Glory Days 2 preview for Nintendo DS

This autumn, you can take command of your very own army with Glory Days 2 on the Nintendo DS. This 2D war strategy sequel mixes tactics with action and will see you preparing for and then managing your troops and weapons in battle, progressing, if all goes to plan, to higher levels of armoury and skill. We've had a sneak preview and a chance to play the game pre-release, and we can tell you what to expect in our full Glory Days 2 preview for Nintendo DS now!

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Glory Days 2 preview for Nintendo DS
Glory Days 2 is an original concept – if you’re able to ignore the existence of Glory Days 1 – that gives you a mixture of strategy game and hot side-scrolling 2D war action in one impressive package. You’re in the hot seat. In fact, you’re the commander of a whole army, given permission to do whatever it takes to keep your troops alive and victorious.
The game uses the DS’s hardware perfectly, as there’s not just some rubbish map on Screen Two here. Instead, the top screen shows you, your little man – on his feet, in an aeroplane, firing off missiles or doing whatever he has to do to survive – while the bottom screen is better described as your troop management section.
It’s down here, with the buttons or stylus, that you lo ok after the broader aspect of war. And it’s here that the strategy element comes into play. You have to secure bases, gather resources to build your desired military hardware, protect civilians and decide how best to spend your tour of duty. Only then do you get to do the fun blowing stuff up bits of the game.