Micro management is possible but highly impractical due to the nature of the interface, and the inability to view the stats of individual enemy units means there’s a lot of guesswork involved when planning out a raid. The game seems to borrow a page from Final Fantasy: Revenant Wings (Nintendo DS) in that you’re encouraged to simply move your fighting mob all at once to overwhelm your enemies as you go. Unfortunately, War Commander lacks the functionality to compete as a truly meaningful RTS. Micro transactions are tied to options for the player to speed up production, but using Facebook credits never feels absolutely necessary. You’ll need to build up your base with resource structures and training facilities, and it can be a bit slow going at first. However, it’s the type of game that requires little more than a desire to plunder.Īs with other Facebook strategy games like Global Warfare, players are given a newbie grace period: an opportunity to get their army up and running before becoming fair game to the rest of the community. There’s no real story to speak of, and the premise itself is paper thing. Getting started with the game is quick and easy, and the quest system does a great job keeping you on track. Whereas the newly released The Stratagems offered a deep and deeply rewarding strategy experience at the cost of a huge learning curve, War Commander is very inviting to newcomers of the genre. You’ll command multiple units, á la Starcraft, but control has been streamlined in a way that seems to work particularly well as quick-fix, Facebook experience. The game is set in a sort of space-marine world reminiscent of Halo or Gears of War. Kixeye has put together a new real-time strategy (RTS) game that pushes the envelope in terms of mature content on the platform, but does the hardcore formula of War Commander translate well for this mostly casual audience?Īt the outset, War Commander tosses players right into the fray by having you help out a small group of fellow soldiers. War Commander is a decent introduction to real-time strategy, but its foundation is less than sturdyĪs Facebook pushes forward to secure its place on the Internet as one of the most relevant social infrastructures, its gaming arm is, likewise, continuing to grow up.
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