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REVIEW
RISE OF THE ROBOTS from TIME WARNER
FORMAT: PC-PC/CD
DATE: DECEMBER
PRICE: N/A
As the title indicates,"Rise of the Robots" brings us into an ultra-modern
futuristic world where sophisticated technology has permitted man to create
all sorts of robots to do the most difficult of tasks. Evidently these
robots are, above all, submitted to man and must remain servants to society.
It is in the city of Metropolis 4 that we find the largest producer of
robots, Electrocorp, where the problems appear! In effect, the production
complex of Electrocorp is completely controlled by industrial androids and
management is maintained daily by a polymorphic android supervisor. The
supervisor is unique and has successfully operated Electrocorp for many
months. Until one day, an extremely pernicious Ego-virus infected him
altering his behavior programming and creating a violent psychotic
personality. He is now preparing to reprogram all of the factory's robot
workers to submit them to his great desire... to destroy the human race.
The best way to stop them is you! You are a human cyborg, the latest
product of Electrocorp's Sci-Bio technology. Designed for hand combat, you
are perfect for fighting in sensitive areas where we would not want to use
firearms because they cause too much damage. Your adversaries will be all
the robots from the factory who will be on your trail. The closer you get
to the supervisor the harder it will be to win your battles.
The main principle of the game is simple: you will have to win many battles
before you can confront the enemy of the human race, the supervisor. Each
robot, including yourself, has particular differences involving their
strength, weaknesses or the types of kicks and punches that he can play.
Your strength is your intelligence and your agility, while your weakness
comes from the fact that you are human and therefore are less resistant and
subject to fatigue.
The following are the type of blows that you can do to others: direct blows
more or less powerful, kicking, head blows called "Turbo" etc... You can
test them to see which ones cause the most damage to your adversaries.
Take note, the main battles in the game use an artificial intelligence
system, specially made for your computer controlled adversaries to be able
to study your movements and adjust their strategies to beat you!
The game permits you to practice against any robot and even to choose your
own combatant of your choice with the exception of the supervisor.
It is also possible to play with two players. One of the players uses the
keyboard while the other uses the joystick. The level of difficulty can also
be set.
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The graphics in this game are particularly well done for a combat game.
The movements flow freely, but it will take some time to learn all the
special blows and movements which risk to weary the impatient player (like
myself). I therefore recommend this game to fans of combat games and wish
you a wonderful time with "Rise of the Robots".
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: │
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386 SX-25 MHz or better,
Min 4 MB memory,
MS-DOS 5.0 or later,
Hard drive required,
Single speed CD-ROM drive (150 Kb/s) or faster,
VGA 256 color graphic card and monitor,
Microsoft Mouse or 100% compatible and joysticks supported,
Sound Blaster and compatibles.
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┌────────┐ ┌─────┐ │Time Warner Interactive.
│GRAPHICS├─────────────────┤ 95% │ │1 Rushmills, Beford Road,
│SOUND ├─────────────────┤ 91% │ │Northampton NN4 7YH, England.
│MUSIC ├─────────────────┤ 91% │ │Tel: +44-(0)604-602-800
│GAMEPLAY├─────────────────┤ 86% │ │
│INTEREST├─────────────────┤ 90% │ │Time Warner Interactive.
└────────┘ └─────┘ │675 Sycamore Drive,
┌────────┐ ┌─────┐ │Milipitas, CA 95035.
│OVERALL ├─────────────────┤ 90% │ │Tel: 408-434-3700
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