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Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (XSX) game cover art
Platform: DS
Tags: Strategy, Turn-Based, Sci-Fi
Developer: Intelligent Systems
AKA: Advance Wars: Dark Conflict (EU), Famicom Wars DS 2 (JP)
Publisher
Region
Released
NA
01/21/2008
EU
01/25/2008
JP
10/30/2013

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Staff Reviews

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Reviewed February 07, 2008

Paul Josua says: "Fans of the series will find Days of Ruin the perfect sequel, but those who don’t enjoy the slow pace and steep difficulty curve won’t find anything new to tempt them."
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Reader Reviews

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Reviewed February 18, 2008

Crazyreyn says: "What do you do when the world is devastated by meteorites? Band together the survivors and work toward resurrecting civilization? Nope - you keep on fighting, duh! The game has a crack at this untested scenario in the latest iteration of the Advance Wars series. Gone are the cute and cuddly tanks that would not look out of place at a kids birthday party; missing, presumed dead are the old COs (not Andy! I hear you scream in terror) and in its place is a bleak and barren world, effectively brough..."
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Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Reviewed February 05, 2008

disco says: "You get used to it eventually. The smell, I mean. The stench of decaying bodies and burnt flesh. It’s especially bad during the day; as the heat rises off the ground, it makes everything rot so much faster. You can’t avoid it, either. There will always be corpses, no matter where you look. Millions of them, piled high in these ruined cities. Most of them don’t even look human anymore; just maggot-ridden bags of meat with their eyes eaten out and their bones exposed. If you accidentally step on o..."
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Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Reviewed February 18, 2008

woodhouse says: "It's a good thing the familiar characters from the three previous Advance Wars games didn't return for this fourth installment; most of them would be dead. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin takes place immediately after a devastating meteor shower snuffs out virtually the entire population. Massive clouds of ash and dust now blot out all sunlight, leaving those remaining to scavenge the rotting corpse of society for supplies and shelter, fighting against nature and each other for survi..."
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Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Reviews Around the Internet

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AVG
8.5

External Site
Rating
9/10

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