![]() ![]() In Warzone Earth, players must use advanced strategies such as defensive formations, power-ups, and special tactics to protect the city. It’s not complex, and it’s not mind-blowingly gorgeous, but it IS a great looking, action-oriented title that will keep you going until you’ve unlocked every achievement – and perhaps beyond.Each of the games in Anomaly Complete Pack have unique and exciting gameplay that allows players to strategize and make tactical decisions in order to complete objectives. In summary, Anomaly: Warzone Earth comes highly recommended to fans of strategy, and will provide limited enjoyment for an equally limited price. I played through the whole game and all of the additional unlocks, and this met all of my desires. Who knows? The truth is, it’s short in comparison to similar titles, and if you are keen to get as much as possible out of this game then you might be disappointed, but it was exactly what I was after. Still, the game does get repetitive, and perhaps the developers were aware of this hence, the limited number of levels. However, on Normal or Hard, things do get far more challenging, and it’s a satisfying game to play. Playing on Casual, players will only be challenged in the very last few levels. While players CAN add support and make changes on the fly, occasionally the action will move so fast that it won’t help, adding some extra stress to an already frantic title. Then, just sit back and see if it worked. I think part of the beauty of these kinds of titles lies in the simplicity of controls – as the Commander, there’s only so much that can be done. As someone that does enjoy strategy titles–and in particular, tower defence titles–I really had a great time. However, there is much enjoyment to be had here. On my iPhone, I was blown away, but it’s less impressive a year on. It does look wonderful for a top-down strategy title, and the designers have put a lot of detail in to the vehicles, enemies, and the cityscape, but the grid based layout of the cities is sterile and dull for an HD title on a large screen TV. Visually, Anomaly: Warzone Earth is unlikely to win any awards. Still, it provides a straightforward foundation for the action, and so achieves its purpose. Personally, given the lack of cut scenes or video to aid in the story telling, I found the level briefs to be dull, and skipped through them… for the most part. In brief, an alien craft has crash-landed on Earth and created an “anomaly”, into which you take your convoy to find and destroy the enemy. That’s not to say the story is bad – it’s just… simple, both in terms of writing and complexity. This XBLA version also includes some additional content – 6 levels of Tactical Trials, which are essentially played out in a “virtualised” training ground environment and again more complicated and hectic than the Story Mode. These challenges are not unlimited (Baghdad contains 10 waves, and Tokyo 18), but they are in some ways more satisfying than the story mode, as the story is dispensed in favour of more fast-paced complex action. It’s a fairly simple title really, with only 14 levels across Baghdad and Tokyo, and completing these will also unlock a wave-based challenge based on each city. Waypoints can be changed on the fly, if necessary, and the Commander can collect and deploy power-ups to support the convoy.Īnd that’s it, in a nutshell. As they travel about destroying targets, the player is awarded money, which can be used to buy more vehicles (players can also sell to buy better ones), or to apply upgrades. ![]() At the beginning of each level, players select vehicles based on the amount of cash at hand, and set waypoints, before releasing the convoy. You control the Commander from top down on foot, which does seem strange given the nature of the war at hand, but … whatever – it works. More ‘Tower Offense’ than ‘Tower Defence’, Anomaly: Warzone Earth puts you in charge of a convoy of mobile armour, primed with a goal to destroy set targets (towers) or reach a specific location. ![]() It is this version that has been ported in full to XBLA, and what a great little port it is. Many gamers will have heard of 11bit Studios’ highly lauded iOS/Android title of last year, Anomaly: Warzone Earth (which is widely regarded as one of the best games on iOS) however, I was surprised to find out it was originally released for the point-and-click crowd on PC and Mac. ![]()
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