WiiWare - Swords and Soldiers, nice value for this one
PostPosted:Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:19 pm
After reading several positive reviews of the game I bought it (10 bucks) and found that it is a fairly entertaining title. It is akin to King Arthur's World where you build units and let them do their own thing on a side scrolling map; only this one is a bit more advanced and involves larger armies.
There are three campaigns, Vikings, Aztecs, and Chinese. The player has access to many different spells, depending on the race; IE, Vikings can summon lighting to come down and destroy an enemy unit; or they can use a blizzard spell, heal etc... The Aztec's have a crazy spell that summons a boulder that will roll across the world and crush everything in its path except a defense tower, which will destroy the boulder. The Chinese have an arrow rain spell that can be devastating if you have an army of 30+ units piled up on the march (Think of this as Templar storm).
The art is very well done, and the story is light hearted and entertaining.... Although it is a bit psychotic; Viking talk of genocide so they can take the hot peppers from the Aztecs to use in their stew.
There's a few other things I haven't payed attention to, multi-player and achievements; but I have seen some achievements unlocked - I am unsure if these will unlock other game features, right now it seems they are rather pointless unless it turns out they do unlock other features. Multi-player looks to involve two Wii remotes, I am unsure of the nature of this portion of the game.
I couldn't put this game down all day; I highly recommend this.
There are three campaigns, Vikings, Aztecs, and Chinese. The player has access to many different spells, depending on the race; IE, Vikings can summon lighting to come down and destroy an enemy unit; or they can use a blizzard spell, heal etc... The Aztec's have a crazy spell that summons a boulder that will roll across the world and crush everything in its path except a defense tower, which will destroy the boulder. The Chinese have an arrow rain spell that can be devastating if you have an army of 30+ units piled up on the march (Think of this as Templar storm).
The art is very well done, and the story is light hearted and entertaining.... Although it is a bit psychotic; Viking talk of genocide so they can take the hot peppers from the Aztecs to use in their stew.
There's a few other things I haven't payed attention to, multi-player and achievements; but I have seen some achievements unlocked - I am unsure if these will unlock other game features, right now it seems they are rather pointless unless it turns out they do unlock other features. Multi-player looks to involve two Wii remotes, I am unsure of the nature of this portion of the game.
I couldn't put this game down all day; I highly recommend this.