Wargroove 2 Review (Xbox Series S)
Wargroove 2 Review, An ambitious new faction has unearthed forbidden relics capable of catastrophic consequences. But how far will they go to achieve glory? Take to the battlefield, sea, and sky with a cast of new Commanders, using your wits to wage turn-based war!
Wargroove 2 Review Pros:
- Beautiful pixel art graphics.
- 827MB download size.
- 1000 Gamerscore.
- Turn-based strategy gameplay.
- Opening and ongoing tutorial prompts.
- Five difficulties – story, very easy, easy, normal, and custom (damage received/income/groove charge/undo allowed). Each difficulty choice changes these values.
- General options – language, combat animation (always/never/my turn only/commanders only), movement animation (default/always fast), automatically end turn, end turn confirmation, and skip intro sequences.
- Accessibility options – colorblind, photosensitive mode, and vibration.
- Advanced settings – show grid, health display, show absolute groove values.
- The Jukebox lets you listen to the soundtrack.
- The Codex menu is the place for info on everything in the game.
- Create your own maps and campaigns which can be shared online.
- Available on Game Pass with Cloud Play. (no need to download the game, just stream the game instead)
- Asynchronous multiplayer (you don’t have to be online all the time to have your turn).
- Browse and download other people’s Creations.
- 2 to 4 Player local player support.
- Online multiplayer – quick play, host, join by code, and server browser.
- Three single-player modes – campaign, conquest, and custom.
- Top-down view with actions such as combat being shown in a side-on view like you have seen in the Advance War games.
- The health of your units is shown as a number on them.
- When in combat you can see the whole unit’s health bar on both sides.
- When selecting a unit you can see a grid of where they can move and/or attack.
- Dealing attacks out when near your commander makes them critical hits, and does more damage.
- Turn-based combat.
- Before committing to any actions, you can see a percentage of both side’s damage output.
- Satisfying strategy sim with excellent combat.
- In-game cutscenes and storyboards.
- Voice work is in there but not every word is spoken.
- The end-of-combat screen shows your stats and rewards.
- You can skip cutscenes.
- Tile info lets you bring up a detailed breakdown of the selected unit, critical hit conditions, movement speed, strengths and weaknesses, etc.
- Terrain plays a big part from cover/blocking attacks to damage modifiers.
- Troops being near each other can help improve their stats or attacks.
- Very addictive.
- Save and exit when you want.
- You can undo all your turns.
- World map level select.
- Replay levels.
- You can capture structures and get bonuses from them like siphoning health and earning gold.
- When quiting out of a game in progress you can save from the last checkpoint or suspend your game.
- Conquest is a roguelike mode.
Wargroove 2 Review Cons:
- You cannot remap the controls.
- So much to take in.
- The tutorials are not as in-depth as they really need to be especially for new or lapsed players.
- You have to unlock conquest mode.
- It can just feel like an expansion of the first game.
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Wargroove 2:
Developer: Chucklefish Games
Publisher: Chucklefish Games
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