Wargroove

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 182 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 28 out of 182
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  1. drlowdon
    Mar 15, 2023
    6
    Wargroove is a turn-based strategy game, one that shares a lot of similarities with Advance Wars. It offers plenty of single player and multiplayer options, and with a large variety of unit types the gameplay certainly has sufficient depth. The length of many of the campaign missions (some can take over an hour), along with the high difficulty, can however make for a frustrating experienceWargroove is a turn-based strategy game, one that shares a lot of similarities with Advance Wars. It offers plenty of single player and multiplayer options, and with a large variety of unit types the gameplay certainly has sufficient depth. The length of many of the campaign missions (some can take over an hour), along with the high difficulty, can however make for a frustrating experience at times.… Expand
  2. Crescent_Star
    Aug 25, 2022
    3
    Honestly this game is not as good as I had hoped. The dialog is just horrible with one note characters and a plot so bland a 3 year old would fall asleep. Honestly cringed way too many times.
    Art direction is mixed it has some ok sprite work when it comes to the overview but the characters are ugly as sin. It honestly feels like the modern day use low quality pixel art and pass it as retro    Honestly this game is not as good as I had hoped. The dialog is just horrible with one note characters and a plot so bland a 3 year old would fall asleep. Honestly cringed way too many times.
    Art direction is mixed it has some ok sprite work when it comes to the overview but the characters are ugly as sin. It honestly feels like the modern day use low quality pixel art and pass it as retro when the devs don't understand what made retro games good looking.
    Combat is barely serviceable. Too many units just counter each other and themselves it seems like. It makes it hard to bait or attack units with things you can build.

    Honestly this game is a hard pass.

    "No honey we can't buy Advance Wars, we have Wargroove at home."    … Expand
  3. Yatu90
    Apr 14, 2022
    8
    If you like Advance Wars, you will like this game. Is the same but in a medieval fantasy world
  4. vicferd
    Jan 30, 2022
    9
    Wargroove is a game clearly inspired by Advance Wars that manages to obtain its own identity through its story, art and mechanics. He is very well animated, his art is very careful and the conversations always carry a pinch of humor. It is full of game modes and options for those who dare to pass its long levels. You can even create your own maps and even a complete campaign to share it onWargroove is a game clearly inspired by Advance Wars that manages to obtain its own identity through its story, art and mechanics. He is very well animated, his art is very careful and the conversations always carry a pinch of humor. It is full of game modes and options for those who dare to pass its long levels. You can even create your own maps and even a complete campaign to share it on the network. You will also be able to play some of the many available and created by other players.

    Unfortunately, a lot of content is blocked by the story mode, which also has a high level of difficulty and forces you to solve the game the way the designers intended. This game is highly recommended for fans of the strategy genre and even more so for those who miss Advance Wars.    … Expand
  5. attemptatreason
    Oct 29, 2021
    2
    I disagree with the critic review score. At a $20 price point and no experience to advance wars or FE, I can see the appeal of this game. However, the game feels uninspired and lacking in many departments - simple things like scrolling to units, attacking, capturing, fighting are just not up to far with any fire emblem game - even Sacred Stones from 2004 (this is a 2019 game btw). TheI disagree with the critic review score. At a $20 price point and no experience to advance wars or FE, I can see the appeal of this game. However, the game feels uninspired and lacking in many departments - simple things like scrolling to units, attacking, capturing, fighting are just not up to far with any fire emblem game - even Sacred Stones from 2004 (this is a 2019 game btw). The tutorials are long-winded, and there should be a way to skip them, the fighting is almost never-ending with the enemies spawning a unit almost every turn and the AI occasionally running away if you move back. By the 4th map I was 20 turns in, and was just having things spawned - and killed and so on... Not to mention there is "passive" healing on major characters for some reason. Moving units is a pain in the *, an auto-move would be useful; not to mention again - how bad the moving of each character feels, if your 1 box outside of the movement it will deselect the character and then you need to move your cursor to select the guy again, then move again. These are just small things that take away from such a simplistic game, like making the "map" smaller than what the screen can offer - like, why? In terms of battling - there's nothing exciting. Do yourself a favour and just play FE3h or any FE that's not fates or shadow dragon or heroes or warriors. Some things this game does well: the pixel art in the maps is done nicely, the characters feel unique like the MC but not someone I want to root for. That's about it, i'd probably take a 2000's advance war over something released 20 years (this game) later.… Expand
  6. daiuswoi
    Apr 2, 2021
    6
    I really wanted to like this game more. I am a huge fan of Chucklefish games and tactical turn-based RPGs, so maybe my expectations were too high, but here we are.

