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Starship Troopers meets Turok 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: December 07, 1999
Author: Amazon User

As expected, this game looks and plays like Turok 2, with a touch of Starship Troopers. The gameplay is as good as possible, making this one of the best N64 games on the market. Buy it today.

One word - Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 12, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Wow! If you like Turok 2-style gmaes, you`ll love this game. It has the same realistic feel but offers so much more to the gamer. It is much better to be played on a bigger screen TV so that you can see yourself blast away the buggers!

Just another 1st person shooter

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: December 26, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Armorines is a game that we have all played before. If you have played Turok, Quake, Doom, etc. then you have played this game. Not only that, the levels are short, there are very few weapons and the control options are bizarre and take some time to get used to (pushing left/right on the control stick causes you to strafe in that direction, not turn! ). Aiming and performing delicate maneuvers is a chore and the environments look like cardboard cutouts. The sound is nothing extraordinary. Acclaim should have taken a look at Medal of Honor and applied the same detail to a game that had potential, but ended up as a mediocre shooter. This game is boring.

Uh... what IS this crud?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 12 / 20
Date: January 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game just doesn't feel good. (Quake II for the N64 feels good. Turok 2 and Turok Rage Wars feel good.) But everything about the interface and gameplay is just plain awkward.

Aside from gameplay, the game's interfaces are all very poorly done. Want to change your controller options? You have a choice between Regular, and Alt1, Alt2 and Alt3 -- but there are no diagrams to explain what those different options even mean!

And even if the feel of the game was good, and the menus weren't confusing -- the missions are poor. In my last game (and I mean my *last* game) I spent the last 5 minutes running around thinking "what am I supposed to be doing now", until my character became accidentally lodged in a wall and couldn't break free. Boy, that's good fun.

There's not even a demo or opening animation to watch at the beginning of the game.

How the venerable Iguana studios (creators of the Turok games) let this half finished crock out the door is beyond me.

Fun Complications

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is sorta hard and challenging yet it's one of the best N64 games that I have played. The gameplay is kind of complex and there are a lot of puzzles that are very tricky. Whether you hate bugs or just like blowing stuff up this game is for you. It's also a TUROK fan's dream. I would not reccommend this game for the faint of heart or the easily grossed out.

Great Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is a must for the gamer that has friends or siblings. One of my biggest problems is having to take turns playing, but not in this game. The cooperative mode is extremly fun, and also takes down the difficuty. This feature more than makes up for the small multiplayer modes, which are still very fun. My personal favorite is the "king of the hill" mode where you and your buddies battle to stay near a flag the longest. The main game is short but still fun there is always a suprise to find. So if you need a good multi-player game get this.

Great animations

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: March 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

One of the most impressive things in this game is the bug animations. I never have seen anything like it. I enjoy getting close to them and watch how they move. You can even (sometimes) walk right up to them with out them even noticing you. My favorite type of bugs are the ones in Egypt. The weapons are also cool. The sound effects as well gives in a new strength. For anyone who has played Turok, they should be able to master the controls quite perfectly.

Greatest game ever!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Armorines Project S.W.A.R.M. is one of the best games ever. Before I thought turok and a couple other games just didn't have a great story line. I was looking for a game that could be fun and also have a great story line. When I saw this in the shelves i was thinking that if it was made by acclaim why get it? But I decided to give them another try. I played it and within 10 minutes I was hooked. The great realism of the characters and monsters were extraordinary. It was great how the AI ran and the "BUGS" did things themselves. If you hid in a hole they would search for you and try to get you. I also liked the idea of the "QUEENS" it was pretty cool.

Well, Armorines tried. It really did.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When you look at the title of a game like this, it makes you think, "Man, that's got to be a good game!" Sadly enough, Armorines doesn't live up to its name. Yes, it has lots of levels, four-player support, big bugs, and gruesome effects, but if I tell you these things: you might be enticed to buy the game. Here's the 411: Levels are too dark and confusing. There are very few characters to choose from. Bugs never appear in big groups to be a real threat. Controls are sloppy and way too responsive. The four-player mode is okay at best, but again: controls prohibit any accurate shooting. The two-player co-op mode is the ONLY aspect that saves Armorines. Unfortunately, it's too "gotta hurry and do this" and your friend will never fully get into it. But if you're a big fan of first-person shooters, then you might find something interesting in this package. If you really want a good bug-squashing game, though, then check out Body Harvest or Jet Force Gemini.

Really Bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game a few years ago, when it first came out. It was SO BAD and it still is. I have to admit, i saw the commercials on tv and the game looked pretty cool, kinda like turok, but it isnt. The controls are horrible, making it impossible to shoot accurately. The graphics are too fuzzy and dark, making it extremely hard to see ememies. There is really no story to why you are running around shooting bugs. Its really sad, you can tell acclaim got the idea for this game when starship troopers was out in the theaters, and rushed to get it out as quick as possible. If you want a first person shooter, get goldeneye, perfect dark, any quake, or any fps that was a hit on the pc that was ported to n64

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