Buggy but has real potential

A shameless ripoff of the first "Advance Wars" game, without features like fuel consumption or CO abilities. That said, it is almost as fun. The gameplay could be fun, but could use more unit types and a create a battle mode.

The WWII setting is cool, though it means the absence of units like AA missiles. It also means instead of helicopters, planes are used for transports. Its not that big of a deal, but if you think about, it doesnt make sense that a Dakota can land in a forest to take on passengers. And the USs heavy tank is actually a tank destroyer (far less armor in real life), but there really werent any U.S. heavy tanks in WWII until the last days of the European theater, so that is understandable. I also would like to see an expansion with other factions than the U.S. and Germany, like Russia, Britain, etc.

The real issue with this game are the bugs:

1. The game breaking bug involves "transports" (trucks and transport planes). For some reason, the enemy AI will not attack transports, allowing you to use them to block pathways to allow you an impenetrable shield. I used this tactic very often, and only ONCE in the entire allied campaign did they attack it.

2. Additionally, infantry can capture objectives without exiting the transport. I assume this is a bug. When combined with the other transport related bug, you can often win a battle by sending a single transport with infantry to immediately capture the enemy HQ.

3. Whenever the game boots up, it says you need an update, but if you click "accept", it takes you to the store and no update can be found. This is minor, since you can just decline.

4. The online multiplayer doesnt work at all (possibly related to the update bug). The screen just flashes.

This game is fun, but needs more work to make it really good.

pvt sleepy about Front Wars