    It looks really nice and the splash screens are fun to look at, but the gameplay becomes stale pretty quickly. Every battle essentially boils down to this: You have a unit and the enemy has a counter unit for that unit. So    I really wanted to like this game more. I am a huge fan of Chucklefish games and tactical turn-based RPGs, so maybe my expectations were too high, but here we are.

    It looks really nice and the splash screens are fun to look at, but the gameplay becomes stale pretty quickly. Every battle essentially boils down to this: You have a unit and the enemy has a counter unit for that unit. So you kite each other for a while, and then you build the counter to their counter. More kiting. They build the counter-counter-counter and so on ad infinitum.

    They try to spice it up with scenarios and it does help -- but not enough. What's worse is that the game is often forcing the player to be the one to make bad trades on units, which just feels bad. It also feels really bad to have the enemy spawn 5 units in a turn. I get that they have to make the game difficult, but this kind of difficulty just feels unfun.

    A valiant effort, Chucklefish, but this one falls short.    … Expand
  7. JRice
    Jan 6, 2021
    6
    While i like the the general game design, it is more of a puzzler, than a strategy game:
    Most levels are not meant to be besten strategically, but to be learned, until you can foresee every step, and then find the right solution. At least, if youre aiming for good grades.
    Other levels work with an unfair fog of war, or just put you in extreme disadvantages. On a sidenote, the font is    While i like the the general game design, it is more of a puzzler, than a strategy game:
    Most levels are not meant to be besten strategically, but to be learned, until you can foresee every step, and then find the right solution. At least, if youre aiming for good grades.
    Other levels work with an unfair fog of war, or just put you in extreme disadvantages.

    On a sidenote, the font is terrible, and a i seriously dont understand, how they still havent added an alternative!

    Overall, really disappointing, and overall not even close to an Advance Wars.    … Expand
  8. Xena17
    Dec 21, 2020
    8
    Jeu très additif , manque peut un peu plus d'explication dans le gameplay, il manque un peu de fluidité dans les explications de gameplay mais sinon super jeu de stratégie !
  9. Uliko
    Oct 1, 2020
    7
    I would have given the very good game a 9 out of 10 points. But since I am banned to play only black people and woman, I cannot identify with the main characters of the game since I am one of maybe 75% withe male people who want to play this game.

