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GP32War (Strategy) by Aquafish  First appearing on the GBA, this is a tame version of a battlefield strategy game that requires lots of cunning. The screen is layed out like a grid and you can obtain stats on each to give you an indication of defensive and movement points. If you have played other strategy games then it won't take long to get the hang of the interface, the setting is quite typical with all your units layed out for you ready to take orders and the ones you've moved are indicated by a little mark. There are plenty of units at your disposal including sea and air craft, each with different attributes. Once you are victorious, all the enemies will be destroyed and you can move onto the next map. There are plenty of campaigns avalable, with many additions of fan map packs like Warcraft 2 and Dune 2 to make you feel right at home. You won't be getting through them all too quickly but there's a 3 slot save and load function that saves your progress and some campaigns are longer than others (check the manual for specific details). This game may not appeal to everyone as it can have quite a slow pace, and you must take in various tactical factors making it not your average GP32 game. Some nice touches are included, like being able to add your own music in wav format and 4 editors to redesign the different game sections. Aquafish has really gone to town on this game, and it feels very complete, in fact it is almost commercial quality but for a few parts that have a slight roughness around the edges. The one main annoyance of the game is that it is made up of 6.35Mb in 1,613 files which is a bastard to copy over to your SMC, it just takes ages! All in all, this is a quality piece of software, and contains hours of amusement, there are hardly any strategy games (emulated or otherwise) playable on the GP32 so this fills the order very well. If you have not yet tried it, I suggest you take an hour or so out and get stuck in. Download GP32War from GP32x.de Download GP32War from PDRoms.de
Review by frolik Nov/08/2004. |
