It’s like having the best of both worlds because you get the portability of mobile plus the ability to easily hook it up to the TV like a console should you so wish. In my case, I decided to experience the franchise for the first time by playing Mushroom Wars 2 on the Nintendo Switch. Initially released on iOS devices in late 2016, Mushroom Wars 2 is the follow-up to the first Mushroom Wars, which, interestingly enough, made its debut on PlayStation 3 before being ported to mobile. Although it’s a solid, chunky campaign, though, it does end up exposing some of the game’s shortcomings. As someone who loves games with campaigns, I was especially looking forward to going through Mushroom Wars 2’s story, which boasts four episodes with 50 missions each. Then again, competitive multiplayer is only one slice of this portobello as Mushroom Wars 2 also has a dedicated campaign that spans several missions. Versus play against other humans is Mushroom Wars 2 at its best, especially when those humans are right next to you and you can see their expressions and reactions. “That is soooo cheap!” she said, laughing at the sight of a bazillion mushroom troops leaving my buildings, only to converge on a single solitary fortification of hers.ĭespite her loss, my niece was clearly having fun.
That’s like blocking an opponent’s shot in basketball and converting a four-point play at the other end.īy the time she realized what I was doing, it was too late.
I especially targeted buildings that produced troops, which had the added effect of taking away my niece’s ability to recruit more fighters while allowing me to grow my own forces. I would then split up and disperse my forces to other buildings, which would cause her to send part of her sizable force to attack my “smaller” outposts, only for me to retreat then have all my forces converge on one of her less defended outposts. All of a sudden, I had a beachhead in the middle of the map. That’s when I got a cheesy yet brilliant idea of waiting for the battle to finish before sending my troops - ALL of them - to attack her weakened forces in said tower to take it from her. Should I dismantle one of the towers? Should I go for broke and try to steal one of her buildings? Fortunately, my niece was new to the game as well and made the mistake of attacking a neutral tower first. As I saw my niece slowly but surely double her troop counts against mine, I felt a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.