Ys Strategy

"Requires Lots and Lots of Time"

This is a Real Time Strategy game making use of the Touch screen as a mouse.

Gameplay: 5/10

The overall gameplay is jerky and slow. Icons are used to denotate a building when a worker is chosen and no words are shown, so it might be very confusing for first time players. The units are not as intelligent and the AI aint much better.

The game follows basically like a Warcraft plot on DS, except this plot is lame, not innovative and not all that worth enjoying.

Graphics: 4/10
The graphics overall are not as good as one might think (very misleading by looking at the cover)

Unit Graphics:
All troops, be it heroes, workers or footman are all very boring with little detail. THey look like small pixeled images drawn by a 5- year old. They have no special graphics like waving or tapping shoes while waiting or any unique features to make them look good.

Building Graphics:
The building graphics are much mroe pleasurable to look at as compared to the workers and other troops. The buildings are a bit more elaborate and are quite distinctive, although more could have been done on some buildings.

Combat graphics:
Utter crap. The combat graphics are slow, jerky and very very boring. It seems more worth it to watch your workers work than watch your army wipe out the enemey. The magic effects are not better. They are nothing but a small white ball.

Storyline: 3/10
Even worse. The storyline is like a small novel with small easy battles in the middle of it. The first scenario conprises of a never ending Tutorial which, by the time after, is pointless and useless.

The storyline is not innovative and the dialogues are boring and uninteresting.

Multiplayer: 7/10
The multiplayer makes up for the lack of the game as the multiplayer is like a skirmish against your friends. It seems almost worth it just to get this game to palay with your friends.

Overall:
A somewhat good game which could use improvements. If you are really looking for a game which will take ages to complete, this is for you. If not, a pass would be good unless you love RTS games.

Reviewer's Score: 6/10, Originally Posted: 01/02/07