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- Mushroom Wars 2 was previously released on PC and mobile, and while the Switch version rejects the touchscreen-based input method of the latter, directing your mushrooms is a largely intuitive affair. Using a cursor to shift around towers, a trigger hold brings up an arrow to help direct your eager attackers.
- Mushroom Wars 2 was a surprisingly engaging for me. I really wasn’t expecting myself to get pulled into what seemed on the surface to be a simplified RTS. Yet with it’s engaging, layered combat, easy to pick up and play attitude, four episode campaign and some great multiplayer offerings, Mushroom Wars 2 is a title worth spending some time.
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Developer(s) | Zillion Whales |
Publisher(s) | Zillion Whales |
Series | Mushroom Wars |
Engine | Unity |
Platform(s) | iOS, tvOS, Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
Release | iOS, tvOS, Steam, Android |
Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer single-player |
Mushroom Wars 2 is a real-time strategy video game, developed and published by Zillion Whales. It is the sequel to Mushroom Wars, and was released on iOS and tvOS on October 13, 2016[1] and is also available on Android and Steam. Versions for PlayStation 4, and Xbox One are expected to follow soon.[2]
The game is set in a fictional woodland world, where armies of mushrooms face off in dynamic real-time strategy battles. The player picks one of the heroes, characters with unique abilities, to lead the mushroom armies and commands them to take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes with leagues, ranked matches and award system or single-player campaigns with customizable difficulty settings.[3][4]
Building upon the core Mushroom Wars gameplay, Mushrooms Wars 2 features four campaign episodes, one for each tribe of mushroom folk, and competitive multiplayer for up to four people with two-player cooperative mode.[5]
Mushroom Wars 2 neither revolutionize the RTS genre, nor bring new ideas to it, and simply aims for providing a fun and entertaining experience. So if you are not looking for a very deep gameplay or engaging story, Mushroom Wars 2 would be a very good option for you. Oct 18, 2016 The hit strategy game Mushroom Wars returns with Mushroom Wars 2! In this tactical strategy game filled with fun-guys, you’ll be attacking other mushroom men to claim bases for your army. Starfighter overkill 1 1 – intense space shoot em up. Take control of the battlefield by employing different tactics, build new types of towers, and take over the enemy! You can even play the game.
Gameplay[edit]
In Mushroom Wars 2, players command armies in dynamic short-session matches, capturing buildings of opponents, which requires strategic resource management, fast reflexes, and the ability to oversee up to thousands of units at once.
Mushroom Wars 2 features four episodes of story-driven campaign, 50 missions each. A plotless multiplayer mode with custom game option lets players try out new strategies with up to three friends in free-for-all or team-based matches.[6] Skirmish mode also lets players fight against artificial intelligence opponents (computer-controlled).[7]
Before the match, players choose one of several hero characters from 4 mushroom tribes: Shrooms - Rudo or Ayner, Proteus - Marty'O or Cree, Shii'Moris - Stella or Trini, Grims - Pahom or Ankh. Each character has different skills attributable to his specific tribe and applicable to a certain territory or certain buildings.[8] Special abilities bar is filled by the souls of soldiers who die in battles, so the more player fights, the faster he can open one of four unique skills of his character.
There are three types of buildings: villages that produce units, towers that defend a certain radius of territory and forges that create weapons to make the army stronger. Villages can be upgraded three times - the higher the level of upgrade, the more units they fit in and produce troopers faster. Towers can also be upgraded three times, each time increasing their effective radius and rate of attacks. Forges cannot be upgraded. Buildings can be converted into buildings of other types and back.
Players expand their influence on the map by growing armies in the base villages they start from and by capturing neutral buildings or the ones of opponents.[9] There are several winning conditions, different for each match: destroying all the opposing armies by capturing all the buildings on the map; capturing specific buildings faster than the opponents; being first to have the points counted down to zero. A player is defeated if all of his units are destroyed, it also takes capturing all of his buildings.
Development[edit]
Concept of Mushroom Wars 2 was formalized in 2014, when some of the developers of the original Mushroom Wars joined developer Zillion Whales.[10] As soon as the first playable prototype was created, the team started showcasing the game at various conferences, e.g. Comic Con in St. Petersburg, GDC in San Francisco,[11]Gamescom in Cologne. The game is developed using Unity with custom C++ render-plugin.[12]
Reception[edit]
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Awards[edit]
- Best Strategy Game at WNConf 2016[15][16]
- Best in Show at VK Fest 2016[12][17]
- Igromania Choice Award at VK Fest 2016[18]
- Best Mobile Game Nominee at DevGamm[19]
- One of the Best App Store Games of 2016, according to Apple[20]
- Best Mobile Game at GTP Indie Cup 2017[21]
- Best Multiplayer Game at Indie Prize, Casual Connect Asia 2017[22]
References[edit]
- ^'Gamasutra - The Art & Business of Making Games'. www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^'Блоги / Mushroom Wars 2 - грибная легенда возвращается'. PlayGround.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^'Mushroom Wars 2 on Steam'. store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^'Galcon-like Mushroom Wars 2 is out now on iOS'. Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^'Real-time Strategy Action Game Mushroom Wars 2 Outs on iOS / Apple TV Today'. 2P.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^'Real-time Strategy Action Game Mushroom Wars 2 Outs on iOS / Apple TV Today'. 2P.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^'Galcon-like Mushroom Wars 2 is out now on iOS'. Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^'Out Now: Encapsulated Edition'. Pocket Tactics. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^'Mushroom Wars 2 Review'. Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^Сигабатулин, Алексей. 'Mushroom Wars 2: путь от концепта до релиза'. DTF (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^'GDC2016: Day 2'. e2f. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ ab'Mushroom Wars 2: рассказ российских разработчиков о том, какой путь прошла игра от концепта до релиза'. vc.ru. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^'Mushroom Wars 2 for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^'Mushroom Wars 2 for Switch Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^'10th White Nights Gaming Business Conference Lights Up St. Petersburg - Appodeal'. Appodeal. 2016-07-08. Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^'Mushroom Wars 2: путь от концепта до релиза'. DTF. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^'Релиз игры Mushroom Wars 2'. vk.com. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^''Нам написали из Fох с просьбой показать геймплей игры в эпизоде одного из сериалов', — Zillion Whales о первых результатах запуска Mushroom Wars 2 | App2Top'. app2top.ru. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^'Награда ждет своего героя: номинанты DevGAMM Awards'. DevGAMM Minsk 2016 (in Russian). 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^'Apple has named the best apps and games of 2016 in the Russian App Store | ActualApple.com'. actualapple.com. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^'Wall'. vk.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^'Объявлены победители Indie Prize Singapore 2017 | gamesauce.biz'. gamesauce.biz. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
External links[edit]
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What is the concept: Following the devastation of earth, signs of life start to reemerge, as arid wastelands slowly turn green. From these embryonic lands, a multitude of mushrooms are sprouting. But distressingly, they seem destined to repeat the cycle of conflict that has plagued the planet. As such, different factions of fungi battle for domination, bringing a light-hearted, enjoyable, and slightly repetitive real-time strategy experience onto the Switch.