    It is very good like Advance wars, rhough. Sory guys, I do not see my iwn text here anymore on my smarthpone so I have to quit writing.
  10. ThePSButton
    Apr 9, 2020
    6
    Un videojuego muy sólido que no se aleja lo suficiente de sus influencias para que su jugabilidad se haga valer por si misma. Y en algunos apartados incluso se siente como un paso atrás.
  11. Elk_
    Apr 5, 2020
    7
    I enjoyed this game for the most part but there were a few things that irritated me quite a bit. First the AI runs away and hides when they start to lose to a ridiculous extent. You cannot check the AI you must checkmate them all in one turn. I also didn't like the rating system because it kind of forces you to replay and cheese certain maps.
  12. Haryor
    Mar 30, 2020
    0
    I loved Fire Emblem and The Banner Saga, amongst other strategy games, and found this unbearably boring. Please don't buy just because you like strategy games in general. This is literally for people that are already Advance Wars fanboys and absolutely no one else.
  13. Alberto_Rahl
    Mar 4, 2020
    8
    Lo mejor del juego es el gameplay. La historia no dice mucho ni engancha pero es muy divertido de jugar y pasar el rato con él.
  14. Johangir
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    Doesn't have much going for it. The dialogue is very often cringey, it's not even campy or fun like the advance wars games, it's just... bad. The sprites are serviceable, but all the character portraits have these red noses, like they're all alcoholics or something. The game IS very well balanced, but at the cost of not being fun. Battles very quickly transform to "slowly creep forward andDoesn't have much going for it. The dialogue is very often cringey, it's not even campy or fun like the advance wars games, it's just... bad. The sprites are serviceable, but all the character portraits have these red noses, like they're all alcoholics or something. The game IS very well balanced, but at the cost of not being fun. Battles very quickly transform to "slowly creep forward and win by attrition", which may have been novel in Advance Wars at the time, but is grating here. There's a lot of modes, but really no incentive or drive to play any of them. It's just not very good.… Expand
  15. dundee
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    Love this game for the casualness and simplicity of strategic game, and it has multiplayer mode. That's a super plus for me.
  16. Swarley74
    Nov 21, 2019
    7
    J'ai attendu ce jeu longtemps, je suis fan d'Advance Wars 2 et je voulais retrouver le plaisir du jeu.
    D'un coté le jeu est sublime, la BO géniale et la campagne interessante. le design des factions est cool
    De l'autre les maps sont beaucoup trop grande, les parties longues et je ne retrouve pas le fun de l'ile SPAM d'advance wars ( que j'ai du faire 50 fois ) De plus il y a 4 factions    J'ai attendu ce jeu longtemps, je suis fan d'Advance Wars 2 et je voulais retrouver le plaisir du jeu.
    D'un coté le jeu est sublime, la BO géniale et la campagne interessante. le design des factions est cool
    De l'autre les maps sont beaucoup trop grande, les parties longues et je ne retrouve pas le fun de l'ile SPAM d'advance wars ( que j'ai du faire 50 fois )
    De plus il y a 4 factions et à part les skin, rien ne change, pas d'unité propre a une faction ni de bonus/malus. ( la faction de la foret ne devrait pas avoir de malus de déplacement en foret....etc)
    Le jeu est bin    … Expand
  17. Sijun
    Aug 27, 2019
    7
    It is a good game no doubt and it also is pretty well ported to the Switch but all in all it misses something. I can't say what it is but after I've played it through I felt something was missing. Still a good game though.
  18. Jimmydm90
    Aug 9, 2019
    5
    I loved Advanced Wars so in an attempt to fill that void I gave Wargroove more chances than I normally would but after 25 missions or so in the main campaign I just can't do it anymore. This game is like slamming your head against a wall. Every mission is too long, the maps are too big which leads to a lot of filler turns. I don't know how anyone thought this was fun mission design. AlsoI loved Advanced Wars so in an attempt to fill that void I gave Wargroove more chances than I normally would but after 25 missions or so in the main campaign I just can't do it anymore. This game is like slamming your head against a wall. Every mission is too long, the maps are too big which leads to a lot of filler turns. I don't know how anyone thought this was fun mission design. Also the majority of the missions just feel so rinse and repeat that it becomes exhausting after awhile. The whole leader mechanism means you're often one absentminded move from having to start a 30 minute mission all over again because if your leader dies, that's it. Game over. And so many of the turns feel rote that it's easy to lose track of what enemies are nearby and that dragon half way across the map suddenly becomes the harbinger of your doom.

