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The best strategy game for the Playstation 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I know that the title of this review is a bit grandiose but it's true. I'm a strategy game fanatic and I play all of them including Japanese titles so I know of what I speak. In Dai Senryaku VII Exceed's case we've got a very satisfying game all-in-all. Let's start with a description of what you'll get in the box.

Dai Senryaku VII Exceed is a modern era military, turn-based strategy game played on a hexagonal grid of varying terrain. A collection of units--referred to as an Army--from each country participating in the battle are arranged on this grid in a strategic manner. Each unit has strengths and weaknesses particular to its type. Utilizing the strengths of your army while exploiting weaknesses in the enemy until you satisfy victory conditions is the core of the gameplay in Daisenryaku VII. In this case think "Chess" only on a grand scale with modern day military hardware. Players of Advance Wars for the Gameboy Advance and DS will be at home here.

Each country participating in a battle takes its turn by moving and taking action with some, all, or none of its units. Actions in Daisenryaku consist of resupply, moving, attacking, bombarding facilities, combining units, producing and placing units, loading units onto transports, and capturing facilities.

The following countries are playable: Japan, America, Russia, Germany, England, France, Israel, and China.

The following terrain elements combine to make Daisenryaku Exceed's maps: Capital, City, Airport, Port, Factory, Refinery, Bridge, Plain, Desert, Wasteland, Wetland, Grove, Forest, Hill, Mountain, Peaks, Lake, Shallows, Sea, Deep Sea, Snowfield, Snowy Grove, Snowy Forest, Snowy Hill, and Snowy Peaks.

The game contains over 400 units across the nations listed. Each hex can contain multiple units at different heights from sub to upper atmosphere. This adds a tremendous amount of depth to the game and prevents fronts from remaining stationary for too long (in most games, anyway).

There are 25 Mission battles, and over 20 Campaign battles as well as over 100 Free Play maps. The game has a complete Map Editor that allows you to create your own map or modify any of the game's maps. In addition, any Free Play battle can be fully customized with starting funds, alliances, participating countries, and more.

New features over the XBox version are: bombardment of facilities, engineer units to repair damaged facilities, air-intercept of naval units, and screen hiding during change of multiplayer turns. There are only three new units over the XBox version however the stats of some units have been modified slightly to improve game balance. There are operators in the game that provide dialog during a player's turn however they add nothing to the gameplay.

The Campaign Mode allows you to save units from one battle to the next. This unit persistence adds depth as unit experience counts for a lot in Dai Senryaku VII. The Campaign maps are some of the best we've seen in Dai Senryaku and are great fun to play in Free Play Mode as well.

The game is not without faults, it is complex and there is no way to display weapon ranges on the map so you'll need to count hexes. There's no "next/previous" unit selection so you'll need to depend on a unit list or the map for selecting units. The game is very time consuming and one battle can last many hours however there is a 99 turn limit so battles will not go on forever. The graphics are simple but this really works in the game's favor as navigating the map is made much quicker. The music is repetitive but can be turned off. Battle animations are simple but can also be disabled.

All in all, if you're not afraid to sink your teeth into a rich and rewarding strategy game experience then Dai Senryaku will not disappoint.

Dated strategy game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: January 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Dai Senryaku VII: Moden Military Tactics Exceed arrives on the PS2 almost too little, too late. Originally appearing back in 2005 on the XBox, Dai Senryaku VII is a strategy game that is incredibly deep and surprisingly rewarding once you get the hang of it, but the game's very bland presentation is what really hurts the game. Now I know visuals aren't a big deal to strategy enthusiasts, but this hexagon-based presentation is incredibly plain and dated looking. Not to mention that the game's music soundtrack is annoying and there is some atrocious voice acting to be found as well, but the real meat and potatoes is of course the strategy elements, where Dai Senryaku VII manages to exceed (no pun intended). There is a great deal of depth to be found here that, despite some technical issues, deliver on many fronts. Die-hard strategy fans will get the most out of Dai Senryaku VII by overlooking its flaws, but even though strategy gamers' options are limited on the PS2, their time is better spent elsewhere.

Good Strategy, Bad Graphics...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game plays almost exactly like Super Conflict for SNES... The funny thing is the graphics are only slightly better. I've seen better graphics on PSX (like on the stategy game Nectarus). That being said this game is fun, as fun as a strategy game can be. It's deep with unlockables. I bought it for $15.99 on Amazon. A nice cheap game. If you like turn based war games, almost a boardgame style of play via Allied General or Panzer General(both PSX and better graphically)This game is a must have.

Best TB game on the PS2 Period!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you like Advance wars you will like this game. It uses real life military machines and names. Plus it allows plent of optimization. Don't miss out on this game. This company has making these games for 20 years. And so far only Nintendo comes even close in this category.

Turn Based War!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun for awhile, but is very time consuming. The graphics are very basic as is the game play. Over 20 different campaign missions dozens of free play maps, and tons of vehicles, aircraft, cannons, tanks and soldiers to choose from.

AMAZING TURN BASED STRATEGY GAME FROM THE MOM GANG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS SUCH A NICE TURN BASED STRATEGY GAME, THE ONLY NEGATIVE ASPECT I CAN THINK OF IS THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NEW MASTER OF MONSTERS GAME. THIS GAME IS FROM SYSTEMSOFT WHO MADE MASTER OF MONSTERS. I LOVE THE MENUS, THE HEXAGONAL GAME BOARD, EVERYTHING THAT I LIKE IN GRAPHICS. GREAT, GREAT LIBRARY. LIKE BEING ASLEEP IN THE FUTURE. IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS THEN THIS GAME IS FOR YOU.

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