Alex Rider: Stormbreaker

 Game Boy Advance
  • Publisher: THQ
  • Release Date: Oct 2, 2006
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 4 out of 4
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  1. Digital Entertainment News
    40
    If you have to choose, buy the DS version instead. There are better games for the GBA.
  2. GamingTrend
    37
    Sluggish would not even begin to describe the controls. Moving Alex around is like driving a ten ton dump truck through wet cement in a blizzard.
  3. GameZone
    36
    Wow, this game was not what I thought it would be. The original license wasn't an interesting or original idea and the game sadly follows suit.
  5. Worth Playing
    36
    It truly is a sad day for the gaming world when a video game reviewer asks his readers to put down the game and read the book instead; you're invariably going to enjoy it more.

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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 4 out of 5
  1. JesseS.
    Feb 17, 2008
    0
    Imagine one of the old, top-down Grand Theft Autos. Now imagine that the main character is replaced with a young teenager and that the police Imagine one of the old, top-down Grand Theft Autos. Now imagine that the main character is replaced with a young teenager and that the police and gang members are replaced with henchmen. Now imagine that any useful weapon is taken away and replaced with a pen and some zit cream. The controls are sluggish and hard to use, the enemy AI is frustrating and very hard; and the gameplay is even worse than that of "barbie's princess & pauper". Any attempt at resembling the book or movie is instantly demolished. Readers, don't buy it. I beg you. It's Atari's "ET" for the Game Boy generation.… Full Review »
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