"It's true that surgeons now train with video games, replacing joysticks with forceps and scalpels, but Microbot goes deeper." ~ Daniel Bischoff
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!
I think this review is a little generous. I thought it was a good enough game, but if I were to use the letter grade scale like these guys I probably would've given it a C+ or B-. At some points it just felt like it was dragging on slowly. The music was way too ambient as well.
I saw this game at EA's last preview event and thought it looked really cool. Seems like the kinda quirky downloadable game that would be fun for some of the more open-minded people out there.
Sounds interesting, I'll download the trial.