Rise of the Robots

"Looking for an innovative and exciting fighting game? Well then don't look here!"

This game defiles Acclaims reputation, even though they didn't have a good name reputation anyways. Honestly, this is heroes of the lance material, the only difference is that time has still forgotten it. I remember renting this game thinking that it would be awesome since I heard quite a bit about the graphics, I have regretted it each and everyday of my life. The next time I see this game, I will destroy it *immediately*.

Gameplay: 1/10 - The worst game gameplay I have ever seen in any video game, honestly. You can only choose to be one character in the regular game (story mode), and in two player, the first person ALWAYS has to pick the main character (great idea!). The special moves aren't worth remembering and remind me of Larry Johnson of the New York Knicks - not used very often.

Controls: 1/10 - The word ''putrid'' sums it up best. At many instances they are slow to respond, and the game really has nothing else to offer aside from punches and kicks. Aside from that, the postioning of the buttons is VERY weird and totally different from something like Street Figher or the MK series. Any gameboy game out there has better controls than this.

Graphics: 6/10 - The ONLY thing going for the game is this, and to be fair, at some points this is actually decent, but since there are only six characters and not many scenes, this can't get much of a good rating somce there were other games at the time with MANY scenes that had better graphics.

Story: 1/10 - Were you honestly expecting a story? You are a robot who goes to a factory to fight other robots. You are a blue cyborg, and the rest of the robots... awww screw it, you won't be playing this game and I forgot what most of them look like anyways. The security guard and the supervisor are the only ones worth mentioning. Wait a minute, they really aren't worth mentioning.

Fun Factor: 1/10 - Let me put it to you this way, nude photos of Rosie O'Donnel are more fun to look at than this.

Buy/Rent? The only reason circumstances in which I could see someone doing either is if they were drunk and got it. Later on in the night they'd probably urinate on it as well.

Final Thought: I'd rather eat a white castle crap burger than play this game again.

Reviewer's Score: 1/10, Originally Posted: 07/18/01, Updated 07/18/01