adventure

I think this game looks very good. The graphics aren't too bad, and the storyline is awesome. A must-have fore rpg players!

This hack and slash dungeon crawl plays like the console version of the same name. You can be a human male fighter, archer, or wizard. The graphics are good for the gba and they pulled this title off surprisingly well. This is one of the few games I actually liked enough to play through. In my opinion there are WAY too many magic items and potions, to the point where if you crack open a barrel and there isn't a flaming burst adamantine longsword +5 in it it's a surprise, but who cares? This isn't a hardcore rpg like the baldur's gate for the pc (one of the best titles of all time). This is just a hack and slash dungeon crawl, and it does that very well. The locations are varied and interesting and you fight everything from kobolds, drow, frost giants, and even a beholder. Pick this title up and it will keep you entertained for many hours. Very enjoyable and a good D&D addition to the GBA.

Most RPG Gameboy Advance titles suffer from the same problem, they're too cute! Short, cartoonish heros battle sweet looking bunnies that happen to throw lightning from their pink little ears. As much as I love RPGs, I just can't bring myself to play these games. But there are some titles that try to look a bit more real and gritty. Baldur's gate for the GBA is one of them. For those who have played the PS2 version, then this will seem quite familar. It looks and plays the same, although with a bit less to drool at graphically (as is to be expected on a handheld system). The plot is the same but with a few differences in the actual "dungeons" and a bit more of the city to explore. You can still choose one of three classes but in this version, your character is always a human male. Game play, so far, is smooth and fun, although it is far to easy to cheat by standing just outside of a monsters reach and blasting him with spells or arrows. Still, this is almost a perfect mini-sized version of the orginal. All the spells and feats seem to be included as well as the items (although the recall potion is oddly absent.) I'm still on Act One, but so far I finally feel like I got a Gameboy Advance RPG that is fun but isn't cute.