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- REVIEW
- RISE OF THE ROBOTS from TIME WARNER
- FORMAT: PC-PC/CD
- DATE: DECEMBER
- PRICE: N/A
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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!
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- 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.
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- 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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- Conclusion│
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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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- │INTEREST├─────────────────┤ 90% │ │Time Warner Interactive.
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