MUSHROOM WARS 2 PC

I’d never played the original Mushroom Wars, but I’d heard of it, so Mushroom Wars 2 didn’t intimidate me even though I was new to the franchise. That sense of familiarity goes a long way.

MUSHROOM WARS 2 PC

So it’s no surprise the mobile version of Mushroom Wars 2 came out a year before the PC release, which is what I played for this review. It didn’t pioneer the genre or anything, but it's easy to draw parallels from the cherubic little mushroom soldiers to the clashing clans on phones today.

One need only look at the spate of billion-dollar mobile blockbusters to understand this concept was ahead of its time in 2009. Its predecessor, Mushroom Wars, carries a certain level of cult status among PlayStation fans. The strategy is simple, but the game is not. Mushroom Wars 2 isn’t simple to master, but it is simple to enjoy. And I can’t recall a game in recent memory that made me go from “this is fucking impossible” to “I am unstoppable” as often. But the more time I spent with Mushroom Wars 2, the more it revealed itself as a game with many layers and approaches. Wait until you have more units than your opponent, attack a tower, capture it, rebuild forces and repeat. The aesthetic is sweet and cartoony, and the RTS strategy of managing troop volume appears to be rudimentary mathematics. Mushroom Wars 2 looks, at first glance, like a simple game for simple minds.

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