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Armorines (GB)

Description: Man eating alien bugs with a quest to populate earth land on the planet. Our only hope of stopping these evil creatures ... more

Armorines (GB) ... is the power of the Armorines - two brave humans wearing secret experimental battle suits, orginally developed for use by ground forces

Newest Review: ... immersed within combat after pressing start. From an overhead view, this character within the battle suit begins his or her ... more

... adventure by attacking already present alien life forms. I am not particularly sure what species were involved but the enemies, at the immediate start, appeared to be small pond frogs. This confusion follows throughout the title as "nothing really looks like anything". Players use an arsenal of weapons which the battle suit has access to for eliminating the presence of these aliens. Controls are rather simple in that both "A" and "B" fire the available weapon, though "B" bears a s...more

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Armorines (GB): Generic idea meets generic gameplay (392 words)
by - written on 23/01/09 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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"Armorines" is a difficult game to group genre wise; It offers elements from action, adventure and miscellaneous "shoot 'em up" titles while bundling it into one acceptable package. The plot of this title centres around an alien invasion and a "battle suit" being developed to counter this invasion; it all seems rather ordinary in terms of a science-fiction thriller. Despite this generic idea, though, Armorines delivers a par experience to the player. The player is immediately immersed within combat after pressing start. From an overhead view, this character within the battle suit begins his or her adventure by attacking already ... Read the complete review

Not Save From Cardinal Sin! (440 words)
by - written on 25/10/07 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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The Game Boy Color version of Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. is an overhead shooting game developed by Neon Software. VISUAL Once in a while enemies can be seen to blink out of place but outside of that the animation is alright, if nothing special. Enemies appear of a certain shade of colour which makes them distinguishable but the same technique is also applied to the Armorine whom you control as well as bosses so they fail to stand out. There was one section where I was seemingly lost, as I struggled to identify some stairs - such is the way objects are grouped for colouring in this game. Also, some enemy fire can be tricky to ... Read the complete review