Gaming Most Impressive GBA Game

[Jack-Of-Trades]

Hmm most impressive GBA game... would have to be summon night series then yggdra union

 

[Toni Plutonij]

The way you said that kinda makes it look like FFTA was a port which it clearly isn't

Yes, I really does look like it, but I know FFTA isn't a port, I'll fix it..(thanks for showing me my mistake)..

And I must say that I was really impressed with the way that Harry Potter 4 looked, game was bad but the graphics ware great..

 

[Upperleft]

Golden Sun

 

[Eternal Myst]

Golden Sun Series
Metroid Series
Pokemon Series
Super Mario World
Kingdom Of Hearts:Chain of Memories
LOZ Link to the Past
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Posts merged

Golden Sun Series
Metroid Series
Pokemon Series
Super Mario World
Kingdom Of Hearts:Chain of Memories
LOZ Link to the Past
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

 

[maz-]

I agree with the majority of you guys on GS 1+2, though I must say that Minish Cap impressed me too, due to its graphics.

 

[Urza]

 

[VmprHntrD]

Looking at Ice Nine there's one example where 3D gaming was not horrible and not an eyesore. I really do get sick of people crapping on the 3D, because a handful of them did it well with a decent framerate, good control, and a nice story/whatever with it.

Wing Commander Prophecy stunned the hell out of me as it's all those levels of the PC game even some of the voice clips too, and the sfx intact...just missing the videos replaced with cutscenes. There's over 30 stages, decent challenge, plays quite well.

V-Rally 3 is the best of those 3D racers on the system and while the cars are sprite based, the entire terrain is molded and texturemapped in full 3D using a technique like the Saturn did in the day, and on GBA it's fluid, smooth, and no speed dips...has pop in but still a nice draw distance.

Mind you this one is a hybrid 3D/2D but GTA Advance is amazing. They remapped Liberty City from GTA3 in full 3D top down view (just like top view in the real game) and then moving objects(all) are well handled sprites. For the most part FPS stays solid, can dip occasionally but not an issue. Has a lot of cars, radio stations, sfx, music, all the rampages, taxi/cop/etc missions, standard story, the 100packages and more...it's nuts.

Max Payne on the GBA is amazing too...the entire game has the spoken dialogue of the PC game. Movable objects are all 3D based, areas are 2D isometic wannabe3D. Everything is quite hard, same stages, same bullettime and the rest...a real stunner they pulled off.

...and yah I saw DOOM1/2 get mentioned, they deserve it. Not so much DOOM1 as it's a Jaguar port, but DOOM2 is the full PC game entirely intact *except* one of the middle stages is so much larger than the others in the entire game they had to dice it into 2 stages...but they're still complete. Best DOOm2 on the go by far short of someones source code pet project on a flash card.

Fair enough to add that Duke Nukem Advance also is up there with DOOM, though the worlds are better crafted in a 3D area even with an up/down look mode, all the funny spoken duke-isms, and the rest. Compared to DOOM(either) it's short, but it's a great game with a lot of effects and stuff going on and it holds a steady framerate too.

That's about all I can think of on things I currently own that really jump out as a WOW...GBA did what? Impressive! type thing.

 

[funem]

V-Rally 3 is the best of those 3D racers on the system and while the cars are sprite based, the entire terrain is molded and texturemapped in full 3D using a technique like the Saturn did in the day, and on GBA it's fluid, smooth, and no speed dips...has pop in but still a nice draw distance.

You should really check out Monster Truck Madness I was really impressed with the graphics on that, and, as I said before in only 4mb.

Though not 3D Karnaaj Rally uses some nice techniques to make it look good for a top down racer by using some 3D(ish) effects for stuff like tree tops...

 

[asher]

i guess that because this is a GBA SCENE forum people are missing the greatest
gba game ever...

WARIO WARE TWISTED.

greatest, most impressive, best use

 

[Toni Plutonij]

I've just remembered Broken Sword....they ported the Whole adventure PC game to GBA, and kept it great..
It is something impressive about that..

 

[VBKirby]

Golden Sun 1 and 2
Spirits and Spells

 

[Squampy]

gunstar super heroes

 

[Resident 7]

GoldenSun 1&2
Also the pokemon series.

 

[Smef]

I'm going to agree with everyone else here. The second I saw the title name I immediately thought to myself, "Golden Sun." There really is nothing else like it on GBA.

 

[bobrules]

pokemon, mario tennis power tour, golden sun, road trip shifting gears,

 

[Resident 7]

I'm going to agree with everyone else here. The second I saw the title name I immediately thought to myself, "Golden Sun." There really is nothing else like it on GBA.

It defines the meaning of RPG.
It's long,good story,good visuals,good everything,its ground breaking,and challenging.

 

[Mr. Noid]

Karnaaj is very nice

 

[xaznwi3rd0]

Boktai.

 

[Jarjaxle]

i would have to say the golden sun games they were great looking even though i only finished the 1st game. but i also liked aria of sorrow thought that was really cool

 

[T-hug]

A great GBA game that no one ever posts in these lists is Sabre Wulf by Rare. Complete remake of the original, great sprites, levels and overall a really nice game.

Also the 3 Castlevanias on GBA are epic considering the hardware, bosses are some of the best in any game. Same goes for the 2 Metroid games (Fusion is just awesome).

The Golden Sun games are just pure joy, everything about them is done with excellence. Camelot should stop with these crappy Wii sports games and roll out GS3 (maybe they are waiting for the next handheld!) /wishful thinking.

I was gonna suggest Mazes of Fate, a great Orcs & Elves style game (came out too late in GBA's life cycle to make an impact), but the rehash should be out on DS soon (which I intend to play through again) and the latest screens look way better than the horrible earlier ones released some time ago.

Also +1 for the Boktai series (which became Lunar Knights on DS. I'm still hoping that 3 gets a fan trans sometime but I won't hold my breath), excellent series by MGS' Hideo Kojima.

Zone of the Enders - Decent SRPG, not that deep though.

Super Robot Taisen OG 1 & 2 - Also great SRPGs, much deeper though and extremely fun.

For the real best of the best, checkout the GBA essentials thread.