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Generic Star Fox clone (starship dog fighting)

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Once upon a time with SNES a space dog fighting game was born and its name was Star Fox. The graphics were made out of polygons and very little detail was used in the game, but it had a very intense action and star fighting. Star X has recreated Star Fox for the Gameboy Advance, featuring 22 missions (2 per stage with a boss and password at the end of each). The down side about those 22 missions is that they are each fairly short. When you play the second mission you will realize that the odds against you are ridiculous, as wave after wave of ships, cannons, and crafts come after you. Fortunately there are several different varieties of planes, ships, traps, cannons per stage. The graphics are simple and not at all detailed (the game uses polygons to construct everything from scenery, planes, tanks and even lasers that are shot). There is a nice feature when shooting which will allow you to lock onto enemy targets. There is one thing that sums up the game though "generic" you are a nameless starship going against an evil army, but that's it (Bam Entertainment the company that made this game is known for producing clones of games). If you enjoyed Star Fox, you will enjoy this.

Pretty Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Star X is a aracade style fly and fry game which is very similar to Star Fox for the SNES. If you liked that, you will like this. It has the same forced forward scroll levels, as well as some free flying ones in space. There are several different weapons that you can pick up to increase your fire power. There are nine planets, with a challenging boss at the end of each one. A free flying space level follows each planet. My main gripe is the password based save.

Hey! I wrote a review!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ever played Star Fox? Well, if you have, you'll figure out fairly quickly that is is a pretty good clone. (But who says that's a bad thing?) Anyhoo, for those of you who have never enjoyed Star Fox, this is a basic "on-rails" shooter. You pilot a star ship through 22 levels, set in many different environments as enemies come at you head-on. The cool thing about this game is that it features a completely 3-dimensional polygonal graphics engine, a first for Game Boy Advance. Though technically Tony Hawk was the first GBA game to use polygons, Star X uses polygons to create its whole environment, which makes it seem to have a depth that other GBA games lack. Kudos to Graphic State games (the game's developer) for creating such an advanced graphics engine.
Now on to the important stuff. The basic gameplay structure is piloting a spacecraft and destroying enemies while collecting weapon power-ups and missiles along the way. Kind of an arcade concept (like Galaga, except 3d). The levels never get extremely repetitive, and the boss fights are very enjoyable. The only cussup with the gameplay is the controls. They are purely aweful, and when you first purchase it, you might be inclined to try to get a refund. But if you don't, after quite a bit of practice, you'll get used to it. That is the primary problem with the game. The sound is, at best, average, and there are only two different tunes for all 22 courses. It gets repetitive, but you won't really notice. And the only other flaw is that as a cost-saving effort, the developers included a password save, rather than EEPROM, which saves your current game to the cartridge without having to input a password. Normally, this doesn't matter, but with a font where almost all characters look almost identical, you're sure to screw up the password.
This game has a few flaws, but overall, they don't really distract the fun gameplay, and you'll quickly forget about them. Above-average game. 3 1/2 out of 5.

High-flying Star X

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a high-flying, alien-blasting, shoot-em up game. It has very great graphic for the fact that it's not like a handhled X-Box or something. The story: you're a human pilot who went with some diplomats to an alien planet. Hoping for peace your group met with theirs, but the aliens aren't quite the talk it out type of guys so when they see your group they literally blow it up. Now you're the last force between these 'Karask' and earth. Can you stop them before every human is a slave. Fly through 22 missions in 9 alien worlds, including some levels in outer space. Destroy enemy craft. Get power-ups for your laser, shield, and even collect smart-bombs to blow up those aliens. Gun power-ups can go with you to further levels. This game also has a practice mode to get you used to flying before you take on the Karask. About the only con is the cartridge art. Bam! should have put a little more effort into it but art doesn't make a game. You will love this game. Happy gaming.

oh my.....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the worst games I have ever played. I got it on clearance for $...and I still felt like I had paid too much. This is NOT comparible to Star Fox for the SNES. If it was, this would be one of the biggest titles for the GBA. For a shooter, the aim is one of the worst programming jobs I've ever experienced. You can't aim because your cross hairs are constantly drifting to the middle of the screen. I got so frustrated that thoughts of pounding my GBA repeatedly against a sidewalk was seeming like a resonable plan of action. Simply put: WORST GAME EVER.

AWSOME!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just bought this game and was surprised at how cheap it was only $10.00 ,well it is the best game ever.It is a 3D pilot game that reminds me of the arcade games i used to play when i was 10 ,and it is sorta like starfox. But seriously , its the best game ever,action every second,laser flying by , power ups ,and it is especially great on the gameboy player for game cube, it just feels like an arcade game, so basically its great.
But if you dislike flying games,STAY AWAY!!

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