{"id":18220,"date":"2018-09-03T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T00:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=18220"},"modified":"2018-08-23T20:24:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T20:24:06","slug":"robbotto-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/03\/robbotto-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbotto (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of my favorite kinds of arcade games are single screen maze games where you either have to run from things or chase things.\u00a0 Examples would include Pac-Man and Bubble Bobble.\u00a0 So I was happy to find out that retro styled Robbotto plays like those titles.\u00a0 In this game, you are a robot and must deactivate all the enemy robots in a room.\u00a0 To do this, first you must zap them with a bolt of electricity, and while they are still electrified, you must spray them with water to stop them.\u00a0 Robbotto is available to download on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Each level is a single screen, and enemy robots walk about.\u00a0 Some can jump, while others can shoot.\u00a0 Be careful not to touch them or their projectiles, or you\u2019ll lose a life.\u00a0 Even when robots are shocked, you mustn\u2019t touch them until they\u2019ve been thoroughly doused with water.\u00a0 If you lose all of your lives, it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 Depending on the level of difficulty that you choose, you can start right back at the stage you left on.\u00a0 Once you defeat all robots, you can collect little glowing squares from them for points, and then head for the exit portal.\u00a0 There are bosses to fight every so often, too.<\/p>\n

Like any good arcade game of this ilk, there is a two player co-op mode as well.\u00a0 The interesting thing about this mode is that one player can shoot electricity, and the other sprays water.\u00a0 So you really have to use teamwork!\u00a0 Unfortunately the game isn\u2019t near as good as classics it\u2019s trying to imitate, like Bubble Bobble.\u00a0 Movements, especially jumping, feels a bit sluggish, and the game is lacking any sort of charm.\u00a0 All the enemies look nearly the same, backgrounds are plain and music is forgettable.\u00a0 Sometimes character and charm can go a long way.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only violence in this game are robots zapping each other with electricity and water, and causing them to short out and stop working.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the menu text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 I loved playing Bubble Bobble with my brothers when they were younger, so little kids might like this game as well.\u00a0 Robbotto is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite kinds of arcade games are single screen maze games where you either have to run from things or chase things.\u00a0 Examples would include Pac-Man and Bubble Bobble.\u00a0 So I was happy to find out that retro styled Robbotto plays like those titles.\u00a0 In this game, you are a robot and must […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18222,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18220\/revisions\/18222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}