Ever since the DS was revealed, real-time strategy fans thought the system would be great for the genre. Both the stylus control and extra real estate the dual screens provide would seem to solve many of the problems RTS games face when they leave the comfort of the mouse and keyboard. But over three years later, the DS isn't exactly bursting with offerings from the genre.
Which is why IGN's ears perked up last week when they heard a former SpongeBob SquarePants writer and his partner were penning a new DS RTS game called Robocalypse. The story follows a batch of robots implanted with the brains of World War II veterans that must stop a band of rampaging machines. Some slick screenshots and an innovative premise convinced IGN this title warranted further investigation. They caught up with writers Jay Lender and Micah Wright to find out more about this impending robot holocaust.
Vogster Entertainment is an independent entertainment company based in New York City, delivering high quality, inspiring and creative content for all gaming platforms, featuring lots of refreshing themes and important brands to gamers. One of these is Robocalypse, a critically acclaimed, mission-based real time strategy game for Nintendo DS.
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Robocalypse is easily one of the best portable strategy games out there. It's fun, has a nice sense of humor, and the simplified control scheme works well overall. If you can find friends with the game, you can battle in four-player action fests. Overall, this is an excellent example of small-screen strategy.
GC writes: "Robocalypse is a great real time strategy game from Tecmo and Vogster Entertainment that puts you in the shoes of commander of your own person robot army. In what has to be one of the best games I have seen on the Nintendo DS Robocalypse is a great real time strategy game.
Robocalypse has you at the controls of your own robot army with a great storyline that adds enough to the game but does not add so much that it gets boring or even annoying. You are the commander of an army but like in real life you do not order around individuals but order squads and a few individuals with special abilities like commanders."
