If you've spent most of this year
brain-deep in
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, you just may be itching for something else right about now. Sure, the
Advance Wars franchise offers some of the deepest gameplay experiences around, but you can't play it forever (or can you?). If you've gone as far as you can go and are burning for a new game that you can pour hours into, we may just have a solution. We've compiled a list of similar current and forthcoming games for fans in need of a fix. Advance one square and fire away to see what we recommend!
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5-16-2008 @ 12:43PM
Brian Bush said...
I have played this game so much, that I had to go back to Dual Strike to relive that game too. Personally, the user-interface in DS was better - you don't need to select back to unselect a vehicle move-path, just select anywhere else. I love the new vehicles in Days of Ruin, but I love the anime-theme in DS.
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5-16-2008 @ 3:19PM
tevetorbes said...
Personally love Days of Ruin much more than any other advance wars game, but I enjoy the Fire Emblem series much more (I generally prefer fantasy games to sci-fi games, but YMMV.)
Thanks for all of the other suggestions- there are still a few that I can't get an S on in DoR, but these will be great if and when I finally do!
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5-16-2008 @ 3:20PM
mian said...
Civilization Revolution is still my most anticipated game of the year. More than Brawl or MKWii were, more than Fit, Icarus, Brawlers (gasp) or anything else are.
I just dumped 20 hours into Civ III this week thinking about Civ Rev. 3 more weeks like this one, and I'll have put the final nails in the coffins of the Egyptians and the Russians.
I'm not in love with them shortening the experience, but if you want meaningful console multiplayer, it has to be done.
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5-16-2008 @ 3:28PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
It's pretty high on my list, too. I can lose days playing Civ, and Civ + DS sounds pretty much like potential heaven. Keeping my fingers crossed.
5-16-2008 @ 4:04PM
mian said...
Ever play Alpha Centauri? If it weren't for the depressingly bad AI, I'd still be all over that (and I do revisit it about once a year, for nostalgia). Honestly, I'd rather spend $50 to get a SMAC expansion that gave the AI a real shot than to get Civ IV. There was something about that game...
5-16-2008 @ 5:58PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
I haven't played it in a few years, but what a great game! While everyone is working on remakes, I'd love to see a new version of that, but I'm afraid they'd spoil it in trying to improve it.
5-16-2008 @ 6:03PM
Benjamin L. said...
Haven't had much time to play lately so I haven't even touched my new copy of Days Of Ruin [or my lonely looking Dual Strike either].
For some reason, everytime I feel like playing, I just pick up Front Mission.
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5-16-2008 @ 2:36PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
Those three games are enough to last a year.
5-16-2008 @ 8:36PM
JfreshInEffect said...
No more of this. I'm at over 100 hours. I don't even play rpgs that long. If Etrian Odessey had a clock though, i might be ashamed.
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5-17-2008 @ 9:12AM
Bryan said...
There's so many of these games out there, and I'm such an absolute sucker for them. I picked up Hoshigami Remix thanks to Gamestop's 2-for-1 used sale (it was the free one) and, despite the bad reviews, I'm actually finding myself enjoying it quite a bit. Maybe I just haven't hit the bad part yet. The story is pretty incomprehensible, though.
I may have to look into Front Mission as well, though. I sank more hours into Front Mission 3 back in my high school days than I care to admit.
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5-17-2008 @ 1:18PM
rei said...
Don't forget the 2 Super Robot Taisen Original Generation games and Zone of Enders game for GBA!
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5-19-2008 @ 2:21PM
Daniel said...
Aw goodness, you've gone and reminded me. There goes my week. Now that I've put TWEWY to bed, I'd better get back to my other obsession, advance wars. Side note, days of ruin rule 34, anyone?
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