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Warning: This game has a hidden political message

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 97
Date: November 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The storyline in this game is about how the evil empire (USA) tricked hapless Col. Windsor of Anglo Isles (England) into believing the Solar Empire (Iraq) was developing WMD, thus plunging the world into war.

Why would these game makers (Kuju Entertainment) offend their largest market, Americans?

Avoid this trash and get you kid 'Super Mario Galaxy' instead. Apparently, it's the best new game on Wii anyway.

Shameful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 90
Date: November 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Kuju Entertainment,

Why should I buy your game when the theme is an insult to my country? I play video games to escape, not to wallow in petty nonsense. I was really looking forward to this game, too. Now, I wouldn't buy this game even if it were on the $1.98 rack.

Boring War II: Wait till the Bargain Bin

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 14
Date: December 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was looking forward to this game for a while.. and i came away extremely disappointed. I was looking for some strategy or action, yet what i ended up finding was simply a rock-paper-scissors boring adventure. I finish the boring campaign in three days and tried the online mode which i found extremely boring as well.

Overall, it may be worth 15-20 dollars. No more though. I traded it in for Super Mario Galaxy and i couldnt be happier with that.

Strange war game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The cartoonish artwork is OK, but the aiming and shooting interface is too awkward. I tried this game twice for about 3 hours total and just gave up.

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.

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.

Meh

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Definatly a fun game. I was looking for a strategy game and this was not it but it was a good diversion and surprisingly fun. I played it till I finished the game but it is geared to the younger crowd. If you have kids who want a bloody game you don't approve of this could be a good alternative.

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.

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.

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