Advance Wars: Dark Conflict (DS)

This game is a turn based, strategic War Game. It is one of the sequels to the advance wars games from Game Boy advance & is the second for the Nintendo DS. The aim of the game on each level (or map as they are known in the game) is to either wipe out all opposing enemy troups, or capture the enemy HQ. Sometimes there are other victory conditions involved. These can be retain possesion of 20 cities or protect a specific air unit from being destroyed. The game works by allowing you to build your own forces. You choose which forces to deploy from Factories, Airports & Sea Ports. There are infantry divisions, tanks rockets. They are just on the ...  Read the complete review

Advance wars - Dark conflict should be banned for being overly addictive. I honestly dread to think just how many hours I've spent in the past few weeks playing through all the different missions. For those new to the series let me warn you now - patience is a virtue. You can't simply build one tank then charge the enemy headquarters, there is a lot more to it than that which can lead to quite lengthy skirmishes. Those who only play FPS's and fast, high powered action games might as well go back to their Xboxes as they are not welcome in the tactical world of advance wars. Those still here rejoice, this is the best advance wars game in the series and ...  Read the complete review

Brilliant new spin on the Advance Wars series, with a much darker plot (fantastic plot, I'd add... a post-apocalyptic politically anarchic communist society...? Awesome. I won't even spoil the more insane twists along the way) than previously, and the same top turn-based strategy as before. The graphics are truly beautiful, especially on a lite, that art style suits the game so well, and mixed with great music (although not quite beating the original Advance Wars DS music, you'll still be wanting to stick your headphones in for this one) it's a feast for the eyes and ears. The problem with the gameplay, though, is that it gets VERY hard, VERY quickly, and even ...  Read the complete review

Advance Wars is probably the most successful series of strategy games on a portable gaming console. Dark Conflict is the second Advance Wars game on the DS and it proves to be a brilliant game that should easily provide with tons of entertainment...and make you think! Graphics The game's visual presentation is good but it isn't among the best. The colours are grim and dull with earthly hues and, while this proves to be a perfect match to its post-apocalyptic setting and storyline, does make the graphics less than memorable. However, the animations are super smooth with not a hint of lagging. For example, when your Interceptor fighters ...  Read the complete review

I was very excited to get my hands on Advance Wars: Dark Conflict because I loved previous Advance Wars so much - and I have to say, it did not disappoint! You get a great strategy game with a huge number of scenarios and battles. You can play stand-alone battles but the main point for me is to get through the main story, where you fight a sequence of battles against various evil opponents! There are some pre-deploy scenarios but elsewhere you choose what to deploy and which commanders to use - giving an almost limitless set of possibilities. Performance on each battle is rated on speed, technique and power, so even when you've won a battle you ...  Read the complete review