🕑 Timestamps for mobile users! 0:00 Intro 1:00 Andy 2:22 Max 3:59 Sami 5:41 Olaf 7:34 Grit 10:09 Kanbei 11:48 Sonja 14:32 Eagle 17:01 Drake 19:45 Nell 21:47 Sturm 23:40 Outro
I didn't like her as a young man. I liked tanks and jets. Then as an older man I discovered the joys of infantry spamming and realized she's absolutely top shelf.
@@SaltyCalhoun thats just icing on the cake-but here's some older man wisdom: most tomboys who stay tomboys into their adult years aren't tomboys, they're lesbians. Kinda sucks.
@@DonnieDoodles I am literally doing that rn on an AWBW match. I have artilleries, rockets and a missile shooting down whatever spawns out of their bases and airport
Sonja has a really cool contrast to her father thats not just Brain vs Brawn, its also Samurai vs Ninja. Kanbei fights fair and square and relies on his superior skills to win the day. Sonja relies on deception(? HP), ambushes (her SCOP on AW2 gives all her units FE vantage for 1 turn) hiding in the darkness (FoW) and she even gets to debuff your defenses on AWDS(Sabotage)her day2day negates 1 defense star and her powers increase that.
My daughter, we are both ancient well respected Japanese warriors of honor. Prepare to meet my Sensei. He's a senile old man that believes in spamming copters and bazookas.
@@mauricesteel4995 i think it's implied those are paratroopers he gets to call in (despite no one else being able to) The 9HP could be from the fact paratroopers tend to be lighter equipped and needing time to organize once landed.
Days of ruin was easily the best Advanced wars game in the series both in terms of story and gameplay, the fact that it was left out is very sad and conusing
You called me out, Mangs. My favorite win in Duel Strike was a match where I was getting stomped, but I had a air transport with an infantry on it squirreled away. I spammed as many tanks and anti air as possible as a distraction while I snuck that transport around. I thoroughly enjoyed the look on my face when he began his last turn and I told him I had won. It took him a second but he noticed I had an Eagle/Sami DS coming up and saw my transport. Dude did everything he could to get in my way, but I had spaced him out perfectly. My turn came and I flew my boy right over to the enemy HQ and captured it. That memory is never leaving me.
CO Powers prices: Andy:30.000 G Max:30.000 G Sami:25.000 G Nell:30.000 Olaf:30.000 Grit:30.000 Kanbei:50.000 Sonja:30.000 Eagle:50.000 Drake:40.000 Sturm:50.000
So far, from what I have seen, it looks like the Advance Wars remake is going to be a very faithful port. If this changed in any way, I will make a new video with the adjusted CO's, but judging by the footage we have seen so far, there hasn't been a single visible balance change to any of the Aw1 CO's. This means that these rankings should be pretty relevant once the game launches. I pray they have the sense to balance the game a little, as the multiplayer scene will be an absolute mess, but seeing as they are calling it a "port" it looks to be a 100% faithful rendition. Can’t wait for Max to break the multiplayer competitive scene!
If I was to make a guess, campaign a direct port multiplayer a combined rebalanced force, if they were to do it well. That said, if not... well... Max dominates in 1 with Sturm coming up and Sturm straight decimates in 2
If skills are such a big issue isnt it just better to play Competitive with skills off? Assuming of course thats gonna be a option, it is in the first 2 games. But then again its more fun with skills if both players pick a good match, and not bad match ups like Tier D vs Tier S
I'm a bit hopeful about multi-player. Advance Wars is no stranger to nerfed COs for multi-player and it being a modern game the devs can make updates along the way, something that didn't happened before.
I have a feeling they might tweak the games into a uniform standard between 1 and 2 where they rebalance the best and worst aspects of both. For example, making it so Max has his Black Hole Rising stats from the getgo, which would still leave him in as a very reliable pick without making him ridiculously overpowered, and give Sonja her counter bonuses. I just hope they make the Luck effects less of a penalty for those that by all means should be dealing reliable damage as seen on screen more often than not instead of less unless their name is Flak.
