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The GBA version of Payback was a finalist in two categories of GameSpot's "Best of E3 2004": Biggest Surprise and Best Game Boy Advance Game. |
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Payback was also the runner-up in the Best Game Boy Advance Action Game category of IGN's Best of E3 2004 awards. |
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The Amiga version of Payback was voted the Best Game Of 2001 in a poll by Amiga Flame as well as winning the AGC Awards 2001. |
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[Payback's gameplay] works well and sucks you in ... [It] is a decent game that plays well and looks good. It could even be a GTA beater ... [GTA] has opted for less realistic graphics, which look a bit naff compared to the grimy realism on show [in Payback]. |  |
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The smooth 3D engine, extensive possibilities and evergreen gameplay make Payback a top game for fans of the genre. (Note: This is a translation of a quote from the German original.) |
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Graphically, Payback is shaping up to be something of a first. The scale and sense of "3D-ness" is pretty amazing considering the technical limitations presented by the GBA hardware. Travis can cruise around under bridges, over flyovers, and other cityscape environments, and all the while the visuals make you feel as though you are truly in a 3D world. ... The game is shaping up to be a lot of fun ... | |
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After playing around with the Game Boy Advance version of Payback, it's clear that Rockstar should simply halt development of the official Grand Theft Auto for the handheld ... this may be the most impressive 3D graphics on the GBA yet ... a graphically impressive, as well as enormously fun Grand Theft Auto-styled game. | |
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Payback will feature a full 3D graphics engine, which from what we saw, looks extremely good. ... All told, Payback looks like an extremely intriguing game, both technologically and from a gameplay perspective. | |
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What makes Payback so amazing however beside the gameplay, is the impressive 3D engine. Never did a Gameboy game have so much 3D-Power. ... The attention to the smallest details is particularly worth seeing. Among them weather effects, footprints in the snow, sparks when you collide with vehicles, skidmarks on the roads, amazing particle explosions with pressure waves, smoke, etc.. (Note: This is a translation of a quote from the German original.) |
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One rarely sees 3D game with such a spectacular graphics on the GameBoy Advance.... The game is supported by a superb physics engine where each vehicle has different driving charactistics. ... the gameplay and also the technical presentation are perfectly convincing already. (Note: This is a translation of a quote from the German original.) |
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An excellent blend of originality, humour and out-and-out destruction ... Apex Designs have done a wonderful job... Payback is much more than just 'Grand Theft Auto on the Amiga' | |
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Payback is one of the most playable and addictive games I have ever played on the Amiga... £34.95? That is a pretty good price. Amiga games are (in general) cheap, but if you consider the gameplay quality that Payback offers, it should have been higher! ... The most enjoyable game in years! ... Apex Designs have created a real classic! | |
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I'm pretty sure most people will like [Payback] a lot ... It is clear that [it] offers far more depth than you'd expect from a game that is so immediately playable. This game is an Amiga success story, and great fun. What more could we ask for? | |
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Frankly, I am stunned by what [the author] has managed to wring out of such a humble Amiga. I have never even seen scene demos with engines that ran as well and looked as good as this on such a setup, and yet Apex Designs have managed to squeeze a game in there too ... and an extremely good one at that ... Highly recommended. | |
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What you really want to know is 'should I buy this game?' ... If you want one of the best and most humoristic action games for your Amiga: absolutely. | |
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Payback is a thoroughly classy game, which offers almost unlimited gameplay and a high fun factor. (Note: This is a translation of a quote from the German original.) |
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All in all, Payback is for me the best game of the year. (Note: This is a translation of a quote from the German original.) |
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Payback is a beautiful game ... The cities are gigantic and very realistic ... The multiplayer game is great fun and the editor increases the game's longevity. | |
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I own both GTA Advance and Payback, and I believe that the latter is
much, much better and different than GTA Advance. Let me explain myself: the milestone of GTA-Based games is their freedom of movement. Until Payback appeared, no other game on the GBA gave you true freedom of movement, not even GTA Advance. (I know because I've finished both GTA Advance and Payback.) Yes, you can drive around the city in GTA Advance, but there is no point in doing so apart from finding the "hidden objects". You have to accomplish mission A so that mission B opens, then finish B so that C opens, etc. There is only one point in the game which lets you choose if you kill a cop or car-bomb a casino. Oh, and yes, you have the "cop missions", the "taxi missions" and so on, but that's not enough freedom of movement (at least for me.) On the other hand, Payback allows you to choose which payphone to answer, go rampage around the city to get to the final score objective or even get a boat and a helicopter to travel around the cities and doing nothing but explore. Not to mention those missions inside buildings (cool!) Also, the rampage mode is a great addition to the game, since it gives you 9 cities to play in. (So far, I've found 9. I don't know if there are more.) With regards to the size of the cities, I believe that although the maps might seem small when you look at the small HUD map, the truth is that when you start exploring the city you find many beautiful details and discover that the cities are in fact very, very big. For example, the football stadium, the racing tracks, the barns and farms, the hotel, etc. Anyway, thanks a lot for porting Payback to the GBA. You've given me many hours of play - and many hours that are to come to get all the golden time medals. :-) |
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Fantastic Fantastic Fantastic !!!!!! I have not been able to stop playing this game since the postman came saturday morning. The gameplay is amazing and the soundtrack is bang on for the game. Well done and it's been worth the wait. Definitely the best modern Amiga game since Wipeout 2097. | |
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The full version of Payback arrived on my doorstep on Saturday. I am mightily impressed. The soundtrack is just great, it suits my taste and the game down to the ground, it has a very professional feel to it. I am pleased that it runs so well on my 060 and AGA... The missions are varied, the prison break being challenging and fun... I have said before and I will say again, you have done a great job on Payback... Ok, I am getting withdrawal symptoms now, so back to the game! | |
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[Payback is] one of the very best game I have ever seen on the Amiga since the beginning !!! It's a pleasure to play with. | |
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I bought Payback the other day, and ... I think it is absolutely bloody FANTASTIC!! WELL DONE!! I honestly haven't had so much fun from an Amiga game in YEARS! | |
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[Payback is] really coooooooool! Great piece of work! The soundtrack is great too! Thank you very much for the cool game!!! | |
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Thank you very much for Payback. It's an awesome game which makes so much fun and I'm totally addicted to it. It 'drives me crazy' ;-) and I really enjoyed every minute which I played, yet. I love especially the soundtrack. | |
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For the last week and a half I have been playing [Payback] for at least 2 hours a day, and sometimes up to five hours a day. It's an amazing, brilliant game which I absolutely love, and to be quite honest is probably one of the best titles I've played on any platform in the last year or so. The graphics are good, the music is astoundingly professional, the missions are class, it's funny and it just plays amazingly well - better than GTA definitely. It's been worth the £35, because it's kept me in from the pub some nights - and to do that it must be a hell of a game. :-) | |
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