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Scurge: Hive for Nintendo Game Boy Advance

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Just when you think the Gameboy Advance is on its' way out and the Nintendo DS & the PSP are ready to take over as victors in the handheld scene, a game comes along to prove that the Gameboy Advance still has what it takes. Such a game is Scurge: Hive.

In Scurge: Hive; You play as Jenosa Arma, a bounty hunter, investigating a distress call from a lab on Planet Inos. When her ship is attacked, she's forced to escape to the lab itself to which she finds out that Inos is ridden with an alien species called the Scurge. The bad thing is Jenosa is infected with the virus. Not only is she fighting for her life but is fighting time to make it to decontamination chambers before the virus kills her. Scurge: Hive really forces the player to think about everything to progress through the game.

Scurge is a long game, no doubt about that. There's plenty to do and the story is deep. It's alot like Metroid but in an isometric perspective(much like the GBA Spyro games). It has to be one of the best GBA games I've seen.

Make no mistake, though, -as with alot of games I've played of late- Scurge:Hive is a difficult game even on the easiest difficulty. Not so much that it can't be finished but enough to provide players with a good challenge so don't be expecting a cakewalk.

I really enjoyed the game and hope Orbital Media continues the series with future iterations.