Robocop vs The Terminator

Yep, I now have a review after countless days of being lazy... err, I mean, doing some stuff and I have genuinely got a job prospect as a game tester. Hopefully I'll have positive results come Monday so that I can finally start earning cash and buy stuff.

(Must get... Persona 4.... Must get...)

This time around I'm gonna review a game that people should be familiar with, given that it features two of the most well-known cyborg icons in movies. This is Robocop vs The Terminator for Sega Genesis.

Robocop, who wasn't heard of him even after so many years? Many should remember him from the movies or the comic books created by Frank Miller and how it made an impact with no-nonsensical violence and a cyborg who upholds the law and looks badass doing it. Same with the Terminator, another icon that has instant recognition thanks in no small to the Governator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The first two movies were kickass, especialy when I saw T2 on a theater in Calexico once. The 3rd one was just okay, it just lacked the pizzaz that made the previous ones so great, Kristianna Loken notwithstanding. :P

Based on the million copy selling comic book series, the game takes us into the battle between Robocop and the Terminators. You must proceed through the mean streets of Detroit, shooting the shit out of thugs and criminals littering the slums like so much trash while tracking down the Terminators sent by Skynet, the supercomputer that's plotting to eliminate mankind by setting up a trap for Robocop and use his components to accelerate its development in the present timeline.

As you can see the moment you shoot down a bad guy, this game has blood and plenty of it as the thugs get shot down into a million bloody pieces as you traverse through 10 stages that get challenging as you get through them one by one. There are many enemies and traps which are set to turn Robo into a pile of burnt metal and in the 2nd half of the game you take on lots of T-800s as they try to trample the human resistance in the future. The graphics for the most part are very detailed, as though they were based from the movies and Robocop looks just like his movie counterparts and the Terminators look true to type. One detail that quickly catches your eye is the way the human enemies die as you shoot them; you can really see the blood as they go down into a pulp and that's cool. Who wants to see some half-assed violence when the real deal is where is at? :3

The soundtrack is appriopiate, although I kinda think it's a bit of the weak link of the game. A few of them are outstanding at times, but my complaint is that when you take on the bosses there is absolutely NO MUSIC. It's unforgivable that we're not treated with a good track as we tear them a new one when we fight them and with that I make my point. The controls are easy to pick up from Stage 1 when you go for some target practice and get used to the gameplay. A button lets you swap between two weapons just like in Contra III, B shoots your selected gun and C lets you jump. When you climb ladders and shimmey on pipes Robocop moves with an impressive speed and celerity that makes you think they might have upgraded him a little and he fights just right so you won't have problems with the control, especially since you can hold the B button for some autofire goodness while moving around and aiming at any angle while shooting down the enemies, just like Robocop. ;)

The challenge in this game can be hardcore, even in the easy modes, but it's one you'll like to sink into. The enemies will be everywhere, trying to shoot you down with everything they have. Luckly, you'll find weapons that will help you uphold the law the only way you know how. You'll find flamethrowers, grenade launchers, plasma guns, seeker missles, ray guns and if you're lucky you'll even use ED-209's machine gun. Now that I mentioned the bosses, you'll encounter a few enemies and known haunts (This one's especially for the movie buffs). You'll face off against a big macho thug, a Terminator (and rest assured, he won't be the last), Robocop 2, a mini battle tank and good old ED-2009. They can be tough and if you do even one scratch on them you'll lose a lot of life so you better do a hands-off policy as you try to defeat them. With a cool head, good aiming and skill you may finish one of the toughest games for the Genesis; it's not impossible, but you better give it all you got in order to survive and save the present and future from Skynet.

Robocop vs the Terminator is a very entretaining game and it's one you should find for a good price, especially if you're a fan of both cyborgs. It gets an 8/10 rating.

I'm outta here; I'm going out tonight. :P