    Long story short, I rage quitted this game a lot.    … Expand
  19. kodemcm
    Jun 28, 2019
    9
    It will scratch your Fire Emblem itch. A solid basic story with great gameplay. It feels so good to build your units and eventually take over your opponent. The heroes have some variety in their special skills, but I always seemed to want more. I wished each faction had a special unit. They all started to feel the same as the game progressed.
  20. SSCheetah
    Jun 1, 2019
    10
    Very fun turn based strategy a la Advance Wars. Asynchronous online multiplayer. Love it. :)
  21. osobo
    May 31, 2019
    6
    This game is like a dumbed down cross between Advanced Wars and Fire Emblem and is not nearly as good as either. Balance is iffy, units are bland and there is very little actual difference between factions.
  22. Babele
    May 3, 2019
    10
    Wargroove is absolutely fantastic. If you are a fan of strategy games, you can safely buy it. Waiting for a new Advance Wars or Fire Emblem is the perfect entertainment, especially after the latest patches that have balanced the difficulty.
  23. Corificness
    Apr 28, 2019
    6
    Kind of disappointed with this Fire Emblem clone. The gameplay isn't bad but the levels seemed unbeatable if you didn't play exactly how the game wanted you to. This made me have to replay certain levels a ton, causing me to eventually put the game aside. I don't mind difficult levels, but early levels that are teaching the basics shouldn't need that much replay to beat. If you can get itKind of disappointed with this Fire Emblem clone. The gameplay isn't bad but the levels seemed unbeatable if you didn't play exactly how the game wanted you to. This made me have to replay certain levels a ton, causing me to eventually put the game aside. I don't mind difficult levels, but early levels that are teaching the basics shouldn't need that much replay to beat. If you can get it cheap, go ahead and try it. It does have very good graphics. Otherwise, wait for Fire Emblem.… Expand
  24. Lockjaw31
    Apr 12, 2019
    1
    I played every Advance Wars game, most Fire emblems, and more games like Ogre Battle, and FF tactics . Wargroove is a downright shame. The game does not ask you to use strategy. There are not multiple ways to attack and defeat enemies and sorties. There are not multiple ways to react to the AI. The AI will not react to you in a seemingly intelligent manner. The game is a sham, and it'sI played every Advance Wars game, most Fire emblems, and more games like Ogre Battle, and FF tactics . Wargroove is a downright shame. The game does not ask you to use strategy. There are not multiple ways to attack and defeat enemies and sorties. There are not multiple ways to react to the AI. The AI will not react to you in a seemingly intelligent manner. The game is a sham, and it's not fun. They are playing on people's nostalgia, it's actually really sad. The only reason they made this game is because they knew people would see what it looked like and buy it since a TBS hasn't been out for a long time. One like AW anyways.… Expand
  25. skykappah
    Apr 3, 2019
    3
    WG copies Advance Wars but it doesn’t have any of the fun or addictive elements that makes AW the legend it is. WG started off great but then quickly changes into a chore. The difficulty curve is pretty idiotic, calm and steady one moment and then it just gets stupidly hard at the drop of a coin... In a large part WG has a really cheap and frustrating rock paper scissors system, that andWG copies Advance Wars but it doesn’t have any of the fun or addictive elements that makes AW the legend it is. WG started off great but then quickly changes into a chore. The difficulty curve is pretty idiotic, calm and steady one moment and then it just gets stupidly hard at the drop of a coin... In a large part WG has a really cheap and frustrating rock paper scissors system, that and the maps are beyond derivative. Regarding the difficulty... I’ve read how to trick the AI into mistakes etc... but that’s just plain bad game mechanics... I refuse to cheat, if I can’t beat the game via strategy then I may as well put the game down. With Advance Wars, I never had to seek a walkthrough due to it being so much fun in trying to figure out the strategy. With this game I had to... Then when you find out how to beat it... It's like " no way!" Many times the power off button has been pressed on this game... Not gonna boot it up again this time round. Pretty disappointing in the end. My wait for a new Advance Wars begins again.… Expand
  26. MasterKnightDH
    Apr 3, 2019
    0
    Discount version of Advance Wars 1, a game made 18 years back, with a particularly bad Forced Tutorial that even forces suboptimal movement; subtracted good ideas such as Days of Ruin's persistent vision; added mechanics that weren't thought out with their implications; the grading system only even caring about Speed; and even worse unit AND CO balance with obvious issues being aggravated,Discount version of Advance Wars 1, a game made 18 years back, with a particularly bad Forced Tutorial that even forces suboptimal movement; subtracted good ideas such as Days of Ruin's persistent vision; added mechanics that weren't thought out with their implications; the grading system only even caring about Speed; and even worse unit AND CO balance with obvious issues being aggravated, with the developers refusing to care to fix the problems.… Expand
  27. naroom
    Mar 14, 2019
    10
    I wanted a new Advance Wars game. I got something better. I'll focus this review on just one of the changes that make Wargroove the best Advance Wars.

