Great Big War Game is a turned based, combat game for your Windows Phone 8 device. The game has four gaming modes and fifty missions in the single player, campaign mode.
Graphics and animations are nice and game play against the computer challenging enough to make Great Big War Game an entertaining stand alone game. All totaled, Great Big War Game is a fantastic addition to our Windows Phone 8 gaming library.
The main menus for the Great Big War Game are divided into two parts. The first gives you access the the help and options menus and the second provides your game mode options. The Help and Options menus provides an extensive help section and your gaming settings that include sound/music levels along with a handful of gaming environment settings.
Your gaming mode options include:
- Campaign Mode: This is a fifty mission campaign where you have a series of objectives that mostly call for you to take out the enemy General. Missions get progressively difficult and slowly introduce different troops on both sides of the battlefield.
- Skirmish Mode: This mode is more for those times you want a quick game but nothing too involved. The mission goal is rather simple, wipe out the enemy.
- Pass and Play: A two player game where you are tasked to wipe out your opponents army. Just as your opponent is working towards wiping the floor with your army.
- Play Online: Just as the title implies. It is a two player, turned based match played online. You take turns in an effort to wipe out your opponents troops. Online play requires an account with Rubicon (free).
The game screen has the map of your battlefield along with vital stats running across the top of the screen. From left to right you will find the pause button, the day of your battle along with your coin total, your objective (campaign mode), a do-over button and a play button.
The Campaign Mode does have a series of dialog boxes and story boards that can easily be skipped by tapping the screen to get you into combat quicker.
Game play is about the same regardless of the game mode you dive into. Just tap on your military unit and colored circles will appear on the map to indicate where that particular unit can move to. If you are in range of an enemy unit, tapping your unit will highlight any potential targets. To battle that unit, just tap on it. Once you are through with all the moves and attacks, tap the play button and your opponent gets their shot at you.
Great Big War Game is a fun game whether you are tackling the Campaign mode, battling a friend or taking your skills online. Playing against the computer is challenging, animations are nice and the commentary from the troops is humorous. My only nit is that the print in the dialog boxes is awfully tiny. Then again, it could be a sign that it's time to see the eye doctor.
There is a free trial available for Great Big War Game that is limited to the first three battles in the Campaign Mode and the Play Online Mode. The full version is $2.99 and you can find it all here in the Windows Phone Store.
