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I agree with the others that the AI is not very good. But that's not a big problem becouse the enemys AI is just as stupid as yours. It's only problematic on challenge mode, but hey, that's why it's called challenge!
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On the fourth challenge i'm also loving that after losing the sword, you either waaaaait for the shield to die or reload, giving this crappy game another hit to its loading count.
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This Game absolutely sux balls it's more luck then skill attempting to drive the bot = autodeath, not attempting to drive = autodeath. Simply awful this isn't worth of the badges.
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Awful game mechanics, which is sad in a game with a lot of potential. Customization is simple, weapons are fine, but when advanced battle robots can't stop bashing their head into a wall, it is just too much.
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In challenge 4, the shield wanders in one direction until it hits something. This could be the wall or a robot. From what I've seen if u tell it to move somewhere it well follow that path until it hits something. From this point I can not predict where it will go. To me it seems it will go in the direction that will screw u over the most. XD
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The fun thing is they gave "The Dragon" a gun that can't hit at close range, so if you send "The Shield" to follow him, he gets closer than the effective range of the gun and "The Dragon" turn to attack "The Sword", making this challenge utterly annoying. It was a 4/5 to me, but the terrible lvl design on the challenges made it a 3/5 to me.
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Terrible AI. The movement intelligence is stupid above all measures. I see a lot of potential in here, and usually I give at least two stars for the effort alone, but this one is clearly undeveloped. Sorry for the harsh words, but that is just my personal opinion.
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how did this game rate high enough to get badges? here's the strat as far as i can tell: build, save, play, lose, exit, reload, play, lose, exit, reload, play, win! save. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum. . . or until you get the badges, if you have the patience and nothing else to do. Seriously disappointing. 1 star
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For me, the dragon seemed to not target any bot set to follow it... So I set the sword to follow the dragon, and controlled the shield manually on the outside of the sword... worked for me.
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Horrid control system!
Why can't u just give each robot a hotkey? Like 1,2,3,4,5? You can only have 5 robots anyway. Just number them from top to battle.
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Does the "Dragon" melt my sword in 5 hits or what? I need a better sword. Challenge 4 is a pain. Arghhhh make him autofocus the shield or something.
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2/5. A tired idea "arena combat" idea implemented poorly with a flawed AI system and without even the courtesy of a plot for a backdrop. The only thing that saves it from a 1/5 is the weight system, which actually makes strategy necessary in Career.
Challenge mode should be renamed "Fight against the poor AI to win" mode.
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A lot of potential in this game, reminds me of a hardcore battle bots. Best way to get through, just get the best armors and the best guns and win. No need for strategy. Wish the controls were more versatile.
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hell, this game is just pure frustration. after trying a billion times, the best way to do challenge 4 is to have the sword follow the shield and keep it about 2 bot lengths away from that bastard dragon and micro the hell away. No cheap tricks here
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The AI for your bots is terrible. This coupled with the atrocious control of your bots makes this game a chore to play. 1/5
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The chanllenges are way too long... I mean, you can't control everything like this forever, something fails and you get beat when you're 80-90% done, very annoying...
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This game has tons of potential but...not being able to move around? Hell, I know 2 year olds that have use their brain better than a robot. Hooray for badges of the day bringing me to games with EXTREME faults...*sigh*
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Crap. Glad the badge was quick to get. Just load the first challenge, leave, come back a few mins later and repeat 4-7 times.
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sorry for double post, cant edit post. P.S. I have played Bot Arena 2 on GameGecko, but what ever happened to the original?
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Don't you just love it when you're tell your bots to go attack something and then another one comes and they start shooting the new one instead of concentrating on what you told them?
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In challenge 2, I can't even kill one of them. They move as fast as the one given to you so they simply surround and continue to pound on me.
In challenge 4, the dragon completely ignores the shield until the sword is destroyed.
In challenge 5, the range of the weapon given to you is barely larger than the ones of the enemies.
3/5. Should've made the arena larger, had some weapons with even longer range (Even if that made them a bit weaker!) and not had 'wander mode' make the allies dumb as bricks.
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wow. this game is 4 years old. The creator of this game will not change the controls and update everything. more likely he/she would make newer one if he/she hasnt already
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what a pointless game. To get the badge of the day with the least amount of aggravation just play introduction training a couple of times and you will get the badge.
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Challenge 4 is far from impossible, or from requiring mere luck. Here's how to do it: Set your shield to follow the dragon at the start, then just control your "sword". Make sure it always stays in maximum range of the "dragon". and you will only get shot a minimum. If the dragon starts turning around immediately back off, but don't forget to follow it too so you have a chance to defeat it before your shield dies. It takes a few tries to get a hang of it. Hey that's why it's labelled as hard! But overall those are 30 points that can be obtained with very little time ;-)