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Swords and Soldiers : PS3
Sometimes at two in the morning, I find myself with slightly bleary eyes looking through the Playstation Store and downloading demos. Sometimes at three in the morning, I find myself having enjoyed the demo enough to pay for the real game and one time, that led to my playing Swords and Soldiers.
Swords and Soldiers is a real time side scrolling strategy game. Yup, that old chestnut. This amusing idea is coupled with some cute little graphics, a silly irreverent storyline about chilli peppers and some neat mechanics to make a game. As leader of the army (which can be Viking, Aztec or Chinese, depending on what you are doing), you get to summon up an assortment of men who plod on from left to right, smashing their way through everything they come into contact with in an attempt to do away with the opposing army. To add another level of interaction, you also get to throw the odd magic spell out there to aid your horde, some of which are quite original.
It’s a fun little game and I enjoyed completing the campaign mode (which took a few hours) but there’s not really enough here to have me coming back. Like Mushroom Wars, this is a console real time strategy game with all the problems that has (console controllers are not the king when it comes to ordering armies about) and like that other game, in order to make it work the game is very much a limited experience lacking the depth that even a mediocre true computer game would have. That doesn’t make it a bad experience, but it does mean that there is little calling you back for repeat plays. It’s a true two-in-the-morning game; enjoyable to play when you are tired and hunting around for something quick, but not good enough to set aside time for.
There’s also a multiplayer mode, but for whatever reason (user base?) I could never get a game against another person going, even when I waited for twenty minutes. Shame.
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