Astro Boy: Omega Factor
 

BUY IT!!! IT'S AMAZING!!!

Seriously, the best Treasure game in years. Better than Ikaruga. It belongs on the GBA. If you have any love for old-school games that aren't impossibly hard or stupid like Shinobi then buy it!

Superboy speaks the truth. Well, I don't know if it's better than Ikaruga.. but it's great.

Is the American version out? I've had the Japanese cart for a while now.

The American version isn't out yet, but there was a ROM leak several weeks ago. Some people that played it said it was much improved over the Japanese version. Less slowdown, different enemies, a new "Normal" difficulty mode, etc. Sounds good.

ROM leak.. figures. :rolleyes:

Yeah, don't believe those news sources that complain about the difficulty or the massive slowdown (though there is still some) - they were fixed - and it's obvious they reviewed the Japanese version.

I like it better than Ikaruga because the game has more personality. And I love Astro Boy. It's a very faithful videogame incarnation.

It comes out today in the US.

I had no idea Treasure was developing an Astro Boy game. I never really got into the whole Astro Boy series, I've watched the show for awhile but didn't really like it so much, I understand it is huge in Japan, but after playing Ikaruga on the Gamecube, if Treasure is behind this I'm defeinitly gonna look into it!

Do it......do it.

I got play this today and DAMN color me impressed. Keeping in the trend I also played the PS2 version and damn If I didnt have bills id buy them both on payday :).

Really? The reviews for PS2 AB suck...bigtime.

I tend to like a lot of games other people hate :).

I've played the PS2 AB demo and I didn't like it at all.

Only the GBA one was made by Treasure, right?

Yep, the PS2 one was made by Sonic Team at Sega.

So is it just out at specialty stores (EB, Gamestop, etc.) now? Haven't seen it at Bestbuy or Target or anything yet...

Best buy.com has both listed, so I assume the B&M stores will be getting it eventually.

The PS2 and the GBA Astro Boys are two totally different games.

This should help:
GBA version = great
PS2 version = not so great

I've been playing the GBA version and it is awesome. I love Viewtiful Joe - but I'm enjoying this a lot more (they're pretty similar).

The PS2 version was indeed made by Sonic Team. It's not so hot. Then again, i just played the demo...

It's release date was tuesday, most specialty stores should have it by now. BB restocks Th/Fri, so it should be in either later today or tomorrow.

This game is awesome, I bought based on rave impressions I've been hearing and just played it through the first few levels, it kicks ass!

I'm digging the story too, I actually missed the first 5 or so episodes so that might be why I couldn't get into it, its neat how the story directly ties into the upgrade system and gameplay.

And to think I hadn't even heard about this game until a few days ago, its become one of my favorites :).

Well, finally got this game from TRU, though still no sign of it at Bestbuy or CC (it seems like those store don't really get GBA games that quickly). I love it so far.

I'm really surprised that they brought it over here, though. The cartoon is pretty much dead in the water (it's not on WB anymore, and it got taken off cartoon network as well), the manga series ended a while ago, and very few people here would be familiar with all of the extra characters. I'm grateful, though. Anyone else think it was weird seeing all those logos at the beginning of the game? It's the first time I've seen a game with Sony, Sega, and Nintendo logos all together.

Treasure!

I'll definitely pick this up if I see it.

I'm sure some of you here have to have beaten the game by now



And the story was pretty good too, pretty complicated for a game like this, but I did enjoy it and the characters, I take back what I said about not liking them. I beat it on the normal mode, hard seems like suicide.

So about how long does it take to beat?

Finally got this today and am loving it so far. It doesn't get much better than 2D Treasure.