Ecks Vs Sever on GBA is one of those weird little gems that feels like a fever dream—two elite agents duking it out in bite-sized missions that somehow cram in way more tension than they should. You pick either Ecks or Sever, and right away, the game throws you into tight corridors or open arenas where every shot counts. The controls take a second to click (why does the GBA always make shoulder buttons feel awkward?), but once they do, it’s pure spy-movie chaos.

What surprised me was how much strategy sneaks in—you’re not just blasting away. Sever’s got this cloaking ability that’s borderline unfair, while Ecks can hack turrets to do his dirty work. The missions are short but punishing if you rush in. I remember replaying one sniper section like five times because some guy in a balcony kept picking me off. Classic GBA jank, but in a weirdly charming way.

It’s not perfect—the AI sometimes forgets it has a gun—but there’s something about the pixelated explosions and cheesy one-liners that makes it stick. If you’ve got a soft spot for early 2000s handheld shooters, this one’s a blast from the past worth digging up.