Advanced Wars 2 - Ring Islands

[TheBrsrkr]

For those who haven't played it, Advanced Wars is a series that started off on the GameBoy Advance as a simple turn based military strategy game. You could pick from a list of characters called COs that all had different specialties and failings, use terrain to your advantage, there were powers and supers that magnify a certain aspect for a turn, and it was generally a colorful , deep yet simple smörgåsbord of destruction and fun.

Now, after you beat the campaign, there were War room maps created to put you at a starting disadvantage (as usual) and you work your way out from there. Usually it's the enemy spawning with more territory under their control, pre-deployed units, starting out with an airport or port that you don't have or a combination of those factors. Problem is, I've been playing this game for something like 8 years now, so I know the AI like the back of my hand in most cases. So I beat everyone on every level in all three games more times than I can count, except Ring Islands.

It's the only level I've actually LOST, even in the campaign. It's ridiculous. 8 years and I can't beat a level? I don't even know why this enrages me so much. It doesn't even look like a difficult level (though I can't find the map online, which is weird) it's a typical sandwich where I'm in the middle. One enemy specializes in indirect combat, and the other in weather manipulation. The indirect combat specialist, Grit, is always a handful, but Olaf is a pushover. They're on opposite sides of the map, fighting separately. It isn't even the hardest level, it's more in the mid tier of difficulty. I fought much tougher and cheaper teams and won. What am I doing wrong here? Can any old school player help me out here? This is literally the only game (and Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, ugh) I have ever played in my entire life that I haven't completely beaten, qnd I have well over 800 games in all.

[DAFIRE]

I initially thought this was a warframe parody because I read RNG islands instead of ring,oh well..

[Valkyr-Umbra]

I love advance wars and fire emblem, I've played every game in the advance wars series to the finish. It looks like there are some lets-play videos up about this map, maybe one of them will help?

 

 

Maybe I'll boot up my old cartridge a bit later and give it a shot (or use an emulator for a rom version) this sounds interesting.

Edited November 15, 2015 by Snowman486

[Ahcruna]

For those who haven't played it, Advanced Wars is a series that started off on the GameBoy Advance as a simple turn based military strategy game.

 

Actually, the series has been around since the NES.

a lot of the early games are japanese only though.

 

 

 

 

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There was a hole here, now it's gone. I guess...  (╯°Д°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[TheBrsrkr]

I love advance wars and fire emblem, I've played every game in the advance wars series to the finish. It looks like there are some lets-play videos up about this map, maybe one of them will help?

Maybe I'll boot up my old cartridge a bit later and give it a shot (or use an emulator for a rom version) this sounds interesting.

This is the sane walkthrough I tried out today, actually. But when I tried capturing the bases and putting pressure on Olaf, he basically spammed recon units until they all died, and blocked my tank from advancing with pure spam. It cost me too much to reclaim it, and by then Olaf had like 4 subs and Grit was blowing the crap out of me with battleships.

It's weird, because I got Bs and above on every mission after it, and S on every mission before (except Point Stormy). This should be a piece of cake.

Edited November 15, 2015 by TheBrsrkr

[Trailgamer5]

Advanced Warfare

[(PSN)Pharen]

Ahh, advanced wars, I used to play this on my GBA emulator. The only issue is how damn long it takes to win (or lose)

Edited November 16, 2015 by (PS4)Pharen