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Wait For The Price To Drop

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 30 / 34
Date: October 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I suppose this game ("BWii") technically falls into the category of real-time strategy, a genre seemingly poorly suited to consoles, but Kuju has designed the interface around a third person shooter mold. You exist on the battlefield, not hovering above it, in any of your choice of the individual soldiers or vehicles assigned to you on a mission and can switch between them at any time. You can run around, jump, dodge, and shoot as that individual unit but to be honest this is incidental.

Your first priority in Bwii is commanding all your units as a cohesive force via selecting between the unit icons at the bottom of the screen with the WiiMote d-pad. To that end you use the individual you are "possessing," so to speak, to target the enemies you want the d-pad selected unit to attack. So, for example, I am commanding through the eyes of my mobile anti-air (AA) unit but see enemy bazooka troops coming. If I have assault troops I can select their icon at the bottom of the screen and then target the enemies with my AA unit and push A. The assault troops will then attack the enemy bazooka troops. I could even jump into one of the assault troops and go after the bazookas myself.

The point of this convoluted system is to make sure you pick the right types of units to attack the enemies. In fact, that seems to be the sum total of strategy in BWii especially given that the several factions are distinguished only by the look, not the capability, of their units. But something had to give in light of the frenetic nature of command from a third person point of view rather than from the traditional RTS bird's eye view. But poor interface design doesn't justify shallow game play. BWii ends up feeling stiff and one dimensional.

That said, the overall look strikes a good balance between cute and realistic (and you can view the great concept art as you open up the various factions throughout the campaign) but the graphic experience in BWii will not leave you breathless. That's okay; this is a Wii game after all. But Wii games are supposed to make up for in fun what they lack in beauty. This one falls short on both counts. It can certainly be fun, especially if you liked the first one or even "Tanks" on WiiPlay, but just be patient and wait for the price drop. Fifty bucks is too much for this one.

Great game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: November 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is probably the most interactive RTS game that is on the market. The concept of being able to fight alongside the soldiers you are commanding is very fun. Though it's a little harder fighting and controlling your men at the same time it's one of the very few your able to do that, setting it apart from other games. Very fun and addictive gameplay although i don't reccomend this to people without internet connected to their nintendo wii because after completing campaign you will find yourself with nothing to do. If you do have online you'll have 35+ more hours of gameplay. Get some friends with BWII and youll have unlimited amounts of fun. Overerall a great game to get. I reccomend this to any RTSer for a new twist to any RTS games. And even if your not a RTS fan you can still pick up and play this game as easy as an RTSer can.

An Honest Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. There is a lot of fun and it is very easy to get into. For both the veterans (from the first installment Battalion Wars) and new players, the controls will be a bit complex at first but smoothly flow the more you play.

Single Player Campaign is great. The story blends in well with the gameplay. There are a multitude of missions for all but one nation and each becomes harder than the other. You will find yourself to replay many of the missions in order to get the best grade. Multiplayer is fine and dandy. There is no voice chat but surprisingly is not essential for the kinds of missions you could play with other people.

If you are looking for a great war game for the Wii with loads of available units to play and have good fun then this is the game for you.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The moment I bought this game, last Sunday, I was hooked. There is no question about it...this is the best Wii game I own. The graphics are excellent...both in game and during cutscences. It has little details that really make it that much better. The units themselves are little works of art. Each Civilization, for lack of a better word, has their own unique army, both in terms of classes and apperance.
My only complaint with this game is the lack of Local Co-Op...I was really looking forward to split screen madness. Apart from that, this game is awesome!

Stunning

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: November 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game is a quiet killer app. Bwii combines a strategy like feel and awesome action that is too much too ask for. This time around, you get over 20 plus levels not to mention a splendid online service. No lag at all and over 18 plus levels in all. Get this game and you will not regret it.

Solid title with impressive visuals

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I just recently purchased this game. I wish I had bought it sooner as this is one impressive game. It's better than I had expected.

The first thing I noticed was the visuals. From the water to the explosions, particle effects and even little details like the grass is absolutely amazing. There are also a bunch of FMV scenes which are incredible and fun to watch as well. Took me by surprise because I didn't expect the level of detail presented in this game. Voice acting is also very well done. In the hands of a good developer such as Kuju Entertainment, the Wii can really shine.

I had a hard time understanding the controls, but after about an hour I got it figured out. There is a bit of a learning curve, but it's a rewarding experience.

The online component is pretty fun. You can choose to Play Anyone (random match) or Play a Friend. You can do Co-op, Assault or Skirmish modes. I recommend you play through the single player until you really understand the controls and units first.

Bad:
Not being able to play online with people your already registered in your Wii address book. If you want to play BWII with a friend online, you have to register their unique Battalion Wars 2 game/friend code. Since Nintendo is still stuck on the friend code bandwagon, at least they could make the system less annoying and tie it in with the Wii address book.

After a "play anyone" match, it would of been nice to be able to add that person to your friend list (like Medal of Honor 2 allows you to do).

But, it's futile to complain about the Nintendo friend code system. Too bad Electronic Arts doesn't license out the use of their EA Nation system which bypasses the Nintendo friend codes.

Bottom-line, this is a solid title, fun single player campaign and online multiplayer.

