Age of Empires: Age of Kings
Platform: Nintendo DS
Manufacturer: Majesco
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Preview Build
Intelligent Systems made me devotee of turn-based strategy with their Advance Wars series. The three games, which I've poured countless hours into, are the measuring stick by which I judge all similar games. Age of Empires: Age of Kings is intriguing in it's adaptation of real-time staples such as resource gathering, research and building, into the one-move-at-a-time mold. I don't really care for the amount of micro-management required by real-time strategy games, so I take this "downgrade" as a welcome change. My one wish for this game is that they'd used the iconic, tapestry-style art of the game's menus and story for the actual battlefield. The more "realistic" sprites they've created for the isometric game board tend to blend in with the buildings they occupy and the other units they're around, making it harder to quickly read the lay of the battlefield. I'm doubtful that this port will be able to conquer Advance Wars or Fire Emblem, but it's certainly going to make a nice companion to them in my growing DS library.
Manufacturer: Majesco
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Preview Build
Intelligent Systems made me devotee of turn-based strategy with their Advance Wars series. The three games, which I've poured countless hours into, are the measuring stick by which I judge all similar games. Age of Empires: Age of Kings is intriguing in it's adaptation of real-time staples such as resource gathering, research and building, into the one-move-at-a-time mold. I don't really care for the amount of micro-management required by real-time strategy games, so I take this "downgrade" as a welcome change. My one wish for this game is that they'd used the iconic, tapestry-style art of the game's menus and story for the actual battlefield. The more "realistic" sprites they've created for the isometric game board tend to blend in with the buildings they occupy and the other units they're around, making it harder to quickly read the lay of the battlefield. I'm doubtful that this port will be able to conquer Advance Wars or Fire Emblem, but it's certainly going to make a nice companion to them in my growing DS library.
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