Retro Not Just In Name
HIGH Enjoyable combat with an interesting art style.
LOW A very limited set of skills and not enough enemy types.
WTF Wait… it’s not a metroidvania ?!
Retro Machina Review
Tag: robots
Volta-X Review
Right Robots, Wrong Mission
HIGH The concept is gold and the art style is fantastic.
LOW Finishing the game missing crewmembers and robots.
WTF Who thought all this grinding was a good idea?
Super Crush KO Review
Kitten May Sigh
HIGH Finishing off bosses with a super beam.
LOW The flat, lifeless environments.
WTF The fuzzball that launched a thousand robots.
Time Carnage Review
A Bloody Smorgasbord!
HIGH Time Paradox!
LOW Dogs going invisible as they strike.
WTF Headshots make a cash register sound play… but the game does not have an economy.
APEX Construct Review
Take It Up With My Robot Hand
HIGH Getting my first look at the boss of the underground.
LOW Losing thousands of saved-up energy points because a crab sneaked up on me.
WTF Wow, typing in VR is crazy awkward!
Factotum 90 Review (PS4)
Chatting With Noel And Barbara
HIGH Each stage ending with a “conversation” between Noel and Barbara.
LOW Did no one think to use any other paint color besides brown?
WTF Are the collectables for?
This Is Not A Review: Bot Colony
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Bot Colony, developed and published by North Side and tested on PC.
Phoning Home Review
Simple Synthetic Survival
HIGH The atmospheric alien world.
LOW Searching for resources becomes tedious quickly.
WTF I was not expecting to find… that in the desert.
The Uncertain Chapter 1: The Last Quiet Day Review
Robo-Handyman To The Rescue!
HIGH Finally figuring a way past those damn sentry guns!
LOW The puzzle which expects me identify musical notes by ear.
WTF Wow, this robot sure likes to talk to himself, doesn’t he?
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