    Having the CO on the field is brilliant. In Advance Wars, you had to capture the HQ to win, which led to drawn-out fights where you had to kill every last unit that could stand on it. With Wargroove, if you're winning, you can finish    I wanted a new Advance Wars game. I got something better. I'll focus this review on just one of the changes that make Wargroove the best Advance Wars.

    Having the CO on the field is brilliant.

    In Advance Wars, you had to capture the HQ to win, which led to drawn-out fights where you had to kill every last unit that could stand on it. With Wargroove, if you're winning, you can finish the match right away by gunning for their CO.

    The CO is powerful enough to add a risk / reward aspect, too. You're not gonna bury your CO deep in the backlines like a king in chess.

    Your CO's unique power influences all your choices. Your units synergize with their CO - like Emeric's mages or Greenfinger's artillery. So each CO is going to do well with a different army composition.

    And that's just scratching the surface; the game's incredible in so many other ways.    … Expand
  28. Bardoom
    Mar 14, 2019
    9
    Tough, cute, clever, nostalgic and full of features to keep you entertained for long. Just an AWESOME GAME.
  29. kamhagh
    Feb 24, 2019
    10
    I was really scared I am not gonna like this game but it's adorable and hella fun and addicting!
    it made me get to the 5% battery warning without noticing :D
    it has cute characters it's cute and silly in a nice way. the characters are cute and nice IMO. (the tree girl is adorable) the mechanics are fun too! I really love the artstyle and this game looks very pretty! it can be a    I was really scared I am not gonna like this game but it's adorable and hella fun and addicting!
    it made me get to the 5% battery warning without noticing :D

    it has cute characters it's cute and silly in a nice way. the characters are cute and nice IMO. (the tree girl is adorable)

    the mechanics are fun too! I really love the artstyle and this game looks very pretty!

    it can be a little frustrating to lose sometimes or make dumb mistakes but I love it

    one downside: it's very hard to tell what units the icons are referring to in the effective or vulnerable page!    … Expand
  30. nvg86
    Feb 23, 2019
    7
    I give this game a 7, because in every way other than balance, it is fantastic, but the glaring balance problems in the campaign are sucking away all the fun I could be having. At default difficulty, you basically have to be perfect to complete late game levels in the campaign, and that is made infinitely more problematic when you consider how long some of the missions are, and the factI give this game a 7, because in every way other than balance, it is fantastic, but the glaring balance problems in the campaign are sucking away all the fun I could be having. At default difficulty, you basically have to be perfect to complete late game levels in the campaign, and that is made infinitely more problematic when you consider how long some of the missions are, and the fact that there are absolutely no checkpoints! The "get good" mindset does not incentivize developers to make good and well-balanced games, and that end product only serves to turn away people who play games to relax! It's great that there are so many options for adjusting the difficulty, but if by the end of the campaign, I have to dial down the enemy damage to less than 75% to be able to survive even 1 strategic mistake, or have to redo an hour+ mission, makes this game less fun than it should be. There's still so much fun to be had with this game, between the arcade mode, and the map editor, and if you go into the campaign with the difficulty adjusted down, that can be fun as well, so I still recommend getting it.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 42
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  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Aug 28, 2019
    90
    Wargroove is a safe bet even in the face of other more prominent franchises. [Issue #39 – May/June 2019, p. 28]
  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Mar 27, 2019
    90
    Wargroove goes further than Advance Wars, with a map editor and a more permissive campaign. With a strong gameplay, neat animation and beautiful art, it’s difficult to find any true flaw to Wargroove.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Feb 28, 2019
    60
    It's a game that follows the steps of another while changing the rhythm - and in doing so, never settles into its own groove. [Issue#330, p.114]
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