I honestly never gave Olaf much credit until recently where his blizzard really stopped all my Pushes with Sami Where my helicopters and Fighters and transports couldn't reach his Island but his could reach mine and kill them. Blizzard is just really fucking good for Air Combat.
@@kloakekloaker1020 I call it Ultimate Apocalypse because of the Ultimate Apocalypse mod for Dawn of War: Soulstorm. Much more fitting imo, check it out if you think MW2 balance was wack.
It’s possible that campaign and online will be separate. They’re already gonna have to change the COs between 1 and 2, so why not take a shot at balancing a competitive online?
I remembered my favorites being Sami and Eagle. I loved Sami for being able to capture properties quickly without much contest and then usually having an economic lead later. Also great theme music. Eagle meanwhile got strong enough air units to oneshot more things, making pushing through lines much easier, and his lighting strike was game ending even if it cost a bit more. Never managed to unlock Nell or Sturm sadly, so never got to experience them.
@@nit11 Well, it's hard to not see how Max melts things even if you don't know the exact numers. I just never enjoyed his gameplay since I liked using indirect even if his performance was ultimately good.
@@TheZackofSpades Well, this is a combat tier list more than a favoritism one. Sonja is quite great though. Power wise you needn't worry if they keep the second game largely the same, since Sonja is quite good and interesting in that one thanks to her unique super CO power.
@@jadedandbitter on mid sized maps she is maybe a tier. maybe, anything smaller s tier and anything bigger maybe b. but ultimately she is an s tier baddie.
I've won 95% of the games I played with Sammy. The backdoor is something no one ever expects. And for some reason many people find OK leaving their HQ unprotected.
Bruh even the AI teaches you to leave an infantry on your HQ, why wouldn't you?!?!? Edit: And in future AWs her super is instant capture, don't be stupid 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Facts. Sami's Victory March is almost too OP. I've won so many battles when I was on the cusp of defeat and I sent an infantry or mech unit directly into Mordor and captured the HQ. Hail Mary type stuff lol
The other problem with Sonja: War Room. If you’re playing her to get S ranks on War Room, good luck. If the AI behaves the same as the original, AI cheats. It can tell where your units are without worry. Unless it’s in woods, I think, your unit hidden on the fog is useless against the AI. She’s sadly really bad. Players, though, you’re going to confuse them. So she’s more of a mind game CO against players
Yeah if you play Sonja against AI its not gonna be fun since the AI will know where your units are unless they are in forest or reefs. against real people though? uggh she's a headache. Especially if you are using Grit.
Oh yeah this Sonja player kicked my ass 6 ways to sunday since i was essentially blind and she kept shuffling her men around so i couldnt tell if the unit took a beating in the prior turn or is a fresh unit..... needless to say she won
@@dragonfable66 In that case you counter by treating every unit as a full HP unit and you destroy them in one turn or weaken ALL of them so it doesn't matter. Even if you weren't playing Sonja you should still be doing this. . .
@@soulhoney1227 sturm in aw1 is meh, except in campaign, in ever other mod he has 20%less attack and 20%less defence so it's not even a fair match. Speaking of aw2 sturm 20% more attack and defence and Max's nerf make this a joke.
It's pretty subtle in AW1 because Sonja isn't super appealing to use. And Nell is difficult to unlock; if you didn't bother to try 100%'ing the game and/or scrub the internet for guides you might not even know she's unlockable, in addition her luck doesn't activate during Field Training when you initially DO use her, she's just an Andy-level CO with no Power at that point. The joy of mass Infantry Nell is something everyone deserves to experience, though.
