Battalion - online turn-based strategy
August 19th, 2006I am writing an online turn-based strategy game in my free time (which I don’t have). So I am trying some strategy games in my free time (which I don’t have, remember). Funny thing is that while I really enjoy writing and planing my strategy game I am too lazy to play almost any of them for long. Especially the real time strategies seem to bore me after 10min (darwinia)… select some units… move them over here… oops too far… move them back a little… they are getting killed in the meantime….quickly scroll the map select some more units to help them… scroll back… click… uh my first unit group is gone already.. huh…
OK, but there seem to be ones that get my brain clicking even after I am having programing php-noodles programming marathon for 4 weeks.
Today I tried Battalion (an online (free) turn based strategy game made in flash) and it was great. My tired brains got in quickly which is not so often at such games and I was kicking butt of the blue enemy in no time.
What I Liked:
- Everything is very very natural and obvious (this is a big rarity IMO)
- Game-Play is very visual - not a tons of numbers and math to do to understand
- Game-Play is very visual (again) - even looking at people playing the game is interesting
- I liked the strategy/game-play that it features (quite active)
- Graphics have a Sprite Attack signature all over… in a good way.. and because of all pixels takes that typical “flash look” away.
- Good idea and very well executed
What I didn’t like:
- There were not a lot of people there which is a little like sad because it’s really very nice game… but there were around 9 so still some to play with. Game is running for quite some time so I wonder how things were standing in earlier days (If anyone knows please tell).
What can I say… visit the game and you won’t be sorry. If you see anyone with nick jankoM2 battle me, but as I said I have no free time for at least 1 month, but I am sure to play it some more.