Awesome!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 21
Date: October 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game for anyone in the family. Great fun for hours and hours...And hours. This is probably the best Battalion wars game yet. Here is how i rate it(just my opinions).

Graphics:10/10(if you like cartoony graphics)
Gameplay:9/10
Difficulty:8/10
Wi-Fi:7/10
Fun:8/10

Overall a terrific game, GET IT NOW!! and play me on wifi heh.

They Took Suggestions Seriously

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The successor to the Gamecube's Battalion Wars, BW2 has made advances in many of the fields considered problems in the original game.

The plot follows that of the last game almost exactly - a war between two nations is revealed to be orchestrated by a third nation. This time, the two nations are the Anglo Isles (a strange take on Britain and the game's new faction) and the Solar Empire (a futuristic Asian country), though the intervening nation remains the German-styled Xylvania. Once again, the nations must band together to stop Xylvania from conquering the world.

The gameplay elements that have been improved are the new country (the Anglo Isles), the inclusion of naval units (frigates, dreadnoughts, and the like) and online multiplayer (versus or co-op). All of these add to a fairly solid game, so if you liked the first one there's no reason not to like this one. A lot of the additions are based on complaints with the first game, so at the very least it's nice to see that Nintendo's paying attention to the general feeling. All the units and countries from the old game have also returned. The strategy and tactics, however, are still basically "use x unit against y enemy" and lack the subtlety of Advance Wars.

The Wii remote fits sort of well into the game. Through the use of the nunchuck and the remote, players navigate their soldier around the battlefield, attack, and issue simple orders (usually "follow me", "stay here", and "attack that target"). Like Twilight Princess, BW2 uses the Wii remote's speaker for certain sounds, which works to mixed effect.

The graphics are roughly the same as Battalion Wars 1, and have the cutesy style that the games (and the Advance Wars games) are known for. This deteriorates a little bit from the "war" thing, but that's their style. The sound still borders on offensive, with really stereotyped characters for each nation (especially the heavily accented Solar Empire commanders). The music is decent, but not exceptional.

As a whole, I don't really like Battalion Wars, but this is a definite improvement from the first. I can at least give them credit for taking suggestions seriously and trying to make the game better.

8/10.

Fun multiplayer action

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just wanted to say that i found the ease of movement in this game to be very fluid which made the game more enjoyable than some other 3rd/1st person perspective games. The turning is responsive and the gameplay is really fun and easy to learn. Great game for friends to play over the nintendo WFC.

Very entertaining (with flaws)

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Battalion Wars 2 is easily one of my favorite games on the Wii. It takes a majority of the elements of the first game and generally improves on the game in nearly all aspects.

Graphics - The game is definitely clean and crisp looking. Reflections in
the water are very nice and the environments look and feel open. The art style is slightly cartoony but has many gritty moments. Each armies' units have a distinct look and feel. The Solar Empire is bright, shiny, and futuristic while the Tundrans look like cold-war Russian stereotypes. With exception for a few minor graphical quirks that many people might not even notice I would say that the game is one of the best looking games on the system.

Storyline: It's painful. Cultural stereotypes abound. Thankfully, it doesn't detract from the game because when it gets down to it, this game is about sending your units into battle. Although the voice acting is pretty solid, considering the script, most people will probably skip the cut scenes in order to get to the good stuff (the gameplay). One major improvement over the first game is that Brigadier Betty's voice has been completely overhauled from the shrill, annoying, and torturous mess that gamers suffered through in the first game.

Gameplay-Single Player: There are numerous additions to the game, such as factories and airbases, adding much more depth to the game. Some things are missing, such as the ability to instruct any unit to guard any arbitrary spot on the map. It is a minor quibble, but now you can only instruct units to go to target locations such as a building or helipad or other object. The single player campaign levels are fairly solid but most people won't play them more than a few times.

Gameplay-Online Multi-player: First, I will say that I really love the online multi-player in this game. This is where the game shines. It is also where the game also fails to shine the most and you can see the flaws in Nintendo's online strategy.

Multi-player pros:
--> Multiple modes: Co-op (my favorite), Assault, and Skirmish.
--> quick match making: I've never waited more than a minute for a random game match.
--> Constant action: Although some of the levels are very large, the designers set spawn points up in the game to ensure that the action is fast-paced and frantic.

Multi-player cons:
--> Friend codes: If you want to play against a friend, you need their friend code. I hate friend codes. I hate them with burning acid and spiders. This is a problem with most other online Wii games, so I can't hold it against Battalion Wars so much as I hold that against Nintendo in general.
--> No voice chat: Expect to lose co-op matches on a regular basis until you and your friends are familiar with the maps. Co-op is a total blast, but without the ability to verbally communicate strategy the experience feels hollow. I can understand the limitation for random matches in an effort to protect minors. Unfortunately, Nintendo, in their effort to be completely kid friendly to the bitter end has determined that people that are friends who have traded their 16-digit friend codes should not be able to actually speak to each other. To compensate, I set up a Ventrilo server on my computer so my friends and I can use voice chat while playing. After that was done, I started to truly enjoy the game so much more.

Overall, I recommend this game if you are looking for an action/strategy title. While it is pretty decent without voice chat, this game could have been so much better if they included that. If that one part hadn't been left out this game, I would have rated this game as 4 stars. If you don't plan on playing online, you may want to just rent this game instead.

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