Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Join Astro, the robotic superhero with a human mind, in a quest to reunite the robotic race with humans. Astro uses his seven super abilities to face off against the likes of Atlas, Blue Knight, and more than…
Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Hitmaker, released 18 December 2003 on Game Boy Advance. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Astro Boy: Omega Factor is
Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Hitmaker and released in 2003. It was published by Sega. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Metro City is a disaster zone and it's Astro to the rescue! This young robot with human emotions is small but mighty with six incredible super powers. If he can muscle through the massive plasma-oozing power plant, he's in for more trouble with swarms of pesky hammer-swinging bats - and that's not all. It is up to Astro to bridge the gap between humans and robots, so, Astro must quickly develop his human traits or his "Omega Factor." There are over 50 Tezuka characters, including Atlas, Dr. O'Shay, Zoran, and Dr. Tenma, that help Astro understand tenderness, justice, evil, and above all, courage, as he journeys through the futuristic city, Cruciform Island, and other out of this world…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Astro Boy series
Astro Boy: Omega Factor is the fourth of 9 entries we hold in the Astro Boy series. It arrived 4 years after Columns GB: Tezuka Osamu Characters. The next entry was Astro Boy in 2004.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 40 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Astro Boy: Omega Factor launched on 18 December 2003, within three weeks of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn and Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Released around the same time: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn, Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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