Rise of the Robots

Rise of the Robots (1994)

by Instinct Design, Mirage Technologies, Absolute Entertainment, Acclaim, Philips Interactive Media, T&E Soft, Time Warner Interactive
Genres:Fighting
Themes:Science fiction
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:A revolution in combat games - featuring a unique combat intelligence system that adapts to and learns your style of play! The first game with film-quality, controllable 3D graphics. Robot attack routines choreographed by a martial arts expert. Witness the first ever morphing character to appear in a computer game! Awesome cinematic link sequences.Show more
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user avatar@Tequilauser avatar@Tequila
February 05, 2025
The hype this game has back in the 90s was just unavoidable. Magazines and TV shows such as Bad Influence where saying this was going to be the next best thing, State of the art 3d enviroments, AI that learns your moves.... NOPE!! It was terrible, BUT it has its charm. I loved the 90s-ness of this game. And yes even terrible games deserve to be preserved.
This Game first introduced me into fighting games at the time and still I always like this game because of the soundtrack and current characters in the game which is also interesting but still I Don't yet get why people dislike the game except for me?
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