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(I don't care if some of you guys complain about people complaining.)
This is a very nice game, great concept, but AI and controls are somewhat buggy. The challanges could be fairer as my "sword" always gets destroyed if I come in "dragon's" range.
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WHY the ai (artificial idiocy) has to move ALWAYS?! where that "Hold Position" command? Except this - the game is great, though challenges are abit hard..
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With a publish date of 03/2007, i realize that further changes/updates are unlikely. However, some things would be very nice additions.
First off, a highlighted weapons range indicator for all the bots, say green for me, red for foes, that i could turn on/off from within a match. I know that each weapon has max and min ranges, but the numbers really tell me nothing here. a visual indicator of when I've traveled out of targetting range would be very handy.
Second, as many have mentioned, a way to forfeit an unwinnable match would be nice.
Lastly, slightly more detailed command options, say not just a 'follow that bot' command, but rather a 'follow that bot at XX distance' command, where XX is picked by the player. Would be especially useful if the only range indicator we ever get is the numbers listed in the component descriptions.
Largely a fun game, but these could improve it a bit, I think. 4/5
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I tend to get annoyed when I lose challenges repeatedly simply because my bot does a bonehead action and not because of any tactical choices on my part. It makes a great deal of the game simple luck.
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Perhaps some sort of cpu upgrading to deal with the craptacular random bot behaviour would be good in future versions.
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classic,
as for challenge 4 i just kept moving shield in front of the dragon and pulling sword away when it got hit, did it on the first try
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challenge 4 sucks badly. If at the very least I could quit when sword died.. But no, I have to wait until the stupid AI manages to kill off shield as well.
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I finally won 4 when I changed tactics entirely.
Sword hides in a corner, and Shield does his level best to trap sword there. Let the dragon come to you. If Shield gets behind Sword, go to a different corner to fix it.
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For challenge number 4, trying having Sword autofollow Shield. Then just concentrate on keeping Shield at shortish to medium range from the enemy. Let Sword pound away... Sword has enough health that it should survive "screwing up" a few times if it gets in front of Shield or if Shield gets inside of the enemy's minimum range.
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This is a great game, you should stop rating games based upon the badge.
If you think it's about 4.5/5, don't rate 1 or 2 just because getting the hard badge is hard (getting a hard badge is supposed to be hard), please rate this game as if you play it to without considering the badges.
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Great game! Same as everyone though: stuck on challenge 4, which is orders of magnitude harder than the rest of the game. If only the shield was stronger, it might be doable.
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the game has a good basis, but the bot ai SUCKS!. instead of having them aimlestly wander around you should be able to have them in formations, such as one where you can have a shield bot always in between the enemy and a shooter bot (ie. challenge #4)
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Mute function please, now I have to switch to other games the whole time I wanna chat/lissen to music/youtube or such.
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I still love this game. I think people complaining about controls and AI don't realize that this is a robot battle instead of C&C 3...
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I have to agree with serj. Anybody who actually tries to control their bot will lose. Just keep winning the easier matches to make money for the best upgrades! Then just sit back and watch yourself win.
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Stupidest Ai ever.. I mean WHY would my bot intentionally turn away from it's opponent when it is point blank and stop shooting it? WHY? FRICKING EXPLAIN THAT TO ME!!!
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I played career game first and I saw the makings of a great game. Not just a good game a great game.
Then I decided to get the last badge and do the challenges..boy was that a mistake. It turned the game from an easy 4.5-5 to a 2. Most of the challanges have no bearing what so ever on the game or are based completly on luck. Challenges two and four for example are impossible to do completly by skill due to the randomness of the AI bot movement. Four espcially is more difficult then final hour by at least a factor of three or four. Word of advice dont even try to control the bots in career mode. Instead let the bots do the work for you and just experiment with different configs. I found that much more enjoyable then even messing with the controls.
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The whole thing was great until sword-n-shield. The controls weren't in need of precision until then, and there, it just fell apart. 20 tries, and I am still at it. I had no real trouble with any of the other challenges and certainly not career mode.
I enjoy these bot arena games, but oy...fix that wretched challenge #4. I think most of the people here are complaining about it, anyway, if they complain at all.
Good work overall.
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ok i have spent 2 hours now fucking with various layouts to beat level 4..i cant. i hav tried 2 super powered bots, and 3 mid range bots...ridiculous..
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One of the stpidest parts about this game is that the bots actually have to turn to move forward. Makes the challenges impossible. I would rate is lower but I can't
1/5
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fun, career is easy but enjoyable, seems to have some issues with firefox, crashes often, some bugs. challenge modes mixed bag.. at best
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It's a really good game. Making the best choices for your bot is at times as opposed to having fast reflexes is refreshing. Also, I beat it. :P
Now to the challenges.
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the game is full of bugs, you can get the hard badge (cARRER MODE) WHIT ONLY 5 CLICKS ON YOUR MOUSE!!!!!
fix that, but i got the badge in 1 minutt because of this bug.
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hey, nice game, but come on, no exit button? for example, in the sword & shield vs. dragon challenge, if you screw up, you have to wait until he kills you off.
please put a menu button or something
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The challenges are stupid because the bots do not take instructions well. I would also like to see a no weight limit fun mode as a reward for completing career mode.
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My favorite part is how the robots don't know how to sit their ADHD butts down and hold their positions. My second favorite part is that your turn radius may be 0, but your speed is about 0 miles per hour and the enemy always seems to have just the right weapon to bash your slowpoke circuits in.