Great Greed
Great Greed is a Game Boy role-playing game released in 1993 developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It centers on combat encounters, turn-based tactical decisions, and area exploration, with controls, information, and pacing arranged around a monochrome small screen, a directional pad, and two main action buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.6 / 10
About this game
Great Greed is a Game Boy role-playing release centered on combat encounters, turn-based tactical decisions, and area exploration. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make its immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on campaign length or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Characters, world building, maps, and music carry most of the atmosphere, while silhouettes, contrast, and audio cues need to remain clear on the monochrome display. The main genre-specific friction is that dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, and language dependence can slow progress. In addition, password or battery saves, link-cable requirements, display blur, manual dependence, and regional language can affect use of the original cartridge today. This description covers only this release and excludes emulator features, modern-port conveniences, and content from other platforms.
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AI review
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Inventive active battles with a rough late difficulty rise.
Great Greed gives the original Game Boy an unusually active RPG battle scheme. A attacks, B dodges, and directions call up assigned spells while enemies continue acting, so preparation and immediate reactions both matter. Helpers and changing circumstances add tactics beyond repeating a single command. Its environmental satire, food-named characters and occasional surprising turns make the journey memorable. Town and overworld tiles are relatively ordinary, though battle sprites carry more detail. Puzzles break up encounters, but a few restrictive situations feel awkward, and the late boss difficulty rises sharply. The cartridge’s direct button mapping makes good use of the Game Boy’s limited inputs, while small inventory space remains a practical inconvenience. This is a favorable assessment of a distinctive portable RPG, not a conversion of the enthusiastic source review’s numeric grade. It applies to the original English Game Boy release described in the sources and excludes modern emulator saves, display filters or other conveniences.
Strengths
- Direct-action combat and unusual environmental satire.
Weaknesses
- Plain locations, late challenge and limited inventory.
Who it is for: Players seeking an unusual early handheld RPG.
Play notes: Original GB cartridge only; emulator aids excluded.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Variety sustains the journey, though late difficulty spikes. | Reviewed | 7.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Direct mapped actions create an engaging, tactical portable RPG loop. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Distinctive satire and battle art offset plain overworld scenes. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension GB controls support active fighting, with inventory friction remaining. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Bandai Namco
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco
- Release date
- 1993
- Platforms
- Game Boy (GB)
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- ExplorationCommand-based CombatLong-term ProgressionTop-downLevel ProgressionStory-drivenReal-time CombatTurn-based CombatMain Story 20–50 HoursFantasy2D GraphicsSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Top-downSide view
Release editions
- Game Boy (GB)Worldwide1993
Game gallery
Sources
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