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Sunday, May 9, 2004

Into the Depths...
...Of Game Boy Advance. Yesterday, my brother purchased Operation Armored Liberation for $10. If the price isn't enough of a hint, this game is wholly mediocre.

The game plays off of the second Iraq war, with you driving a tank around the same bland, tan-and-blue environments. What's more? To play the game without dying, you have to navigate around landmines with a green "radar" screen populated by little black dots, and small symbols for enemy forces (tanks, helicopters, etc).

Speaking of enemies, in a war, one typicall runs into multiple foes at once. However, in this game, when you fight a tank, you fight one tank. Just one. The enemies are also horrendously pixellated, and are much more maneuverable than you, despite the fact that their equipment is 20 years+ out of date!

There is also no real story to this game, save the occasional "This is your mission, blah-blah-blah" screen. No characters either, except a non-animated picture of an officer in desert camo attire, who is always pointing at the same spot on the same map.

If you're looking for an end-all, high-quality game for the GBA, go pick up Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance or the new Metroid game. However, if all you're looking for is a cheap way to spend 10 bucks, and you just need a way to pass the time on the bus ride to school, go for it. I give Operation Armored Assault a 2/5.

My brother seems to take the faults of this game as a reflection upon the limited quality of the GBA. This is a very erroneous point of view. Games like Tactics Advance, or Advanced Wars 2 show that you can get high-quality handheld gaming from Nintendo. Armored Assault is a game that seems rushed, and it also seems to play off of the fervent patriotism caused by the events of Operation Iraqi Freedom (or whatever it's called these days). It's not as bad as Patriotic Pinball for the PlayStation 1, but it's close as far as mediocrity. At least the game offers a challenge as far as accurately aiming your turret and shooting whatever spritely terrorizle you're trying to dispatch. But that's about it. Like I said, 2/5. No more.
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