90
Sure, it's a classic, but it's so obviously a £35 mission pack, and is probably double the price it should have been. Unless you were utterly captivated by the original and spend every day pining for more, or never owned the original, it's hard to justify why you should shell out for it.
90
Portable gaming at its best.
90
This is one of the few times where a sequel overshadows its predecessor. Even though the Advance Wars series will be seeing some time on the Gamecube sometime in the future, Black Hole Rising is still a blessing of wonderful quality, floating in a sea of mediocre ports and lacking games.
10
One of my favorite games of all time. The innovations are pretty interesting and make the game more enjoyable.
10
Somehow the developers manage to improve on perfection with this, the best military strategy game on any platform. One of those games I have completed multiple times and never, ever tire of.
10
An absolute classic that is full of strategy and charm. An excellent strategy game is indeed possible on the GBA!
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Game Boy Advance
Released On:
Jun 24, 2003
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Generally Favorable
89
User score
Generally Favorable
8.3
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One of the best games to hit the market this year, portable or otherwise.
95
Strategy and suspense play a greater role this time around, not just because the CPU is more intelligent, but also because each new cast member brings different abilities to the battlefield. [Fall 2003, p.34]
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Aug 23, 2023
10
One of my favorite games of all time. The innovations are pretty interesting and make the game more enjoyable.
Jul 5, 2023
10
Somehow the developers manage to improve on perfection with this, the best military strategy game on any platform. One of those games I have completed multiple times and never, ever tire of.
92
Full of all the exciting, addicting gameplay of the first game, and best of all, there's more of it. And it's more challenging. And there's a map editor! And there's...
90
Advance Wars 2 doesn't take any hard turns from the formula established in the original... and this is one of those rare cases where an overall lack of innovation is probably a good thing in the end.
90
Sure, it's a classic, but it's so obviously a £35 mission pack, and is probably double the price it should have been. Unless you were utterly captivated by the original and spend every day pining for more, or never owned the original, it's hard to justify why you should shell out for it.
80
It's still a buy, but fans hoping for something new are in for a sore surprise.
80
Happily, no improvement over the original's deep and difficult strategizing.
Sep 29, 2021
10
An absolute classic that is full of strategy and charm. An excellent strategy game is indeed possible on the GBA!
Feb 13, 2021
10
Love it! An incredible strategy game, almost like chess, it made me fall in love with the entire genre of strategy games, I had lots of fun playing this as a kid
Sep 20, 2017
10
A massive improvement over the already-great original Advance Wars. It's been expanded in terms of story, graphics, characters, balance, and gameplay. One of my favourite games on the GBA.
Aug 31, 2018
9
As good as the first game and is something that all turn based strategy fans will love
SummaryJust when you thought you'd seen the last of them, the Black Hole Army is storming back in this sequel to the award-winning Game Boy Advance strategy game. With new COs under his command, Sturm is leading a new invasion force, and it'll take advance strategy to stop him!
Rated Efor Everyone
Platforms:
- Game Boy Advance
Initial Release Date:Jun 24, 2003
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