I seldom sell any games no matter how poorly they play. This, however, was one I was more than happy to part with shortly after purchase. Rise of the Robots is better left forgotten.
Yeah, but mostly how it got trashed around for how ungodly awful it was.
Another of those old Acclaim gems.
Panzer_Zwei
Acclaim have some of the most mixed record of any game company, its quite odd, some of their games were really great, but they also made a whole pile of crappy games.
I knew I recognized that title. So yeah, I remember this. I loved how smooth the graphics looked, they really stood out. But I also remember getting bored of the game pretty quickly.
There was a similar game... I forgot the name, but it was something like "Battlebots" or "Battlecage" or something. You had very same-ish robots, but you could upgrade them and all and have amazing battles.
Edit:
Found it, it was 'One Must Fall'. I see it even got another game in 2003.
I know it was hyped as the next best thing but turned out to be a bellow average Mortal Kombat rip-off with robots instead of humans. The graphics and sound were good tho, especially in the DOS version which supported SVGA (480p) and Sound Blaster. But the gameplay was completely broken. Here is a vid:
It's so funny how the announcer for the trailer just flat-out lies about the features. Total 3-dimensional movement and a learning AI are not in this game whatsoever.
That sentence right there is being way to nice about the sh!t that was Rise of the Robots.
nameless12345
along with a bunch of other fighting games in the early 90s sadly (Im looking at you Primal Rage)
Hey now, Primal Rage was pretty cool :P
Even tho I agree it had pretty broken fighting system as well.
frankly I found Primal Rage to be a steaming pile, the only reason I can think of why anybody liked it at the time was the blood and the "hey look Im playing as a Dinosaur" novelty, but then , if you want blood, go watch a horror movie, or Jurassic park if you want to see dinosaurs. otherwise the game pretty broken , not a horrid game, but not even a mediocre one either.
Cosign on Primal Rage. Cool concept, but the fighting system is just not that fun. The characters were awesome though. I remember i used to have the action figures of the apes and dinosaurs. My favorite was Diablo.
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