Are the Target closeout GBA games any good?

[josekortez]

Target's got the following GBA games for $10:

Butt-Ugly Martians
Dragonball Z: Collectible Card Game
Dungeons and Dragons: Eye of the Beholder
Godzilla: Domination
WTA World Tour

I bought WTA because I saw it in Tips and Tricks, and it's not bad. However, I've been staring at the unopened D&D box for two days. Are any of the others any good?

I've spent way too much on games in the past few weeks, and pending any unforeseen cataclysms, I might actually have a date on Saturday...a returned D&D will pay for gas and a tip for the waiter if she refuses to partake of the lovely selection on McDonald's dollar menu.

[scooterb23]

I bought two of those, the DBZ CCG, and the Godzilla game.

the DBZ game is only good if you already play the CCG, otherwise, you spend a lot of time just reading the cards...

the Godzilla game is really a mindless beat 'em up. Kind of like King of the Monsters. Pretty fun actually, worth the $10.

You say the tennis game is good huh? May have to pick that one up...

[josekortez]

Thanks for replying, Scooter! I thought I was alone in the universe. :(

WTA is a pretty fast tennis game, and the players are humorously super-deformed. The controls are pretty decent, too.

No mini-games included in the game, but I have the feeling that WTA might be rare in the future.(?)

[davidbrit2]

Eye of the Beholder is only worth it if you're a harcore D&D fan. It's not dumbed down in the slightest bit, like the Baldur's Gate games for the PC and Mac. Not that it's inherently bad, or anything - you just need to know what you're getting into.

[Captain Wrong]

Wait a sec? Are you REALLY asking if a game called "Butt-Ugly martians" is any good???

LOL

[josekortez]

@davidbrit: Thanks for the info. When I saw the screenshots, I knew it woudn't be Golden Sun, but that will help me to make an informed decision.

IGN.com compared Butt-Ugly Martians to Bangai-oh on the Dreamcast, but they only rated it a six. I don't know if they were drinking or what...

Usually, I won't pay more than ten bucks for a GBA game. I've gotten some good stuff that way. In fact, if I can muster the strength, I might not buy anything game-related this weekend.

<josekortez cringes at the thought of replaying stuff that he only played once because it sucked so he doesn't have new game withdrawals>

<sealed D&D for GBA mocks him from under his computer desk>

[scooterb23]

IIRC, the D&D game is a remade version of an old computer (Commodore 64) game. If you like old school RPG-type games, you'd probably like it. I didn't get it because it isn't my cup of tea...

[Alex Kidd]

The D&D game is one of those ones where you're in a "3D" dungeon.
I've heard so many races about what a grat and classic game Bard's Tale is, but I can't get into it cause I hate Navigating in the "3D" way...
I can accept it in Phantasy Star, but I'm glad it was only the first one that had it.
I could never really dig those, tho I played one Ultima: Underworld game I really got hooked on (Stygian Abyss I believe was the name of it)

And I'm not sure if you're a sole hero, or if you will form a band or not... or even how much felexibilty they give you in character creation...

But I DO know it has the 3RD EDITION RULES... god I hate those... I was gonna buy it myself, but passed on it...

Wizards of the Coast... the Microsoft of Fantasy/Role Playing.

Alex Kidd