Customer Reviews

Dinotopia The Timestone Pirates Game Boy Advance, Gameboy

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I bought this game for my nine-year-old son and he loves it. The graphics are outstanding. The game play is creative and varied, and generally a lot of fun; and the music is better than any I've yet heard coming out of a GBA game.

BUT...

My concern with this game, (and the only reason I've given it 3 rather than 5 stars), is that some of the levels require repeated, very fast pressing of the same button continuously in order to pass the level... The faster you repeatedly press the A button the faster you go, and if you don't go fast enough, you lose... and when you aren't needing to go fast enough to keep up, speedwise, you need to be manning the B button repeatedly to knock out the bad guys that are flying around, coming after you!... Then the next level requires repeated pressing of the A button again, just to make the guy move (again the faster you press, the faster he goes) I am concerned that our gaming kids may be setting themselves up for problems like repetitive motion injuries, down the road. The game is very compelling and the kids don't like to put it down... but you may want to enforce limited session times (especially when they are on levels requiring this repeated button hitting) just to give their poor cramped hands and wrists a break! (I'm really bummed they designed the control functionality this way, it seems so unneccessary and the game is otherwise quite good!)

That being said, many of the levels have control functioning that is not so stressful and more in keeping with what you may be used to from other GBA games. Anyway, this is just something I wish I'd known before I purchased Dinotopia.

This is the best game ever! It has very good graphics and good music. If you have ever played Lady Sia and liked that game then you are bound to love this game. If you like this game then you should get Lady Sia. Very discriptive Instruction Manual. I really recomend this game. For the first two levels you fight the pirates on foot then dinos are what you ride on. This is a MUST HAVE for all video game players.

I bought this game for my son for Christmas. He loves Dino's so I thought this was perfect. Some of the levels are hard due to repeated action with the buttons.But overall it's a really great game. I am 34 and loved this game as much as my 7 yr old. I would reccomend this game to any GBA owner.

I am totally hooked on this game and my 6 year old son likes it to. Good graphics and interesting game play.

i bought this for my daughter for christmas and she loved it. so did i. i took it to work with me one day and my coworker got hooked on it. the graphics are great. the music was outstanding! i think i played just to hear the music...lol. it was a lot of fun.

why cant all of my games bee like this is.
i love my dinotopa game.
it looks real cool and has good musick and i play it the most

I bought this for my nephew for Christmas and he loved the game. As said before the graphic are great and this gams is wonderful for kids who love Dinotopia.

I bought this game 3 days a go, and I am very happy with it.The graphics are outstanding and I have to say the same for the music! I can't put it down it is soooooooooo great.I have books,toys,tapes and now the game from Dinotopia.
I LOVE DINOTOPIA!