71
The weird and wonderful world of Jim is well suited to the GBA – fast-paced and addictive, with enough challenge to get the little grey cells working – but this disappointing port hasn’t done its slimy hero many favours, and GBA owners will find much better elsewhere.
65
With better action games out there for GBA, I suggest leaving this earthworm to the fisherman. [Sept 2002, p.94]
63
Superempire put in a password save system for EWJ2, but, sadly, it bites!
1
"ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES OF ALL TIME is now available on the Game Boy Advance." Or should I say, "ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES OF ALL TIME is now an unplayable, broken mess **** on the GBA". You'd expect this port to be an improvement over the first game,
NOPE!
Now this port is being made by an EVEN WORSE developer compared to the other developer of the original Earthworm Jim on the GBA. The in-game music is horrible and the instruments sound ear-grating, The controls/animations are terrible, And numerous glitches are in this port that are not even present in the SNES and Genesis versions. How can the GBA screw up the SNES port like this? This is just nothing but poor coding/programming. The people at Majesco should be ashamed of themselves for not only ruining the Earthworm Jim franchise, but also hiring a presumably low budget developer SuperEmpire to make this abomination of a port. Don't buy this, This will waste your precious time.
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Earthworm Jim 2
Game Boy Advance
Released On:
May 31, 2002
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45
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5.8
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71
The weird and wonderful world of Jim is well suited to the GBA – fast-paced and addictive, with enough challenge to get the little grey cells working – but this disappointing port hasn’t done its slimy hero many favours, and GBA owners will find much better elsewhere.
63
Superempire put in a password save system for EWJ2, but, sadly, it bites!
60
Even if you love EWJ you will most likely find nothing but disappointment from this game despite a splash of humor.
55
There are so many bugs in this game that at times it is unplayable, and futile to even attempt to do so.
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Doesn't anyone, anywhere, give a rat's ass about this franchise anymore? [Aug 2002, p.76]
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This port has a host of new problems that render the game virtually unplayable.
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Not only a horrible example of game making, but terribly insulting to just about anybody who’s even familiar with the original versions on the 16 bit systems.
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"ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES OF ALL TIME is now available on the Game Boy Advance." Or should I say, "ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES OF ALL TIME is now an unplayable, broken mess **** on the GBA". You'd expect this port to be an improvement over the first game,
NOPE!
Now this port is being made by an EVEN WORSE developer compared to the other developer of the original Earthworm Jim on the GBA. The in-game music is horrible and the instruments sound ear-grating, The controls/animations are terrible, And numerous glitches are in this port that are not even present in the SNES and Genesis versions. How can the GBA screw up the SNES port like this? This is just nothing but poor coding/programming. The people at Majesco should be ashamed of themselves for not only ruining the Earthworm Jim franchise, but also hiring a presumably low budget developer SuperEmpire to make this abomination of a port. Don't buy this, This will waste your precious time.
SummaryFrom Evil the Cat's'Circus of the Scars' to the planet of Meat, join Jim on a madcap chase across the galaxy. Saving cows, thwarting lawyers and outsmarting Psy-Crow are all in a day's work for Jim. Are you up to the challenge? Can you handle the awesome new weapons? Excellent! Then stop reading this. Try it now! Trust no one, play it yo... Read More
Rated Efor Everyone
Platforms:
- Game Boy Advance
- PC
- PlayStation
Initial Release Date:May 31, 2002
Developer:
- Super Empire
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