Mr. Robot is a 3D video game by British studio Moonpod, published as shareware, which attempts to combine the genres of role-playing video game and platform game.[1]
| Mr. Robot | |
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| Developer(s) | Moonpod |
| Publisher(s) | Moonpod |
| Designer(s) | Mark Featherstone |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 10 January 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure, RPG, platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The platform adventure part of the game takes place on board a spaceship called The Eidolon which is destined for a remote colony planet when things start to go wrong. The player takes the part of Asimov, a "lowly service droid", who must attempt to save the humans stored in cryosleep. The RPG element takes place inside a virtual computer world in which the player can hack computer terminals to combat defense computer programs via a turn-based battle system.
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
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| GameRankings | 85%[2] |
| Metacritic | 83/100[3] |
The game won the 9.6/10 Editor's choice gold award at VG Core[4] and scored 87% in PC Format magazine, and also won the award for 'best ending' in the PC Format 2007 game awards. It scored 82% in PC Gamer UK magazine.
References
edit- ^ GameAxis Unwired - Jul 2007 - p. 35 "While the name may sound stupid, Mr. Robot is actually a puzzle game in which you need to navigate across various rooms and solve puzzles. As the robot Asimov, it's your duty to safeguard the ship (called the Eidolon) you're travelling on ..."
- ^ "Mr. Robot for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Mr. Robot for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ VG Core