3DO

Rise of the Robots

This very well may be the worst fighting game I've ever played in my entire life, despite all it's fancy, shiny SGI-ness. With choppy animation, incredibly shallow, painful and lame two-button gameplay, zero scrolls or even stages that move for that matter, Rise of the Robots is one to avoid...especially with such power-games like Tekken, Tohshinden and Virtua on the way.

This is by far the worst fighting game I've ever seen. It dwells too much on cinemas and it's (supposed) eye-popping graphics. The game play is almost non-existent. The few moves are near-impossible to do. In this game, trying to do a normal punch is on par to a special move. The animation really lacks and it's just plain boring to watch. Rise of the Robots is a game that is just not fun to play. I don't like ripping on games, but ones as poor as this deserve it.

You'd have more fun if you bought two electric can openers and smashed them together until only one works.

Perhaps the worst fighting game of all time, Rise of the Robots ironically features some of the best graphics ever seen in a beat-em-up. In one-player-mode, the Cyborg is the only character that may be selected. The Cyborg also only has two special moves. Two moves?! Though the 3DO's graphic capabilities make this a better-looking game than the cartridge versions, it's still to be avoided at all costs; if you're curious, you can look for copies in the "used" bins.

As you would expect, there is a two-player mode, but player one can only be ECO35-2. What the heck is THAT all about?? There are three punches and three kicks (light, medium, hard), but they all look exactly the same! The controls are sluggish, and trying to pull off special moves is futile. That's not much of an issue though, because the weak fighting engine doesn't demand much technique anyway. There are no interesting backgrounds to view during the fights, and no music either! Rise of the Robots is painfully shallow compared to classic fighters like Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat. Even if you like this kind of thing, Rise of the Robots won't do much time in your 3DO.