But really, the biggest win is that now, more artists are going to make more fan-art of the game, which propagates more people to hop in the fun. (but... that also includes lewds of Lash, and everyone spamming [Advance Wars 2: Black Hoe Rising]. Oh. Oh no, on second thought, it's not as stellar as I thought)
I love that people are talking about Advance Wars again. It's possibly the game series I have played the most in my life. I remember very clearly doing 2+ hour games against my friend on our GBAs. Loved that I could play on 1 game pack back in the day, because it enabled me to get into the series playing Fog of War on my friend's GBA. Unlocking Sturm/Nell felt like such a great achievement.
I think that AW should always be played with FoW on. Not because of the CO's but because of the units, since they also have a vision Stat Tha should always be factored in their value. Units like mechs with easy access to mountains get a huge buff and missiles become a little bit more valuable.
As long as the CPU plays by the same rules players do in FoW, then sure. None of this darkshooting bullcrap... it needs to get a visual BEFORE it can fire on you. That was a big turnoff for me until DoR, and it ReBoot Camp is edging close to a hard pass here.
The fact that the Advance Wars community uses the language D2D or "day to day" instead of just calling those abilities "passives" like the entire rest of the gaming sphere drives me BONKERS.
Many gaming communities do this. MOBA players have a whole list of redundant new terms thrown around, but became staples after being around for so long.
I hope Sonja gets some of her later series adjustments brought over. Her base AW version was genuinely a bit crap and she only really started to be a viable C.O. come Dual Strike.
Some would argue shes better in aw2 than awds. In aw2 she got a day 2 day +50% boost to all counterattack damage which made her very punishing to direct attack into, especially if she's on terrain. In duals strike she loses this benefit in exchange for the ability to cancel opponent terrain stars, which is more situational and generally just weaker. AW1 did her dirty though. Still pretty ok in pvp multiplayer if opponent isn't hitting the auto-win button with max ir sturm, but yea, pretty weak.
Such a similar vibe from him... he definitely struck fear into my heart... and then he just puffs smoke when he blows up your units while that badass music plays... damn son
OLYMPICS: Advance Wars - FASTEST Player To Beat The Maps Wins GOLD! (Gold/Silver/Bronze) (Part 1/3) Details: 4 players race against each other in custom maps to see which one amongst them is able to finish the map and beat the AI the fastest. It is split into 3 separate videos. First video has 4 competitors, slowest player to beat the map is out. Second video has 3 competitors, the slowest player is out and wins bronze. Last man standing wins GOLD You can do this with yourself, Panz, and others you know. Or 4 subscribers or random AW players. There could be live commentary and the content can even be live streamed. This is just my idea for a competitive RU-vid AW series. Feel free to do it if you want Mangs. I’m gonna post it on the subreddit as well. I don’t plan on doing it myself but I want to see it out there.
Banning mech spam, to be frank, seems both unfeasible and, more importantly, unnecessary if you ask me. What qualifies as mech spam? 4 mechs? 6 mechs? 10? You're essentially picking a number at random. Regardless, while mechs are cost effective if they strike first, their slow movement makes them a joke against artillery with an infantry frontline. The mechs can't move in without getting slaughtered, and the infantry can casually engage the mechs themselves as they're supported by artillery. Furthermore, an army consisting of mostly mechs isn't going anywhere fast, so even when a defender isn't quite prepared yet, they can just ignore the mech flood until they are and effortlessly take control of the rest of the map. Spamming mechs, simply put, is generally a sign that someone's a beginner at competitive advance wars. I imagine people will learn to counter it fairly quickly. Once people get a bit of multiplayer experience, you're unlikely to see much mech spamming in the first place, so banning the practice will ironically only serve to prevent people from learning to stop doing it.
Most of those maps also suffer from heavy first turn advantage, so those are hardly a proper metric to begin with. That being said, I fundamentally disagree with that assessment, even on those badly designed maps. I've already made my case though, so I suppose we're just gonna have to agree to disagree on that. Cheers! I'm stoked to see more advance wars content here!
