It's hard to get pitched a story about tiny autonomous lifeforms being injected into a person's body and not think of the sci-fi classic Fantastic Voyage. Things have changed a lot since 1966, though, and instead of human beings in a submarine, MicroBot modernizes the scenario to include nanotechnology. The premise, of which you'll get nothing of when you're actually playing the game, involves science finally becoming advanced enough that diseases can be treated by injecting AI-driven nanomachines directly into the body of a patient stricken with various illnesses. Unfortunately, though, the first-generation nanorobots soon bond with infected cells, threatening a molecular biotech takeover of the infirmed.
PlayDevil has posted a review of EA's human body action game "Microbot".
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"MicroBot follows a nano-machine tasked with going into a body and destroying an infection of other rouge nanites that have joined forces with an invading virus to play havoc with the unfortunate host.
With the ability to upgrade and adapt to infections and obstacles it comes across as it moves through the body the small MicroBot is designed for just such internal tomfoolery."
CSM - The first thing you'll notice about Microbot is just how gorgeous the visuals are. Then you'll quickly realize how unique and interesting the movement in the game is -- steering through fluids of various densities feels totally different from steering, say, a spaceship in a standard sci-fi shooter.
Chris "FighterAce100" Salazar writes:
The game style MicroBot presents to me is what I would usually consider pretty boring — that is using one thumbstick to shoot continuously in a specific direction. Considering I am a big FPS and racing game fan, this is entirely not my gig. But after downloading the demo for what looked like some great graphics and cheap laughs, I was shocked.
This game is fun!
