Max Payne
TheGame Boy Advanceis one ofNintendo’smost beloved handheld systems . First - political party games likeMetroid : Zero MissionandPokémon Ruby and Sapphireendeared the Game Boy Advance to those who play them , but plenty of other great , overlooked games and obscure gems come to the cabinet .
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These innovations resulted in some telling artwork for such a humble system , and a few of the game in the leaning below employed these 3D method . More than that , though , the take after Game Boy Advance games prove the right-down variety of experience available on a handheld in the main known for 2DPokémonandFire Emblemgames .
GBA Hidden Gems: Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance
A downsized port wine of theconsoleDungeons & DragonsRPG , Baldur ’s Gate : Dark Alliance ’s isometric point of view may invoke classic CRPGs likeBaldur ’s Gate 2and the originalFallout , but it ’s more action - focalise andDiablo - similar than its forerunner . Using a real - time translation of theD&D3rd Edition rule set , thespian pilot donjon , collect loot , and shoot down enemies with hack - and - slash scrap . The GBA reading ofDark Alliancelacks the co - op of its cabinet brethren , but it is otherwise a fairly direct translation of the well - receive 2001 RPG .
GBA Hidden Gems: Max Payne
port an already isometrical cabinet game to an isometrical GBA game may have seemed like a no - brainer , but doing the same forthird - somebody shooterMax Paynewas a high-risk move . Möbius Entertainment , which would after become Rockstar Leeds , successfully did so , porting the original ’s iconic slow - movement dive - shooting to the 32 - bit hardware with polygonal grapheme models . Max PayneGBA retain the console game ’s tarradiddle and locations ( albeit with some overlook grade ) , as well as voice - over for the comic book - style cutscenes .
GBA Hidden Gems: Rebelstar: Tactical Command
BehindRebelstar : Tactical Command ’s terrible cover art is a strong tactics game from the Jehovah of the originalX - COM . BetweenAdvance Wars , Fire Emblem , andFinal Fantasy Tactics Advance , the GBA had no famine of hearty tactical RPGs , but lover of the genre looking for something with a dissimilar mise en scene should check out the sci - fiTactical Command . It distinguishes itself from those other games in its gameplay , too , use a close - up , cover - based arrangement more likeX - COM(complete with an " overwatch " power ) than the soar up - out battles ofFire Emblemor the face - to - face skirmishes ofFinal Fantasy .
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GBA Hidden Gems: The Sims 2
WhileThe Sims 2 ’s claim imply it ’s a unbowed - up port of the PC and console life simulation biz , the GBA version takes things to some very weird place . The adventure begin in Strangetown , where chapters themed as episode of a realness TV show ( which the township ’s citizen are n’t cognisant of ) charge players on a sort of goofy charge . They ’ll have to manage with an alien invasion , confront the top executive of a rat infestation , and even shrink down to conflict bugs . Mini games in the form of commercial interruption break up the pace , adding further wackiness to the experience . Likethe rest ofThe Simsgameson GBA , The Sims 2is dragged down by grind and tedium , but patient players will discover much to care .
GBA Hidden Gems: Tony Hawk’s Underground
Tony Hawk ’s Pro Skater 2is the highest - rated Game Boy Advance secret plan , other than the GBAA Link to the Pastport , according toMetacritic . As a launching claim for the system , it surprised critics and devotee with its telling translation of the franchise to an isometric perspective , garnering widespread plaudit . unluckily , THPS 2 ’s other successmeant the rest of the series ' GBA championship last in its dark . Tony Hawk ’s Pro Skater 4has perhaps the most unstable and pleasurable gameplay of the GBA introduction ( though almost all of them are truly fun ) , butTony Hawk ’s Undergroundis more fully have . Its RPG - style progression will keep players busy unlock unexampled skill and areas for hr , and the scant story helps form a stronger connection to actor ' customized skater , make it easier to get invested .
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TheGame Boy Advancereleased in North America on June 11 , 2001 .