@@Mangs1337 sorry mate, but talan is right. Mech spamming isn't the "must ban" that you think, is easily countered, specially in balanced maps Of course, in those 15x15 small maps it has more use, but in any decent sized map, they're just not that worthy, and units with greater movement are way more worth it
Yeah i agree, banning mech spam is just... pointless. Its very boring tactic and often reliable (especially on small maps), but its not OP in the slightest and has counters, such as flying units (even battle copters), medium tanks (if you have money to spare), indirects (i mean artillery is cheap, while rockets are near untouchable) and well... infantry (its weaker than mechs, but its three times cheaper and almost always faster). The most not-obvious-yet-fun-to-use counter is anti-air, as it can 1-shot infantry (usually very hard to do, actually), thus making holes in enemy defences. And no, Samis infantry doesnt get defense boost so she cant defend against it (Kanbei and Sturm can... but they are on way other league than others).
I always liked Grit. I almost never lost against the computer when I went with him and I used to think he was overpowered. But I didn't know he had a penalty on direct units and capture rate, so he seems pretty fair after all. My answer would be to just have artillery escorts with your tanks and infantry to ensure successes; compensate for the weakness by simply complimenting it with your strength. Having gotten older though, I've come to appreciate Olaf's playstyle as well. I like weather-based mechanics in strategy games---especially inclement weather. I recently began playing Company of Heroes 2 and that game has snow mechanics as well. I find myself drawn to the levels that have them, despite the fact apparently no one plays on them competitively. I guess I just like the challenge and the aesthetic of needing to get your troops into buildings, building bonfires or heading back to your base to wait out the heavy blizzards. So in Advance Wars, the idea that Olaf _thrives_ in snow is really cool. I'd probably give him a try if I played the games again.
Max was my guy for a while, but over time I just got annoyed with not being able to use long-range units well. His artillery are almost useless they have so little range. Sami became my girl because I found her early game to be awesome. Her infantry ability to capture more than their power is incredible. Only units that can capture in two days even under fire. Hence I like to spread out and starve my enemy for resources. Olaf I could never get into because he can get disadvantages so much more than advantages. I pick Olaf for an enemy when I feel like destroying someone. Kanbei is a f***ing terror if he gets going. Starve him, swarm him, force him to deplete his funds on repairs. Killing him is hard.
Only just started playing AW1 myself, but I already have similar opinions on…most of them. Max is still incredibly useful, but yeah, artillery being worthless hurts. He’s still kinda able to use rockets and battleships (so long as he’s not trying to use them on other indirects), but those are much more expensive. He’s still insanely powerful, but Mangs might have exaggerated a bit giving him that S rank, when he really needs to get good income flowing in before he can back his tanks up with indirects he can use. Sami is just really fun to play, and oddly one of the few times the game being vague about actual strengths and weaknesses is a positive. I do hate that the game’s CO descriptions just say “X is strong, Y is weak”, without even a hint of hard numbers. With Sami, though, with the game just telling me her ground vehicles are weaker…haven’t really felt that. I kinda play her like Andy, only with better infantry instead of Hyper Repair. And that better infantry is huge: given how things pan out, her increased capture rate is less “capture things faster” and more “tough to interrupt her”, but that’s exactly why it’s so good. Olaf…I only tried him out in my second campaign run, where I got him for the blue army. Ever find it odd that the AW1 campaign makes you work for the worst options? You have Sonja, potentially the weakest CO in the game, who you can only unlock or even fight by taking her dad down as fast as possible three missions in a row. And then you have a secret mission during the Blue Moon chapter, requiring you to kill everything on the previous mission (hard when he can easily take out all means of touching his ships), and your reward is getting to use him in the final battle. Easily the worst CO to get for either the blue or green troops, because his Blizzard honestly only helps him and nobody else. Popping it will slow down Sturm, sure…but it will also screw over Andy and whoever’s running the green team. In 1v1’s, I can see how it would help if you used it at just the right time; definitely a power you want to save for the right moment, unlike everyone else’s that you’ll probably pop immediately. In a team match with another friendly army on the field, though, don’t you dare pop it unless you want to lose your friend. And Olaf really brings nothing else to the table, so…yeah. I know from the later tier lists that he gets somewhat better, but AW1 Olaf kinda sucks. As for Kanbei…haven’t really tried him out myself. On paper, though…well, he didn’t get broken yet (giving him Samurai Spirit in AW2 was basically basically meant Max just passed the OP torch onto him instead of tossing it entirely; haven’t gotten to that yet to test it though), but he’s still pretty strong. Even if his AW1 design looks like Japan-based Nintendo and Intelligent Systems went all in on offensive Japanese stereotypes.
