tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post5559701117601243475..comments2024-03-17T12:30:37.436-04:00Comments on KoopaTV: Fire Emblem Warriors Not a Series Homage... and Advance Wars Has No LoveLudwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-85635957200612225612017-06-05T11:53:45.141-04:002017-06-05T11:53:45.141-04:00Well, THOSE missions are... meant to be hard.
:xWell, THOSE missions are... meant to be hard.<br />:xLudwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-51150805776820026412017-06-05T08:31:53.425-04:002017-06-05T08:31:53.425-04:00My main problem is the timed missions in the secon...My main problem is the timed missions in the second game, Black Hole Rising. In order to get the blueprints that unlock the missions that enable Neotanks for each faction, or whatever else you need to do (I think at least some of the Factory destruction missions are timed) you're absolutely FORCED to use optimal strategy or there's basically no way in hell you're going to get the objective in the limited turns you're given. <br /><br />I don't hold with players being forced to use a single strategy that's the ONLY strategy that works to clear a level, beat a boss, etc. People should be able to play the way THEY want to play, not the way the GAME wants them to play--especially when not even in a PvP setting--the game needs to be fun for THEM.Lheticus Viderehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252286308352529321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-15381121943159426972017-06-04T21:35:21.107-04:002017-06-04T21:35:21.107-04:00Do you think there's enough feedback?
I think...Do you think there's enough feedback?<br /><br />I think one of his biggest issues would be the sound effects for the punches and how they don't really get more intense when you hit harder. He wants more exaggerated feedback like, say, Smash 64.<br /><br />But it also has HD Rumble, so...Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-86374110813139074932017-06-04T21:07:07.633-04:002017-06-04T21:07:07.633-04:00I played the first week of the TestPunch but was n...I played the first week of the TestPunch but was not motivated at all to try the second one which had a few other different modes and an extra character. I do like Mechanica though. The only one who I got the hang of in actually winning matches.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-8636962448126224872017-06-04T20:51:48.441-04:002017-06-04T20:51:48.441-04:00I mained Isabella too. ^.^
(And Forsythe)
Rawk di...I mained Isabella too. ^.^<br />(And Forsythe)<br /><br />Rawk didn't like ARMS at all. I want him to write about it but I doubt I'll be able to convince him to (unless y'all request it!). Basically, he feels like the feedback the game provides is very unsatisfactory to make it more than just repetitive punches.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-59453235386867577832017-06-04T20:43:59.161-04:002017-06-04T20:43:59.161-04:00That was years ago but I used Isabella a lot who i...That was years ago but I used Isabella a lot who is considered one of the best characters so hard to rate me on that.<br /><br />I barely can get the hang of ARMS when I played the TestPunch. I did win matches but I felt it is sually because the player was worse than me. I do not think I am very good with fighting games in general.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-69852354875511370332017-06-04T19:50:02.830-04:002017-06-04T19:50:02.830-04:00Sounds groovy.
Could you figure it out by replayi...Sounds groovy.<br /><br />Could you figure it out by replaying an <i>Advance Wars</i> game, or are all of the strategies just naturally ingrained in you?<br /><br />Alsoooo I don't have a feel for how much you enjoyed PvP <i>Advance Wars</i> — if you, say, hung out in WiFi all day stomping people or wot.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-81324451493907464202017-06-04T19:20:38.933-04:002017-06-04T19:20:38.933-04:00Yes there are characters, but characters are tryin...Yes there are characters, but characters are trying to be "2 kewl." makes me not want to finish their campaign. I decided to just follow someone's perfect score walkthrough so I can it get over with it. <br /><br />Can't tell if me not thinking of a good strategy a sign of my impatience at just wanting to finish the game as soon as possible and not wanting to start over each time just for an optimal strategy or my mind is not as sharp at these kind of games as they used to be. We will see whenever Wargroove comes out if I can finish it without looking at a full walkthrough.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-86304906883975280002017-06-04T18:48:39.696-04:002017-06-04T18:48:39.696-04:00...'kay.
So by presentation, do you mean, lik......'kay.<br /><br />So by presentation, do you mean, like, personality? No characters?<br /><br />Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-10556031021875091792017-06-04T16:00:36.918-04:002017-06-04T16:00:36.918-04:00Yes I see you want me to debate someone but not in...Yes I see you want me to debate someone but not in the mood to do so now.<br /><br />Not that hard to be highly rated in the App Store with all the garbage out there. It is a competent game but the presentation is very boring.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-19164353821934377572017-06-04T11:46:48.048-04:002017-06-04T11:46:48.048-04:00(Read what's in the parenthesis!)
