold on the theme/atheistic of this game, but it really has won me over. Nice voice acting in the few lines that are read too!
To me that would make me buy it on Steam instead of on the Switch
This is brilliant! A big thanks you to the developers who made this. It scratches that Advance Wars itch that has been driving me crazy for years, and it does so wonderfully! Playing it on the Switch just re-enforces the call back! It's like the GBA only bigger! I'm waffling now! Love it!
There seems to be some confusion about mid-mission saves that I would like to clarify.
1) All of your progression will save and can be resumed mid-mission (on every platform), even if you exit out of the game.
2) Because of this, you don't have to complete a single mission in one play session.
3) However, If you fail the mission you will have to replay that mission from the beginning.
1) All of your progression will save and can be resumed mid-mission (on every platform), even if you exit out of the game.
2) Because of this, you don't have to complete a single mission in one play session.
3) However, If you fail the mission you will have to replay that mission from the beginning.
You need to change the button text to "Save + Exit" or add a warning message saying the progress is saved. Right now there is no way to know that until you try doing it.
Only played the first two missions, but I love it so far. Fiddled a bit with the map editor too, the littlest decorations you can add are awesome and the fact you can story bits and events is incredible. I can see myself getting lost in this mode for hours.
Man the rankings don't fuck around, couldn't get more than 2 stars on the mission before the evacuation one (3rd or 4th I'm not sure)
Echoing that long post earlier though, needs a tiny little bit of UX stuff to make it feel better. Animation speed, etc.
Echoing that long post earlier though, needs a tiny little bit of UX stuff to make it feel better. Animation speed, etc.
WOAH, so you CAN save scum in this game, sort've.
So a few posts above I posted that I ragequit after losing my commander in a battle. When I turned the game back on, I was able to resume the mission from the last turn when I got back to where I left off before I died.
When you choose to Exit from the Mission menu. This basically creates a save state of wherever you are.
You can then just go back into Campaign and resume from where you 'Exit'ed from. So you can play ahead and if things go south, just immediately Home Menu and Quit. When you resume the mission, you'll be back in the exact spot from where you 'Exit' from.
So effectively, as long as you 'Exit' from the Mission menu every few turns, you'll create a save state, and then to return to that save state just Home Menu > Quit (this is on Switch).
So a few posts above I posted that I ragequit after losing my commander in a battle. When I turned the game back on, I was able to resume the mission from the last turn when I got back to where I left off before I died.
When you choose to Exit from the Mission menu. This basically creates a save state of wherever you are.
You can then just go back into Campaign and resume from where you 'Exit'ed from. So you can play ahead and if things go south, just immediately Home Menu and Quit. When you resume the mission, you'll be back in the exact spot from where you 'Exit' from.
So effectively, as long as you 'Exit' from the Mission menu every few turns, you'll create a save state, and then to return to that save state just Home Menu > Quit (this is on Switch).
WUT
The character design is absolutely brilliant =O
Why do you have a problem with it ?
Dat Wagon (APC) buff. They can move up to 12 spaces on roads (instead of 6 in Advance Wars). Maybe I'll use them more often now.
Yeah I barely used them, but 12 is pushing it. Maybe should have been 8 or 9 ?
Initial impressions is yes. How capturing works and the critical hits are very big changes. For instance, the small tank of the game (knight) does almost double damage if it moves as far as possible before attacking. Positioning your knights try to take advantage of this is very tricky.
Having not played the game yet, Adam's post was more detailed and helpful than Supernorn's above. They essentially said the same thing the day the reviews came out, but didn't detail how that would actually work.
Also this. I still know that I'll ragequit for a few days if I lose up to an hour of progress if I lose a mission toward the end.
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Adam's workaround doesn't seem like intended behavior.
It's taking the suspend saving — what supernorn has detailed a couple times — and gaming it to be a bookmark to roll back to a certain turn, rather than the intended starting missions over from scratch upon failure.
Yes. Exactly. That's why it's being referred to openly as "save scumming." That's never intended.
What's crazy is that Into the Breach purposely DID NOT allow this exact thing to happen by forcing the game to save on seriously every input!
They basically did not do what FE and AW does which is to delete your Bookmark, after you've loaded it up. I'm SUPER THANKFUL this work around exist.
ahh ok, thanks. I was playing a match that I assumed would be async but saw no indication that it was so I didn't want to exit for fear of losing the match. I won but I wasn't intending to play a full match at the time lol.
I've done the first few missions and it seems like they've done a really good job so far. I've only just had the wagon introduced though, which is only the 6th unit I think. The CO's as a new unit, and new way to win, plus the changes to building capturing sufficiently alter the dynamic when compared to AW to me. Very happy so far!
The mix of human/animal designs and the greater fantasy elements are a big departure from the (in the West) relatively no-nonsense look of Advance Wars. I just bought the game, but the style made me pause.
I don't hate all of them, the portraits are fine. It's just some of the avatars invoke my coulrophobia.