Summary(Also known as "Advance Wars: Dark Conflict" in the UK/EU) After a cataclysmic meteor strike exterminates 90% of the population, the survivors must battle barbarians, disease, and strongmen who seek only to secure their own power. Advance Wars has been reinvented. Set amidst a world in chaos and featuring new characters and settings, a gritty lo... Read More
Rated E +10for Everyone +10
Developer:Intelligent Systems
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
DS
Released On:
Jan 21, 2008
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Generally Favorable
86
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8.3
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A couple of options and a decent script away from being the best strategy game ever made on any format. [Issue#20, p.84]
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If you have any interest in strategy warfare games whatsoever, then do yourself a favor and get this game. It’s a wonderful departure from the happy-go-lucky Advance Wars games of old.
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8.3
78% Positive
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Nov 20, 2024
10
Probablemente el Advance Wars más infravalorado, y el mejor en mi opinión. El juego está mucho más balanceado (sobre todo tras Dual Strike), añadiendo nuevas unidades y rediseñando el funcionamiento de otras. Las misiones de la campaña son de las más retantes de la saga y también cuenta con una gran cantidad de retos secundarios que entretienen por muchas más horas. La estética menos colorida puede tener bastantes detractores, pero me parece que es algo fresco para la saga y que este juegose atrevió a cambiar en todo. Un cast de personajes nuevo que es algo más interesante y una historia que aunque no muy compleja, va directa al grano y se hace amena de experimentar, sin problemas de ritmo y con una carga narrativa mayor que en el resto de Advance Wars. Unos diseños de personajes más a lo anime de los 2000 que a mí personalmente me gusta mucho y una banda sonora brutal que solo le resta el sonido algo comprimido. Si eres fan de Advance Wars, de Fire Emblem o de la estrategia por turnos en general, lo recomiendo.
Dec 16, 2020
10
El mejor juego de estrategia que he jugado. Te exige mucho y te castiga mucho cada error, pero al pasar cada misión te hace sentir que tienes capacidad de estrategia y planeación. El sentimiento de pasar la última misión por uno mismo no tiene comparación. La música es una delicia para los oídos, si eres nuevo, seguramente dejaras pasar un buen rato cada turno para escuchar cada tema. Visualmente no es una maravilla, pero eso pasa de lado cuando te diviertes tanto en idear estrategias para vencer a tu rival. El balance del juego es muy bueno, la mayoría de personajes esta balanceado, quizá solamente Tabitha sea OP, pero es satisfactorio vencerla. He jugado Fire Emblem y Advance Wars, simplemente no entiendo porque Nintendo no permite a Intelligent Systems dejar sacar un nuevo Advance Wars, este último es mucho mas complejo, mas rejugabilidad, exige mas estrategia, es de mayor duración, es un vicio, una pena que dejen morir a la franquicia cuando todos sus juegos tienen puntuación alta. Ojalá Nintendo recapacite, es sin dudas, la mejor franquicia que he jugado.
89
Overall, Days of Ruin is a fitting sequel to the popular Advance Wars franchise.
85
It comes off as being a well rounded turn-based strategy game.
82
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is a nice continuation of the series, but there’s very little here that’s unexpected or particularly clever.
80
Days or Ruin isn’t better or worse then its last effort in Dual Strike, it’s only a new chapter in the Advance Wars saga.
70
If you’re a fan of turn-based strategy, don’t let my little multiplayer rant deter you from picking up this game; it’s definitely a fun and interesting title, especially if you’re actually going to utilize the multiplayer modes.
Apr 24, 2018
10
One of the best games on the DS. The main story is fairly easy to get through and for those seeking a challenge there are a ton of extra challenge maps, each with their own gimmick. There were two that were too hard for me at first but I liked the game so much that I came back months later to beat those maps. My only complaint is that I had to look up how the scoring system works because that's not explained in the game at all.
Aug 5, 2014
10
A nice evolution of Advance Wars. Intelligent Systems took a huge risk here and completely overhauled the Visual and even strategic nature of the game. While some may argue that the new gameplay elements are for the worse, I think that is largely just nostalgia talking. As someone who has played every AW released in the US, I think the new CO system is amazing, and the game overall disposes of the clutter and imbalance issues that dual strike had. For once in an AW, there is a serious story. And it's actually fairly compelling, I would say even on the level **** JRPG story. Days of Ruin takes war seriously, and recognizes the repurcusions of it, which is a nice change of pace from the fun and games of previous AWs. The difficulty is also set pretty high for the last few missions (I mean really really high) so the campaign lasts a good while, and S ranking the campaign is harder than ever. Overall, definitely rivals, if not bests previous AWs in quality and value. Excellent game.
Aug 27, 2010
7
I am a fan of the series, but I was disturbed by the direction of this game. Part of the allure of the previous installments was that it allowed for a Turn Based Strategy game with a followable plot but none of the emotional depth. Bringing the ethics of war, genocide, and genetic engineering into the game made it more mature, but lost the causal gameplay status, in my opinion.
Nov 24, 2015
6
I applaud the developer willing for change in art direction, as Advance Wars is such a successful series not everybody would have feel that need. But as kiddie as it was, i still prefer the Dual Strike cartoony style. Also, the lack of CO power make everything feel flat. Plot is cheesy as hell. The graphics for the fighting skirmishes are bad by 2008 standards. You can have some good times, but Dual Strike is better in any way (beside multiplayer ofc).
Jul 10, 2023
3
Very dated tactic game with a military paint. Would rather play the gba version of Final Fantasy Tactics.