Wargroove a...(Read what's in the parenthesis!)<br /><br /><i>Wargroove</i> according to the developers is outright a spiritual successor to <i>Advance Wars</i> 'cause they're disappointed it's not in the current generation.<br /><br /><i>Warbits</i> seems very highly-rated in the App Store, though.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-13109473679600470832017-06-03T22:12:11.466-04:002017-06-03T22:12:11.466-04:00Not Advance Wars but there is a indie game called ...Not Advance Wars but there is a indie game called Wargroove made by a British developer Chucklefish that is clearly meant to be Advance Wars with a fantasy skin rather than a modern warfare skin. Hopefully the final product will be great.<br /><br />There is Warbits for mobile but the presentation is so bland that I have trouble even finishing the final level because of how bland it is. Maybe I'll give it the good ol' infantry+artillery strategy a go to at least finish this game.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-4199977333711534362017-06-02T20:16:00.853-04:002017-06-02T20:16:00.853-04:00(You should probably weigh in on Lheticus's co...(You should probably weigh in on Lheticus's comment thread above this.)<br /><br />Nintendo probably needs more decent studios in the West to help make games, instead of continually contracting with Artoon/Arzest in the East.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-56614739049395316322017-06-02T15:59:35.574-04:002017-06-02T15:59:35.574-04:00That would be the best like how Western studios wo...That would be the best like how Western studios worked on franchises more prefered in the West like Metroid and Punch-Out! They should go back to doing that.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-84322567802739577512017-06-02T14:10:02.754-04:002017-06-02T14:10:02.754-04:00ShinyGirafarig is probably better poised to defend...ShinyGirafarig is probably better poised to defend <i>Advance Wars</i> here than I am, but as of <i>Advance Wars: Days of Ruin</i> there are tons of really imaginative sci-fi stuff in there.<br />The thing is, is that the actual military units and hardware aren't there to <i>simulate</i> actual warfare. They're selectively chosen to be in the game to fill a new niche.<br />So they added Bike units not to simulate or be restricted by the non-imaginative limitations of what having infantry on bikes would be like, but rather to change the formula by having mobile infantry units.<br /><br />There are two parts of any new <i>Advance Wars</i> game: The story/Player vs. AI, and multiplayer/Player vs. Player. Mission rank obviously only applies to the former, and you don't have to get S-ranks to progress through the whole story. Totally your choice to get them. There are typically only small rewards for getting them.<br /><br />I'm not an expert in this, but I'm pretty sure in single-player strategy games there is always some optimal strategy. In PvP there shouldn't be because there would be counters to the most powerful thing, hopefully.<br /><br /><br />In <i>The Wonderful 1237</i>, which is a strategy game, you can... pretty much do almost anything you want and win because the catch-up factor is so strong (endorsement minigames), as long as you use it.<br /><br />I think it's really hard to have many viable options as the "most optimal" strategy, balance-wise, since you need to be able to anticipate a player's creativity and basically decide, "Well, should this be viable or not?" Having many viable optimal strategies sort of just would mean it's not much of a challenge to begin with.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-15994774571967963962017-06-02T13:34:37.867-04:002017-06-02T13:34:37.867-04:00So what if a Western developer handled it from now...So what if a Western developer handled it from now on?<br /><br />I'd suggest Kuju based on <i>Battalion Wars</i> but they're not even putting it on <a href="http://www.kuju.com/our-games/?type=more" rel="nofollow">their portfolio of games on their website.</a>Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-51695402055456909962017-06-02T10:46:59.950-04:002017-06-02T10:46:59.950-04:00Moral of the story is that waifus ruin everything....Moral of the story is that waifus ruin everything. It ruined squid game for me and now it killed Advance Wars.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-90459202004656588752017-06-02T07:23:59.972-04:002017-06-02T07:23:59.972-04:00The trouble is that when you're utilizing actu...The trouble is that when you're utilizing actual military units and hardware as video game units, you're limited by the unimaginative nature of said military hardware. With a few exceptions, Advance Wars units can do 2 things: Move, and attack, and they only attack in one way per each type of unit. Contrast that with the wealth of options available to you in a game like Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. <br /><br />Fire Emblem itself has fewer action options for FFTA, but the very thing that differentiates it from Advance Wars--the fact that you want to not lose ANY units EVER--makes up the ground lost by this. The game forces you to be clever or else lose out on a character you might have been leveling up for like 10 scenarios, in other words a significant investment. Even MORE depth is added when you try to not let characters lag behind in levels or over-rely on Jagens.<br /><br />Advance Wars, on the other hand, forces players to be clever by imposing annoying "mission rank" requirements that as I previously stated tend to shoehorn them into a single viable strategy, and limiting your players to a single strategy in a STRATEGY game is Not A Good Thing™.Lheticus Viderehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252286308352529321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-35866172740616905692017-06-01T13:02:35.216-04:002017-06-01T13:02:35.216-04:00So why can't that be the direction that Advanc...So why can't that be the direction that <i>Advance Wars</i> goes in? It's always been the more depth-ful turn-based strategy vs. <i>Fire Emblem</i>, which clearly wants to go into more traditional RPG routes than strategy ones.<br />Just... have <i>Advance Wars</i> keep going into that depth. Bam. Differentiation.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-64341348315944834072017-06-01T11:59:46.464-04:002017-06-01T11:59:46.464-04:00More that I'm not sad about it and don't s...More that I'm not sad about it and don't see it as a mistake if they decide not to make any more installments. You're correct in saying there's a market for "NOT making you feel bad for treating your units as disposable minions," I mean, look at Starcraft and its sequel(s). <br /><br />But for something like that to work in a TBS setting it needs to bring more strategic depth to the table than the Advance Wars series did for me.Lheticus Viderehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252286308352529321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-21536298406669063772017-05-31T16:21:54.141-04:002017-05-31T16:21:54.141-04:00So does that mean you're happy about its...dem...So does that mean you're happy about its...demise?Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-43462423862265204792017-05-31T15:24:43.570-04:002017-05-31T15:24:43.570-04:00I'm not really a fan of Advance Wars gameplay ...I'm not really a fan of Advance Wars gameplay for the most part. I haven't played beyond the second game, but basically if you want a good mission rank there's ONE strategy you can use. And the limited turn mission requirements in Black Hole Rising are nothing short of asinine.Lheticus Viderehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252286308352529321noreply@blogger.com