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A good, but not great game
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Rating: 3,
Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User
Battleship is a classic board game, but as anyone who owns a video game console or two knows - board games get old fast. This means a video game take on a board game is usually a failed experiment. However, with Battleship, the video game company decided to step things up a notch, and make a game that was far superior to its board game counterpart. Did they succeed? Read on for my review of Battleship - for the Game Boy.
PROS:
-The biggest problem with the classic Battleship board game was that you needed a friend to play with. That's not a problem here, because you can simply play the computer if you wish.
-If you still want to play with your friend, the game is two-player compatible, provided you have the proper equipment.
-Perhaps the greatest superiority about this game over its original board game counterpart is that you don't have to worry about losing those little pegs and ships.
-To make gameplay progress faster, the board is smaller (it's an eight-by-eight grid rather than a ten-by-ten grid like the board game uses.)
-Though the game, for the most part, follows the "take turns firing one shot" strategy the board game does, there are also special weapons you can use. This makes the game MUCH MORE ENTERTAINING than the board game version.
CONS:
-As with all classic Game Boy games, if you want to link up and play against your buddy, you need two Game Boys, two Game Paks, and a link cable. Together that's a pretty hefty price tag!
-The computer cheats. It has an UNLIMITED SUPPLY of special weaponry, and whenever it uses a special weapon, IT NEVER MISSES. Expect to lose to the computer A LOT.
OVERALL:
Overall this is a pretty good game, albeit a bit dated. If you find this one in the budget bin, it's a worthwhile timekiller. Just don't pay too much for it - it's a good game, but it's nothing revolutionary.
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