After playing a few battle scenarios on the campaign and the quick play mode, alas, the bad reviews of this game have been confirmed. I admit, I did not buy this game, but downloaded it free, so I did not have the instructions for it. But I eventually worked things out to an extent. First thing that it lacked was a tutorial, that is, how to read the unit statuses, how to move troops, how to withdraw troops etc. After working things out for myself I tried out the campaign. Your object is to win battles, winning battles gets your money and fame in order to build and equip a better army to fight better opponents. This is all well and good, I found a major handicap is that you can only move 1 unit at the time, using the thumb stick. Next the screen was a major limitation, it was very difficult work out what was actually happening without constantly checking the battle status of each individual unit.
I only give this game 4 out of 10 and if you want historical based strategy games I suggest you stick to your old humble PC. But nice try anyway
Showing posts with label History Channel: Great battles of Rome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History Channel: Great battles of Rome. Show all posts
Monday, 12 October 2015
Friday, 9 October 2015
Snoopy and the great battles of Rome
Lately I have acquired 2 PSP games from net, Snoopy vs Red Baron and History Channel: Great battles of Rome.
SVRB is a third person flight simulator, where our hero flies a Sopwith Camel to duel with the Red Baron. So far I am still in training mode, and in the actual game itself, your character does not die when the plane crashes or gets hit, instead you lose 'health'. Also there is a stunt indicator and the higher its value, the more stunts like loops and spins you can do. You can top up your health by flying to hovering mugs of root beer. It is clearly aimed at a younger audience and I find it quite enjoyable. Because the plane is much simpler, it is easier to handle than the jet fighters in Air Conflicts. It has a been given a good review by the critics and I will certainly give it my full test.
HC:GBOR is an attempt at a Total War or Age of Empires real time battle strategy type game on the Sony PSP. I do understand that PSP's controls do not lend itself to this type of game, as a mouse is what is needed. This game has negative reviews so I will see whether they are justified.
SVRB is a third person flight simulator, where our hero flies a Sopwith Camel to duel with the Red Baron. So far I am still in training mode, and in the actual game itself, your character does not die when the plane crashes or gets hit, instead you lose 'health'. Also there is a stunt indicator and the higher its value, the more stunts like loops and spins you can do. You can top up your health by flying to hovering mugs of root beer. It is clearly aimed at a younger audience and I find it quite enjoyable. Because the plane is much simpler, it is easier to handle than the jet fighters in Air Conflicts. It has a been given a good review by the critics and I will certainly give it my full test.
HC:GBOR is an attempt at a Total War or Age of Empires real time battle strategy type game on the Sony PSP. I do understand that PSP's controls do not lend itself to this type of game, as a mouse is what is needed. This game has negative reviews so I will see whether they are justified.
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