Conquest stages all play out similarly, placing a small battalion of ‘shrooms in teardrop-shaped villages. Left alone, the number of warriors in these settlements will steadily grow until they reach a predefined limit. Periodically, players have the opportunity to upgrade these communities, sacrificing a few fighters for a stronger defense, larger unit capacity, and faster production. Or they can opt to convert these outposts in towers that lack the ability to reproduce but fire at any nearby enemies. Alternatively, forges can be built to bolster your battle stats, trading unit production for stronger, forceful soldiers. Essentially, Mushroom Wars 2, pares down the real-time strategy genre to the essentials, removing factors like resource gathering to focus on engagements where area and army size matter most.
Conflict is most often initiated by directing a portion of a stronghold’s population to invade another tower. Pleasingly, ownership and strength of each fortification is clear, signified by color and a number overhead number that details the number of troops garrisoned inside. Similarly, a bar at the top of the screen shows the size of each army, offering a general assessment of faction strength. The ultimate goal is to overrun the land, making control of the landscape in Conquest mode, or key strongholds when playing Domination.
What are the game’s strengths? Real-time strategy on consoles have a decidedly mixed history, with genre entries habitually hampered by awkward control schemes. Mushroom Wars 2 was previously released on PC and mobile, and while the Switch version rejects the touchscreen-based input method of the latter, directing your mushrooms is a largely intuitive affair. Using a cursor to shift around towers, a trigger hold brings up an arrow to help direct your eager attackers. Pleasingly, the game remembers your last selection, making a blitzkrieg from an array of strongholds quite easy. Different tower upgrades and unit sizes are all mapped to the face buttons, but thanks to pop-up overlays, you’ll quickly be enhancing and sending out a variety of troop sizes intuitively.
Although Mushroom Wars 2 doesn’t use a substantial amount of art, the game makes good use of it’s economical supply of assets. Backdrops employ at painterly approach, while the tiny mushroom soldiers move in bullet-hell patterns until their demise generates translucent spirits that rise skyward. As such, the game’s art work is attractive while avoiding being so busy that it prohibits easy reading of the battlefield. Musically, the game employs vocal choruses and exotic rhythms, endowing the actions with an otherworldly texture that complements the peculiar confrontation between mushrooms.
What are the game’s weaknesses? Beyond Mushroom Wars 2’s snub of touchscreen input, a few other faults occurred during play. Once the game hard crashed, requiring a system reset. Another oddity is the game’s hunt for an internet connection, even during solo offline play. While the game is always playable, periodically a nag screen emerges before jumping into a mode reminding players of the lack of internet connection. That said, when are online, the game’s matches are relatively lag-free if you are able to find a competitor.
Mushroom Wars 2 packs a healthy amount of content, with two separate campaigns, multiplayers matcher against local and online foes, and even the option to battle bots. Although there’s an attempt at variety with elements like boss battles and a mixing of starting situations across the campaign, play can grow tedious across long sessions. Navicat premium essentials 12 1 19 0. Parodically, battles can devolve into wars of attrition for a single tower, with supremacy repeatedly shifting back and forth. This can make the usual ten-to-fifteen minutes game stretch out much longer, if you don’t opt to restart the round.
Is the game worth the asking price? The Switch iteration of Mushroom Wars 2 is priced five dollars more than the PC version, but its cheaper than if you were to buy all the piece meal content for the free-to-play mobile version. Commit to the twenty-dollar asking price and the title provides an amble amount of content, but like a buffet filled with nothing but mushrooms, you might get burned-out if you consume too much at a single sitting.
Mushroom Wars 2 was played on the Switch
with review code provided by the publisher.
with review code provided by the publisher.
Mushroom Wars 2
Platform: Switch, also available on PC, mobile
Developer: Zillion Whales
Publisher: Zillion Whales
Release date: July 5th, 2018
Price: $19.99 via digital download
Platform: Switch, also available on PC, mobile
Developer: Zillion Whales
Publisher: Zillion Whales
Release date: July 5th, 2018
Price: $19.99 via digital download
Review Overview
Controls - 80%
Content - 80%
Performance - 70%
Summary : Despite a few technical blemishes, Mushroom Wars 2 is enjoyable effort, especially if you’re yearning for real-time strategy on your Switch.
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User Rating: 3.55( 1 votes)