ndie developer Demiurge Studios cuts right to the point with the title
of Shoot Many Robots. Blowing away mechanical hordes of bad guys is what
this simple-yet-addictive actioner for Xbox Live Arcade and the
PlayStation Network is all about, so there is no mystery as to what you
get. You may not get anything like originality here, but you do get a
lot of robot-shooting action for the $10 asking price, along with such
amenities as a huge range of weapons and gear, full co-op support in the
campaign, and a great sense of humor.
You take on the role of P. Walter Tugnut, an amiable hick who manages to
deal with a robot apocalypse just fine until the metal bastards blow up
his truck. From that point on, it's war. So you hop into your RV and
head off on a kill-crazy expedition to make the walking toasters pay for
wrecking your ride. And, uh, for destroying all of humanity. That too.
That's it for the storyline. From there, the gameplay is all about
shooting many thousands of robots. The RV serves as a command base where
you trick yourself out with various weapons and other gear in the
bathroom before hitting up a map by the steering wheel to select a
destination. Standard platform carnage ensues. You tromp, stomp, jump,
slide, and brawl across well over a dozen levels in the campaign, either
solo or with up to three buddies in co-op. Combat plays out from left
to right, with you blasting everything that moves with two weapons: a
shooter with infinite ammo and a cannon with limited shells. Kills
result in leveling up. Dead bots explode into nuts that you collect to
buy new weapons and armor. If you kill fast enough, you trigger combos
that multiply nut numbers up to five times. Bottles of beer (juice in
the oddly alcohol-free PlayStation version of the game, which seems
otherwise identical to the Xbox 360 one) are chugged to earn health.
Movement is handled with the left stick, while everything else is done
with the face and trigger buttons.
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