Posts Tagged ‘Strategy’

In an age where first-person shooters rule, where instant gratification is key, turn-based games are a little hard to get into and enjoy. Worms isn’t a typical turn-based game, though, because, once it is your turn, you basically have carte blanche. Within a time limit, you can rope to the top of a mountain and [...]

With the GameCube, Nintendo played it safe. Just look at how many Mario spin-offs there were. Nintendo really sold its heavy-hitting franchises and put little effort into crafting entirely new IPs. True, we saw some original content, like Battalion Wars and Chibi-Robo, but nothing that revolutionized the industry in the same way as Halo on [...]

Real-time. Turn-based. Although these might appear as if they are similar because they are both included in the strategy genre, in scope they are completely different. One requires quick thinking and instantaneous reactions; the other provides a calmer, more rationalized experience. Since these strategy sub-genres are almost opposites, every gamer was stunned when Majesco announced [...]

Advanced Wars: Dual Strike is the latest game in the award winning turn-based strategy series that began on the GameBoy Advance. This Nintendo DS sequel is chock-full of new content, including new Commanding Officers (CO’s), new units, new game modes, and dual-screen wars. This makes for much more of an upgrade for the series than [...]