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Fly through the skies of Metro City as Astro, the robotic
superhero who defends all that is good. With the strength
and power of 100,000 horses, a rapid firing arm cannon and
laser beam attacks, battle against devilish robots to ultimately
discover your human spirit - the Omega Factor!...
Astro
Boy: Omega Factor is
a pretty engaging game. It's a simple case of fighting through
the levels and defeating all the meanies in your path. The
game shifts between beat em up levels, flying scrolling segments
(where you soar through the sky shooting winged bad guys)
and areas where you have to run around talking to characters
in order to progress to other levels. To
be honest the flying segments are a little dull (and very
simple to complete) but thankfully they don't last that long.
Astro
Boy himself has a long and interesting history in Japan. He
originally appeared as a boy robot in 1952 as Tetsuwan Atom
- the creation of Japan's answer to Walt Disney, Osamu Tezuka.
Those familiar with Tezuka's creation will be pleased to see
that over 50 of his original characters are included in the
game for Astro Boy to interact with. Oh, and don't worry if
you know nothing about Astro Boy's history - it's not essential
to enjoy this game.
You
have a good variety of moves, abilities and weapons (including
kick, punch, rocket powered feet, finger laser and arm cannon)
and these can all be upgraded as you progress through the
levels. Every now and then you will be presented with your
stats screen and asked to increase one of your abilities by
one unit. So, you can increase your health to the max at the
expense of other abilities, or you can increase all things
equally as you progress - it's up to you. You can opt for
one extreme (be a weakling with serious fire power, or a super
strong kid with hardly any heath) or play it safe and increase
all units equally.
This
is certainly one of the best games of it's genre on the GBA.
Fantastic graphics, addictive gameplay - what more could you
ask for?
Nick
Smithson
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