Battalion Wars

Battalion Wars is no world beater, but it's a decent workout for most armchair generals in training.

Battalion Wars is an entertaining bit of real-time strategy fluff that succeeds in holding your interest without making you lose any sleep. You command a contemporary fighting force in a make-believe European locale against an enemy that speaks with a heavy-Eastern European accent. The goofy dialogue's mildly humorous and mixed with above average weapons effects it's a passing audio show. The visuals are similarly light and cartoony in a Metal Slug sort of way, with heavy helping of nicely animated action.

Battalion Wars eliminates RTS-anxiety with simple controls and a gameplay view that places you right into your fighting force. You lead as one of the attacking soldiers and learning how to command your units is a snap. Within no time you're a regular GameCube Patton sending infantry, bazooka men, flamethrower units, tanks, and even aerial gunships into rambunctious firefights. B-Wars does a good job of establishing its tactical challenges, and you have to exercise some strategic thinking into how to best deploy your forces and juggle them around according to the changing tide of battle. Battalion Wars is no world beater, but it's a decent workout for most armchair generals in training.

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