Cube Strategy | Cubemen 2 Wii U Review

<p>Indie developers have been extremely creative lately when it comes to the Wii U&period; It seems there is no limit to the amount of imagination developers have while they produce innovative games for Nintendo’s latest home console&period; The indie company&comma; 3 Sprockets from Melbourne&comma; Australia&comma; developed a sequel to <em>Cubemen<&sol;em> and this time around the customization is endless&period; <em>Cubemen 2<&sol;em>&comma; published by Nnooo&comma; for the Wii U is a 3D strategy game for those who are looking for a test of brain power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At first glance&comma; <em>Cubemen 2<&sol;em> looks to be a <em>Minecraft<&sol;em>-like game&period; They both use the popular block design for territories and characters&period; After taking a longer look at the screenshots and trailer&comma; the fog lifts and a customizable game of pixel warfare stares back at you through blocky eyes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;cube-strategy-cubemen-2-wii-u-review&sol;cubemen-2-red-level&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-65785"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65785" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;05075120&sol;cubemen-2-red-level&period;png" alt&equals;"cubemen-2-red-level" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Being able to swap out the design of the level allows the individual player to take full control of their visual experience within the game&period; 3 Sprockets allows the player to change the background song too&excl; Since the level structure is against a plain-colored background and the only shape is a cube&comma; the aesthetic options ensure every players’ experience of <em>Cubemen 2<&sol;em> is unique&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By changing my level pattern to the Medieval set and using the ninja skin for my cubemen&comma; I set up my own story of rabid pink-clothed ninja’s fighting off an enemy invader&period; The beauty of this simplistic looking game is imagining and creating your own battles&period; Having twenty skins for my units of cubemen&comma; a player can make spacemen fight in ancient Egypt or have green shirted cowboys fight in a digital city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As much as the level patterns and unit skins have an impact on the visual aspect of <em>Cubemen 2<&sol;em>&comma; it is the strategy that takes the stage of this production&period; Building a level with floating terrain&comma; teleports and health stations is a fun way to dream up a gruesome battleground&period; Playing against AI is the best way to practice and plan out battles before playing with real players&period; You must position your men quickly since enemies can destroy your tower in the span of three minutes&period; There is a limit to how many which cubemen you use&period; The only way to use a cubeman is by purchasing one with in-game currency&colon; cubes&period; Each new level gives you a limited number of cubes and the only way to earn more cubes is by blowing up opposing cubemen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;cube-strategy-cubemen-2-wii-u-review&sol;cubemen-2-battle&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-65786"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65786" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;05075108&sol;cubemen-2-battle&period;png" alt&equals;"cubemen-2-battle" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unfortunately&comma; there is a disappointment with the unit skins&period; With twenty alternate options&comma; not a single one is a female version&period; Technically the ninja&comma; mummy and spaceman could be females but a pirate girl or a princess would be a nice welcome&period; Besides the lack of female skins&comma; there is no reason to keep the TV set on since the entire game can be played from the GamePad&period; Having the same exact image on both screens is not necessary for Cubemen 2 because everything happens on the touchpad&period; Using the stylus you move specific units to their positions and you can design your own level by dropping blocks on the grid&period; The television screen could show different angles of the level while fighting or have close ups of units battling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Using the complexity of chess and mixing it up with a new board and pieces&comma; 3 Sprockets have improved upon their first <em>Cubmen<&sol;em> game&period; With seven various game modes&comma; there is never ending strategy battles for the strong hearted&period; <em>Cubemen 2<&sol;em> is also avaliable through Steam for Mac&comma; Windows and Linux in addition to iOS devices&period; Cross-platform play is a plus for those who want to battle their friends without using the same systems&period; Being only &dollar;7&period;99 in the U&period;S&period;&comma; it is worth the money and time to play for those who love strategy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;