{"id":23616,"date":"2023-07-24T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T00:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23616"},"modified":"2023-07-15T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T11:45:38","slug":"robolt-ps4-ps5-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/robolt-ps4-ps5-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Robolt (PS4, PS5, Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/robolt_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-23614 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ROBOLT_BOX-150x58.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ROBOLT_BOX-150x58.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ROBOLT_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Run, jump, and shoot robots in Robolt, a 2-D run and gun platformer.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on PlayStation consoles and Switch, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>Controls are pretty straightforward.\u00a0 Move left and right with the d-pad, one button jumps, and you shoot with the R2 button and use special limited weapons with the R1 button.\u00a0 Travel left to right to reach the end doorway to beat the level.\u00a0 Shoot or avoid robots along the way.\u00a0 Pick up green coin things so you can buy upgrades like extra hits, stronger shots, and double jumps.\u00a0 There are also hidden red squares to find, but I don\u2019t know what they do.<\/p>\n<p>This game is just full of problems.\u00a0 Your character is so small and the backgrounds are so busy it\u2019s hard to tell where you are most of the time.\u00a0 Seriously, look at the screenshot I posted and try to find where your character is.\u00a0 The camera moves up every time you jump, too, which makes matters worse.\u00a0 Play control is a bit loose and you can barely hear any of the sound effects.\u00a0 It feels like an unfinished game, really.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/robolt_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ROBOLT_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ROBOLT_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ROBOLT_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ROBOLT_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robolt is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You shoot at robots that explode when defeated, and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Run, jump, and shoot robots in Robolt, a 2-D run and gun platformer.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on PlayStation consoles and Switch, but reviewed on PS4 here. Controls are pretty straightforward.\u00a0 Move left and right with the d-pad, one button jumps, and you shoot with the R2 button and use special limited weapons with the R1 button.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23616","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\/23616","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=23616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23670,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23616\/revisions\/23670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}