very basic and repetitive in single player but much more fun with a few friends who want a fast moving but not too complicated strategy game.

Future Wars is about as simple as a modern turn-based strategy game can get these days. It's red versus blue, with each team fielding similar units that use similar tactics. The maps are completely utilitarian to the point of redundancy, and any story the game has is relegated to the background in favor of getting the player from Map A to Map B as painlessly as possible.

The overall lack of variety means that you're essentially playing the same linear game over and over again. Future Wars has an editor, but what's the point when everything you create is going to feel exactly like the last map?

Not really worth it for any price.

I bought Future Wars on sale because I have always been a big fan of turn-based games, and since they are getting rarer these days, I get my hands on any game of this type I can find. Here's the game in a nutshell: both in game (story sets you up as a student in a war academy) and in reality, it is a lengthy tutorial of a turn-based tactical wargame. It's a great introduction to people new to this type of game, or even seasoned wargamers looking for something on the lighter side, but the novelty wears off relatively quickly. Reasons for this: you always wait for the game to "take off", but it really never leaves the confines of your academy-style missions, and the absolutely horrid AI, which takes away any feeling of accomplishment with your victories. Nevertheless, the clean, well-drawn graphics, turn-based gameplay with rock/paper/scissors unit concepts and relative rarity of this type of game makes it a good buy for anyone interested in a very light tactical wargame.

Future Wars is quite nice strategy game. The Story is childish, but I liked it. Turn-based system of gameplay is that, what I like the most. The worst thing is that, Future Wars becomes boring and this is the most important disadvantage of the game. Graphics isn't spectacular, the same thing I can say about music. But if you like this type of games, you should buy it.

I really don't liked this game. Story was just... Heh Kids will make better. RPS philosophy isn't that thing for what it need to love. There wasn't any rain, snow even night in game. After some day playing with Map Editor(Only thing in this game what i liked) i get bored. Because every time it's the same island...

Whatever this game isn't must buy, but good if you like TBS or Table Games(I found many similarity) :)

This game is an excellent adaptation of one of my favorite games of all time (i.e. the master of them all...."Nectares Military Madness". This is a must-have game!

I was pleasantly surprised by this charming title. It is hard not to compare Future Wars to the NDS Advance Wars titles. Both share similar game-play mechanics: straight-forward Rock/Paper/Scissors philosophy, and the need to capture cities for income, and factories to produce units with said income. Despite the graphical differences, they also share a similar visual theme, with light-hearted blue and red units.

The campaign is entertaining but too easy at many points. The story and dialogue are over-the-top cheesy, but I didn't find it detracted from the game-play.

The map editor is surprisingly easy to use, and the game also comes with a slew of documentation, everything from the manual to guides on modding or tweaking the AI.

Speaking of which, if I have one gripe with the game it is that hot-seat and play-by-mail are the only multiplayer modes. I find myself wanting more immediate games against human opponents.

Bottom Line: Future War is a laid-back TBS game along the lines of Advance Wars or Shattered Union. The game-play is darn quick, for a turn-based game, and very easy to get into, which makes the lack of IP or server based multiplayer a mild let-down. The developers seem to have stuck close to the KISS philosophy of game design, and I believe it has paid off.