In fact, the latter seem to unbalance the game in your favour. While it makes for a more substantial game, it exacerbates the repetition of its core ideas, even if in theory the additions (cavalry troops, spies) should add variety. It still offers the same side-on tower-defence mechanics as the original game, but here they’ve been expanded to account for more unit types and three different campaigns. When you’re towards the end of a particularly laborious later level – and boy are there a few of those – having to start again is knuckle-chewingly frustrating. Unfortunately, the code seems as flimsy as the tutorial, prone as it is to booting you back to your iPhone or iPad’s menu screen. Trenches II then decides it’s bored of explaining itself, and proceeds to gloss over a host of important mechanics in a series of glib text boxes that entirely fail to cover what is fairly crucial information. But while its longevity issues have been fixed, a few inexplicable adjustments make this game significantly worse than its predecessor.įor starters, there’s the tutorial, a quite gobsmackingly inadequate introduction that fails to explain a game element before hastily failing to explain the next. There’s a degree of anticipation for its sequel, then. Crush your enemies with flamethrowers, cluster bombs, rail guns, and the ultimate World War I vehicle – the tank.The original Trenches was a generally well-received strategy game – at the time of writing, it currently sits on a Quality Index score of 7.9, with most complaints levelled at its brevity.

Lead the charge with strategic placement of military units and weapons. Use the environment to flank the enemy – or take cover.Ĭhoose your allegiance and play as the British, Germans, French – and now the Russians!

Win battles to earn Perk points and upgrade your offensive, defensive and support forces.įight through the “Fog of War”, as you steer troops through trenches, wire, tank traps and landmines. Customize your army with more than 20 different units. Lead the troops through over 100 locations in a non-linear campaign – engaging in many of the most decisive and game-changing battles of the entire conflict. The Great War has arrived and it’s time to take to the trenches again!