Description
Tech Romancer is a 3D beat-em-up with a difference: rather than controlling a martial artist, the player selects one of the several available giant robots (mechs). These range from the absurd (a huge, spherical mech with a boat and bus for feet, a house for a head, train for one arm and office building with wrecking ball for another) to the "typical" anime styled mecha (beam-firing chest gem, detachable rocket-powered fists) to a more westernised idea of a mech (huge, sluggish, equipped with heavy cannon, rockets, missiles and land-mines).
The gameplay takes part in large 3D arenas, usually dotted with buildings and other landmarks, many of which are destructible and may contain power-ups. Game controls consist of two attack buttons, one block and one jump. Characters have a special bar; once it is full (up to a maximum of three times), a special move can be executed. There is an armour bar, which depletes as the characters takes or blocks certain hits; if it runs out the character will start taking hefty damage even when blocking. The life and time-bars are self-explanatory, and there is also the special-weapon inventory, which can hold up to five special weapons at a time (these are picked up from the battlefield or stolen off the enemy).
The main single-player mode is a story mode, which is completely different for each character and, for most characters at least, branches many ways, often with multiple endings depending on choices made and targets met.
Alternate Titles
- "超鋼戦紀キカイオー" -- Japanese spelling
- "Choukou Senki Kikaioh" -- Japanese title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Defunct Games |
Aug 13, 2005 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| Armchair Empire, The |
Sep 01, 2000 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| Planet Dreamcast |
Jun 20, 2000 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA) |
Aug 12, 2010 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Retrogaming.it |
Jul 23, 2008 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Gaming Target |
Jul 12, 2000 |
7.8 out of 10 |
78 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Jul 20, 2000 |
15 out of 20 |
75 |
| HappyPuppy |
Jun 12, 2000 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| The Video Game Critic |
Feb 11, 2012 |
C |
50 |
| Gamekult |
Oct 12, 2000 |
3 out of 10 |
30 |
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Trivia
It's the adaptation of the arcade game "Kikaioh".
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
yprbest (103) on Jul 21, 2003.
