Defender of the Crown on GBA yɛ saa weird little mix of strategy and action a ɔkwan bi so no ɛyɛ adwuma. Wofi ase paw ɔsraani panyin bi sɛ ɔrekɔbɔ sɛ —mene nea ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ no kɔe efisɛ, yiw, na ɔte sɛ nea ne ho yɛ nwini —na mpofirim ara wɔtow wo gu mfinimfini mmere mu England a wɔrebɔ mmɔden sɛ wobedi nsasesin so nkonim. Ɛwɔ saa asiane-style map no baabi a wobɛtu asraafoɔ akɔ baabiara, nanso afei ɛdane kɔ saa janky nanso ɛyɛ anigyeɛ adeyɛ bits yi so.

Simma biako na woreyɛ nhyehyɛe akɔ asraafo mu, nea edi hɔ no woreyɛ mashing buttons wɔ jousting match a Lance Physics te nka sɛ ɛyɛ kakra kɛkɛ (wɔ ɔkwan pa so). Castle Sieges yɛ ade a eye sen biara —wo nsa ka catapult shots a wɔtow gu afasu so bere a worekwati agyan, na ɛyɛ abotɔyam sen sɛnea ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ma GBA agoru. Nkrantɛ ntɔkwaw no yɛ clunky, nanso wɔ saa nostalgic mfiase-2000s nsa kwan so.

Nokwarem no, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛkura mu yiye sɛnea ɛte no, nanso biribi wɔ hɔ a ɛyɛ anigye wɔ sɛnea ehuruw wɔ ɔkwan kɛse a wɔfa so yɛ adwuma ne arcade-y mini-games ntam no ho. Kɛkɛ a hwɛ kwan sɛ deep tactical gameplay —eyi fa vibes ho kɛse sen kari pɛ.