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It was a few months ago that I reviewed the non-EDGE-based, old version of the vertical shoot’m up Burning Armor. Now, the EDGE-based version has been released.

Availability, compatibility

It’s available here and compatible with WM2003+ platforms. Note that it’s not compatible with previous operating systems, despite what the information page of the game states (I’ve tested it on my PPC2k2 iPAQ h3660: a no-go). The game costs $19.95 and there is a demo version available.

I’ve tested it on my several Pocket PC’s (Pocket Loox 720, Dell Axim x51v, WM5 HP iPAQ hx4700, HTC Wizard); I haven’t encountered any problems. It’s only on the non-overclocked HTC Wizard that controlling the ship with the stylus (and constantly keeping the touchscreen depressed) resulted in a decidedly lower speed (as with many other titles); this, however, wasn’t that big a problem.

(Note that you must enable stylus control in Options – the game defaults to D-pad based controls, which, in my opinion, isn’t the best with the game genre.)

Gameplay

It’s really better than the previous version. It’s perfectly playable even on high-resolution (VGA) devices, while the previous version had serious speed problems on them, making most models useless for playing the title on.

Music, sound effects

The quality of the music is also definitely better than in the previous version: the sampling frequency seems to have been increased.

Overall

Give this version a try if you are into the genre. While it’s certainly overpriced (now that the, technically, still superior and more enjoyable Skyforce Reloaded only costs $5 at ClickGamer, $20 is, in my opinion, a bit on the expensive side), you may find it worth paying for if you, for example, have already played through Skyforce Reloaded. If you, on the other hand, have never played the latter, give it a try first.

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