{"id":19120,"date":"2019-06-17T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T00:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19120"},"modified":"2019-06-10T15:11:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T15:11:42","slug":"gato-roboto-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/gato-roboto-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Gato Roboto (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the future, a spaceman is on patrol when he receives a distress call from the planet below.\u00a0 Unfortunately, his pet cat Kiki jumps on the keyboard and causes the ship to crash.\u00a0 The spaceman is trapped in the wreckage, but the cat escapes.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s up to Kiki the cat to explore the planet and find robot suits to defend herself and rescue her master in this retro styled 2-D action platformer.\u00a0 The planet is a maze full of power-ups that will allow you to reach new areas, similar to games like Metroid.\u00a0 So yeah, this is a \u201cMetroidvania\u201d title, or better yet, a \u201cMeowtroidvania.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Kiki herself is completely defenseless, and dies if you get hit once.\u00a0 But she can climb up walls, fits into small spaces, and can swim, so there will be many times where you must explore as Kiki alone.\u00a0 But luckily, you can find robot suits that allow Kiki to fight enemies and take more hits.\u00a0 She can hop out of the mech at any time if need be, though.\u00a0 As you explore the maze-like planet, you\u2019ll find power-ups that upgrade Kiki\u2019s mech suit.\u00a0 These allow you to do things like break blocks with missiles, or do a spinning double jump similar to Samus\u2019 Screw Attack from Metroid.\u00a0 Using these power-ups, you\u2019ll be able to explore more of the planet and fight bosses, including a pesky mouse with mech suits of his own!<\/p>\n

You can view a handy map at all times, which is great.\u00a0 And save points are littered about, and if you enter one without a mech suit, you\u2019ll usually get another one as well.\u00a0 Sometimes you can find special mech suits in the mazes that\u2019ll help you out, like a submarine or stationary gunners.\u00a0 Other hidden items to look for include health kits and other goodies.\u00a0 This game is all in black and white, similar to retro computer games.\u00a0 But some of the hidden items you can get can change the colors in case you want to mix things up.\u00a0 One of them even changes your colors to be red and black, like a Virtual Boy!<\/p>\n

Gato Roboto does have a few problems, though.\u00a0 I felt the controls were a bit loosey goosey.\u00a0 They weren\u2019t bad, it\u2019s just that other games like this, such as Metroid, do control much better.\u00a0 The game is a bit more linear, but that might be a good thing for some if you hate backtracking.\u00a0 While I do like the retro styled graphics as it made things easier to see and great in handheld mode, I can\u2019t help but wonder if a splash of color might\u2019ve helped the atmosphere.\u00a0 Also, the game is very short.\u00a0 I was able to beat it in four hours, and I don\u2019t think there are any rewards or better endings for beating it faster.\u00a0 Not any that I\u2019m aware of anyway.\u00a0 The game is also pretty hard, but it seemed to get easier as I progressed.\u00a0 Even with these problems, the game did hold my interest all the way through, so it must\u2019ve not have been that bad.\u00a0 Plus the price is right at less than ten bucks.\u00a0 So if you like Metroid-style games, you may want to give this one a try.<\/p>\n

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

Gato Roboto is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You can shoot alien frogs and other critters, but they just explode into black and white pixels, as do you when you run out of energy.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger gamers may find it a bit too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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