I miss this game so much. I gave away my copy of it to a friend as I left for a different school, which was totally worth it, but it has been like 15 years or something. I am ready to play it again.
Advance Wars was one of my first GBA games, and I played the Hell out of it. I forget exactly how (it's been literally 20 years), but there was a way to tweak the CO selection so you'd get Andy, Grit, and Eagle for the final battle. Good times.
@10:09 To explain why Kanbei is so strong. People need to understand how Attack and Defense buff (multiplication) work in AW Attack buff is straight forward. 10% Attack buff is basically unit attack multiple by 1.1 But Defense buff is misleading. It is more accurate to call it Dmg Neglect. With 10% Defense buff, enemy only do 90% Dmg In short, Defense buff usually worth about twice of attack buff
The classic GBA music is really getting to me, and making me sad that they didn't even preserve the sound in the direct sequels so there's no way the reboot is going to be as good.
Fan Commander Ideas: *bad at names*, Rising Star (all custom COs are CO2 or Dual Strike like) He gets damaging nerfs to start but he gets stronger with the number of commander stars he has [max 7 normally] Spirit of a Dragon: 3 stars: Play as if you had 7 stars for until end of enemy turn, also restores up to 1 CO star The Dragon's Wrath: 7 stars: Take an extra turn + Spirit of a Dragon, also restores up to 3 CO stars (perhaps 8) (the idea of course is to survive until you get the CO stars and then try to turn the tide late game, alternatively activate the 3 CO ability fairly regularly for regular pushes. Also the amount of CO stars restored is random and may be a partial star)
Although the port does seem super faithful, we've only seen clips from the campaign, I can just hope that multiplayer or at least online will be balanced differently, yet they'll keep the campaign the same so they don't have to change where units are and stuff like that. After all if they see that Sturm was balanced differently even back then I hope it gives them the idea to balance online differently from the base game. Then we wouldn't have to ban anything from tournament play and it really can be about just what style of play you like.
Lol your mention of tourmament play was funny...half the COs would be banned and somehow even strategies as a whole like mech spamming banned? That's just a different, much less interesting game at that point. Not to mention how serious AW players will constantly complain of First Turn Advantage and nitpick any map design to shreds makes me think playing AW competitively is just completely unviable.
Most of these things can be fixed. Mech spamming can be prevented by having well balanced maps. First turn advantage can be fixed by giving player 2 one extra infantry unit (Wargroove did this on most maps). Overpowered CO's can be branched into tiers like I have done, and you can simply say that you can only play up or down one tier. Pokemon does something similar for their competitive tournaments. There are ways to ensure a fair and balanced game of Advance Wars.
Mangs pretty much already debunked this for me but all I'm going to say is if you want the good maps, tier'd COs etc. And you want to play multiplayer online with that for free you can always go to www.awbw.amarriner.com Its the advance wars equivalent of Pokemon Showdown
@@Mangs1337 DEVS can definitely fix the game, it's just sad that players are only capable of being reductive to make a game more balanced via bans. Custom maps made with modern sensibilities can and ARE often designed with FTA in mind but AW1 just feels way too simple and just can't handle reductive balancing. It doesnt feel great to think of what you would want to do in a competitive match only to realize your options you actually find fun to use are not available. it makes casual play look WAY more appealing in comparison.
