Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

 Game Boy Advance
  • Publisher: THQ
  • Release Date: May 30, 2002
Metascore
38

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 8 out of 14
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  1. Cinescape
    67
    While the game is pretty fun, it can become very frustrating. At times, it seems your character doesn’t want to swing his light saber in a certain direction, or misses a jump you know that you hit, or just hits something in the 3D level that didn’t look like a mine.
  2. IGN
    65
    It's a somewhat enjoyable romp, though...it's just not a very "clean" Star Wars title.
  3. GameZone
    60
    While it has a few frustrating problems, Attack of the Clones is just about as good as a Star Wars game can get on the GBA.
  5. GameSpy
    59
    The numerous lackluster features that run rampant in Attack of the Clones prove that it's just a reckless padewan with limited knowledge of the Force.
  6. Nintendo Power
    54
    The graphics and music are out of this world, but the play control can get as clunky as a malfunctioning droid. [July 2002, p.150]
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  7. Game Over Online
    50
    Jar-Jar Binks and the Gungans may have been terrible for the movie franchise but Clones' release on the GBA is absolutely abysmal.
  8. GameSpot
    37
    The game itself, largely due to control issues, is very, very bad.
  9. GamePro
    30
    One of the most maddening problems is that each time you die (which happens a lot), you respawn at the beginning of the level. There is no continue option, and you can’t skip the-story-so-far screens.
  10. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    22
    It's one of the worst games I've ever played. [July 2002, p.128]
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  11. Pocket Games
    20
    Overall, we'd prefer death to torture, and perhaps both to an extended session playing this game. [Winter 2002, p.47]
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  12. Play Magazine
    20
    Feels as if the people making it hated Star Wars, because honestly, it would be hard to make something much worse. [Aug 2002, p.76]
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  13. All Game Guide
    20
    A pile of Dooku... In total, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Mace Windu will slog through eight tedious lightsaber fights and three horribly pixilated driving sequences while trying to save the galaxy from a sinister alliance.
  14. Gaming Age
    16
    There is nothing redeeming about this game. The quality control of Star Wars titles is terrible nowadays, and Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones is simply a testament to this.
  15. Game Informer
    10
    The graphics have a certain flair to them, the likes of which you'd see oozing out of a defective bar toilet. [July 2002, p.92]
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Awards & Rankings

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#15 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2002
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#32 Most Shared Game Boy Advance Game of 2002

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User Score
3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 10 out of 15
  1. AaronK.
    Jun 14, 2005
    3
    The levels are imposible with these kind of controls.
  2. JustABitAgroed
    May 5, 2023
    7
    No idea WTF people are smoking. The controls are different but they work well, and I never had a problem with the hitboxes once. You just haveNo idea WTF people are smoking. The controls are different but they work well, and I never had a problem with the hitboxes once. You just have to think of it like a fighting game where your character exists in 3D space. It makes complete sense and works like it should, evidently people are just too coddled or dumb to figure out a very easy-to-control game where you have to think before you swing. The graphics and animations are extremely impressive for the GBA with no slowdown whatsoever even in the pseudo-3D sections with a lot going on. If it's too difficult, which, it really isn't, just drop it to Padawan and breeze through. Good length for the fidelity they were able to pull off. Only real flaws are the lack of checkpoints in levels that can be pretty long, two or three of the enemies come at you so quick that it results in cheap hits, constantly requiring force jumping slows down the pace, and the level design that is complex without any reason to be on Coruscant and Kamino is real time-waster. Overall, it's a solid game with some glaring flaws but calling this just as bad as Flight of the Falcon should be a crime. It's easily the third best Star Wars GBA game after Trilogy and Ep. 3. Mad 'cause bad is sad.… Full Review »
  3. NINTELDRITCH
    Apr 15, 2023
    6
    This is the middest experience I ever done experienced. Alright level design, clunky but okay controls, incredible soundtrack based on theThis is the middest experience I ever done experienced. Alright level design, clunky but okay controls, incredible soundtrack based on the movie, atrocious hitboxes. Art style is serviceable. The digitized photos from the film look pretty good, but that's more the movie's fault than the game's. The background and level geometry look pretty good, but sometimes it's hard to tell what's interactable or not. Character sprites are laughable. Some parts are fairly impressive, such as the aforementioned music and the 3D levels (the latter of which are probably the best part of the game, once you get a handle on how they work. Overall, it's fine.
    6/10    … Full Review »
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