"A Bug invasion...and you are the exterminators for the job"

Armorines is basically a Turok ripoff, but it is rather cool, and I say, the energy blasts, especially with the expansion pak, are AWESOME!!!!!!

Anyway, you have 120 hours to stop an all out bug invasion. You are one of the Armorines, you in one of the virtually indestructible military suits that they say could withstand a nuclear explosion...the military hoped they never had to use this....But now the time has come, you must save the world from hostile bugs that have one thing in mind...extermination of the human race. This is based on Starship Troopers somewhat, as the ''Brain bug'' was one of them bugs you had to kill, basically, it can call other bugs to help it, and it can absorb your thoughts to get vital information, so the only way to stop that is to eliminate your colleague so as to make that useless, that is if you cannot stop the brain bug first...

Anyway, you can play single or co-operative, or up to 4 friends can play in multi or Race Wars...Race wars you get to be a bug!!! And the place is packed with awesome weapons to use!!!

Gameplay-7
The thing that offs beginning gamers to this game (this was kind of dumb) was that I could figure out how to switch weapons! I got a new weapon and couldn't switch it! You need to hold A and move the analog Control Stick left,right,up,or down to select weapons. The gameplay is kind of bland, but it is rather fun! Some places are just funny, in one area, you can shoot down a bathroom stall door and have a bug jump out at you!! Your main weapon has infinite ammo, although reloadable, so that might take out challenge a bit....although there is enough challenge to go around. Also, to get a fully powered weapon, one that can charge the most powerful shots, you need to collect 2 or 3...For example the Laser Rifle...Getting one gives you the standard shot nonetheless, 2 gives you a medium power shot, and 3 of them gives you the best one available.Tap the fire button to fire a small blast, hold it for a second to fire a bigger blast, and hold it for a couple of seconds to fire the biggest blast!

You got single player, co-operative, and multiplayer, up to 4! You can play King of the Hill, Race Wars, or the standard every man for himself game, with time and/or score limits.

And BTW, there are 2 difficulty levels, Medium and Hard.
(Why is Easy not there????) And you can view your game in 3 different resolutions. Lo rez, which is all you get if you don't have an expansion pak, Hi Rez, and Hi Rez Letterbox (Cinema screen, like the movies!)

Graphics-9
Some of the graphics are bland, but the energy shots are just too cool!!! Get an expansion pak and shoot your standard laser (for the guy character) and anything else you can get your hands on! (Laser Rifle, Staff of the Pharaoh) and fire it off!The bugs were great as the looked polished and scaly as if they were real!

Control-6
Only presets, and you will have to make due with C button movement and the control stick to aim like regular Turok, but you can change the sensitivity of the horizontal/vertical movement, so you can customize your controls perfectly.

Sound-8
Music is pretty good and the gun sounds are rather cool. Not as realistic as it could of been, but it was rather good. You can hear bug gibberish as you pass into their sights, and friendlies crying for help as they run aimlessly away from the marauding bugs.

Playability-7
No bad glitches like some games have nowadays,You can only save your game with a controller pak, but you got a short password if you don't have one, so you still can play, even if you don't have a memory card.

Replay Value-8
If single player is getting a bit old, you can try it with a friend, or you can slaughter each other in Multiplayer deathmatches! You got 3 or 4 modes, about 8 weapons, and 3 characters (more can come later I believe)

Buy? Borrow? Rent? Burn?
Rent it first, I bought it without renting it because I found it for $10...so if it is sold for $10, you may wanna get it anyway, and the box has a neat design and a black cartridge too!

Saving
You need a controller pak to save your game, buy you can use a password to continue where you left off as well. The dumb thing is, the options are not saved, and you will have to change Auto Aim, Horizontal and Vertical Sensitivity, music and speech sound, etc, back again.

Hardware
You need a controller pak to save the game, although you can use a password. Graphics are improved with the Expansion pak (I say get an expansion pak!!!!!)

Game type
FPS (First Person Shooter)

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 07/19/01, Updated 07/19/01