Drone Tactics

Nintendo exclusive

Transported to an alien world, you find yourself in the middle of a great conflict. An army of evil Drones is on the march, threatening to obliterate the land of Cimexus. Its inhabitants now turn to you to lead them in battle against the Black Swarm. Each level offers new challenges, and taking full advantage of each Drone's unique specialties will be the difference between success and defeat!

Released: 2 August 2007
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Strategy Turn-based strategy
Developers: Success
Publishers: Success
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E10+
Composers: Motoi Sakuraba

About

Drone Tactics (昆虫ウォーズ Konchuu Wars in Japan) is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published in Japan by Success and published in North America by Atlus for the Nintendo DS, which was released on May 13, 2008. The story follows two school children who find small insects from another world, and help them save it from an impending threat. Drone Tactics received positive reviews upon release. Critics praised the gameplay but criticized the story and characters for skewing towards a younger audience.

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Gameplay

The player controls giant robot insects called Drones. The Drones have more than 100 different customizable weapons and upgrades. Alongside dozens of campaign operations in the game's story mode, the game features over 70 maps and local multiplayer play.

Story

The story follows two young school children named Yamato and Tsubasa who find two small insects, a butterfly named Y-Ite and a rhino beetle named K-Buto. The insects came from a world called Cimexus and were looking for human allies to save their home world from an impending threat called the Black Swarm. The two children agree to help and head to Cimexus to fight the Black Swarm.

Reception

Drone Tactics received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Eurogamer called Drone Tactics a "superior example of turn-based strategy". RPGFan criticised the plot, but called Drone Tactics "an excellent Strategy RPG". GameZone also criticised the story, calling it "groan-inducing for anyone over the age of 12", but praised the gameplay, saying it is a "deep, fun strategy-RPG". GamesRadar commented that the "school age heroes, "let's be friends" story, and insect-like robots are clearly meant to endear the game to a younger audience and to escape the ire of nervous parents that thought Advance Wars or Custom Robo were too violent."