It's a little slower than advance wars though in some ways, you have other tactics to worry about like you can select troop brigades with their own special immunities and weaknesses. While the designs are nice and futuristic and the graphics high in detail they loose a sense of proportion in battle sequences in relation to the over head map. also there's a weak sense of character in comparison to advance wars and the simgleplayer campaign was kinda boring. I think multiplayer is probably a lot cooler for this game though. Lots of online and wifi-battle options.