And i get that reductive balancing by players is a NECESSITY in order to foster a slightly wider meta, but it's very costly and I dont know if AW1 really even has enough content to hold up under that kind of pressure. Dual Strike on the other hand has a lot more available complexity that cna be used to balance the game, reductively still BUT its big enough to withstand it
For example, you don;t need to ban COs in DS if you use the Skills system to balance it out. Say you have a power tier list and any CO under that first tier can pick out a skill to use, two tiers down can pick two, etc. Added systems can be used to keep other unbalanced systems in check.
Yeah, they at least get better in later games; they do genuinely kind of suck in AW1, but apparently they get better later (I say apparently because I haven’t played beyond 1 yet). Especially Olaf. Whoever decided getting that secret Sea Strike mission meant you got stuck with a guy who would screw over everyone in the final battle, not just Sturm, when he popped his power, was a total sadist.
As Sasha said, it wasn't a final product. It was just a way to garner early interest. They could easily get more time to work on the art in the meantime.
@@SashaSlvt Considering when ot comes out (in a few months) no game will get it's visuals majorly changed ir even changed at all, yet completely overworked their grafic style.
I just recently started to learn about and play advanced wars one and I do about one mission per day so I don't burn myself out, and playing it for the first time ever I have decided that I want to get them all, the OG's and the remake when it finally comes out
I didn’t know Colin, Sensei, and Jess weren’t in advance wars 1 because I started the series with 2. That kinda stinks, those are some of my favorite COs
If any co were to be reworked in an new way not seen before in advance wars, I would say Sonia should, for her little power, be able to create a couple "fake units". Either she gets a couple units of various types that she can move around and the opponent can see, but can't attack and dissappear upon being attacked, still wasting the opponents turn. Either that, or a couple of her units, at random, will be disguised as another unit, such as a muidium tank will appear as a APC or something. It'd just a thought
I think it would’ve been cool for you to say which COs each commander has an easier time against. Like Andy versus Drake. But i understand if it’s too subjective to do that.
I agree character-specific match ups are a good basis for a tier list; the tier list would rank COs based on the number of favourable match-ups. Some of the advantages held by the COs rated as S-tier are lost vs certain COs.
Those kinds of situational modifiers would also start calling map or other settings into question. Like, Eagle versus Drake on a map that mandates naval units, versus one that has both naval and air units, versus one with no air or naval units, or Olaf on a map with lots of narrow movement channels and chokepoints, or Sami on maps where +1 transport movement actually gets her to capture something early, or Drake being able to call in Fog of War with his special against Grit. Too many factors to rate characters accurately, especially in a short form, broad overview tier list like this.
I little thing about war room Sturm. You can select him VIA cheat codes There is actually an icon for if you won with him or not. Also he uses his campaign stats which is pretty neat (At least i think he does). Sense you can't select him normal game, the won war room icon is unused.
I can't wait for this game after seeing you and panzergraf play I've been wanting to play this but I don't have a computer to play a rom of this game so this is the next best thing 😊
Excited for this game, never got to play the original. Hopefully it sells well and the series continues. I also hope it includes all the content, like War Room, Field Training, Advanced Campaign, etc
Drake should get Grit's Battleship range and one extra Sight on sea-faring units in Fog. That'd make him a better large-map Naval CO without _also_ making him broken.
I was unable to experience the first two Advance Wars when they first came out. I was able to play Days of Ruin on the DS, but I'm excited to experience these games on the switch, even if I'm not going to be competitive. Watching videos like this really helps my hype, so thank you!
I think the exciting thing about Reboot Camp is that a lot of the balancing for 1 and 2 is fairly simple to adjust positively. Decreasing Max's passive direct damage bonus, making Grit's power only increase range by 1, decreasing the cost of naval units etc etc
Omg the Reboot Art Style is looking SEXY !!! Man I never would have dreamed of seeing an advance wars game coming from Nintendo.... I thought they went full fire emblem... its great to be Alive to see this... now I got a reason to get me a switch
My only wish is that they add outlines to the unit models. The models look really nice, but they also look out of place next to the CO art, and I think giving them outlines would fix that and make the visual style a bit more cohesive. I'm loving the CO animations, though.
