Robocalypse is a welcome entry on the short list of DS real-time strategy games, balancing a mix of classic real-time strategy gameplay and cartoon-style graphics and humor, as well as incorporating an intuitive control system. The game opens with a mishap at the Thermidoom Factory, maker of military robots and toasters. Somehow, a group of these robots goes rogue and, led by the evil Demolisher, swears to annihilate the human race. The factory's nerdy scientist and buxom PR director quickly create a robotic army of their own and furnish them with the minds of a few World War II veterans who just happened to be taking a free tour of the facility at the time. The story that unfolds, penned by the talent behind SpongeBob SquarePants, only gets goofier and more absurdly humorous from there.
The Good:
* Humorous story and characters
* Tight controls and great use of the touch screen
* Varied and memorable unit types.
The Bad:
* Clumsy and frustrating AI
* Limited multiplayer match types.
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."