Just recently got into the Advance Wars gba last 2021, and I definitely agree with these! When I first played the game and had yet to understand certain strategies to it, I always used Andy because of the 2 HP heal, and he had fairly okay units. I hadn't quite gotten used to playing Max or Sami yet at that time and didn't understand yet what they're capable of. Max, in particular, I thought he was so overpowered that it was kind of... a waste (?) to use 147% of my firepower towards a unit that had like 3 HP left and I didn't have any other units nearby/available to bring it down (like I said, didn't understand strategy yet at that time) and then when the enemy strikes back, I'm left with few units to take them out (Grit, lol). While with Sami, I didn't like how her units were slightly weaker than the enemy. But after 2 years of playing, I barely use Andy now LOL. I still love him, but I mostly use Max now and depending on the map Sami is my go-to CO. I love them all, but yeah, there's no contest with Max, he's just so broken I use him all the time now.
You know Mangs something to think about is, do you think the reboots will do anything about the fact the AW1 had a Mark like tactician (Someone with a name and story mentions but no actual appearances) in its main story. I think they likely won’t do much but it would be nice to hear your opinion.
There is the text from the tree to compare to the original. It looks like the Advisor has gone. :( Nell (GBA): Advisor! I've got it! I know who you've encountered! Those are Green Earth troops! Rumor has it that there's an independent battalion roaming about. I believe you've found them. Watch out for their air units. They're supposed to be brutal! Nell (Remake): Oh dear... Andy! I know who you've encountered! Those are Green Earth troops! I'd heard rumors there was an dependent battalion roaming about. I believe you've found them. Watch out for their air units. They're supposed to be brutal!
I am so happy they wrote out the advisor. The Nintendo treehouse footage shows several scenes where they wrote out the advisor, including in the field training missions it looks like have been moved to the actual campaign, where Andy is added to replace the player.
The Treehouse Event already pretty much confirms that the player insert is gone. During one of the tutorial missions they showed Nell was now addressing Andy, who in the original wasn't introduced until you finished the fog of war tutorial and there was no mention of the advisor character. They also made some small changes from what I caught like already letting you use CO powers during those tutorial missions. They also called the mission AirAce! Mission 6, while it was originally Mission 3, meaning it is likely that instead of the original in-depth Tutorial Mode they'll simply move certain tutorial missions to the beginning of the campaign like they did in later games.
@@Kralex121 That seems like a bad move imo. The Field Training explained really well how to play the game, and this feels like it's not going to help new players. I started with AW1 know, so maybe people who went with AW2 first may disagree?
@@RadioTails I also started with AW1, I believe a lot of us likely did. The Field Training basically gave us everything we needed to know and was a lot of people's first experience with the series. That's why I'm glad to see that some of the more memorable missions (Tank Ops and Fog of War) have already been shown to us. Due to nostalgia and hope that this remake will get new people into the series I also hope that they don't get rid of it as a mode, but I thought I'd still share what I noticed. Also at least we can all be glad that looking up guides online for games is pretty common nowadays and Advance Wars has a passionate community that likes to share what they know.
I've just started AW a few days ago and already really like Sami, Olaf and Eagle. though their downsides are there, their bonuses are really huge for their powers that a well played event will just snowball into shenanigans. I'm really glad I've finally started playing this series.
And just copy something from Super Famicom Wars and give the APC an MG. My idea is that it has same firepower of a recon but without the big FoW sight.
Grenade infantry. Costs between Infantry and a Mech. Beats Infantry and Mechs, sucks against armor of any kind. Gives a cost effective answer to Mechs that isn't just a better Mech.
