Black Hole Assault
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em RobotsGenre: fighting - 1v1
Publisher: Bignet
Year: 1993
System: Sega CD
Gameplay Score: 1
Gameplay Notes:
Laggy controls and terrible special moves. I couldn't get any to work but they would do so sporadically if I button mashed. Ultimately, it was a bad experience. The long animations of moves means that everything feels slow. In fact, reminds me of Shaq Fu.
Level Design Score: 4
Level Design Notes:
The developers went out of their way to provide a lot of modes and tons of customization options. you can fine tune difficulty, play as any of the robots, create a tournament, etc. If only the gameplay were better. There are ten stages. They have minimal animation in the background, as it's mostly spacecapes (is that a word?) or interiors of space stations. So, not terribly exciting, but some are quite pretty. A few even have environmental hazards, like fire shooting from the ground every so often.
Theme Score: 3
Theme Notes:
The most boring mech fighting theme I've ever seen. Actually, Rise of the Robots is far worse, but it's more about robots than mechs. what's missing is anything resembling a human element, as all you ever see are these hungs of metal whacking away at each other.
Art Style Score: 4
Art Style Notes:
Impressive stuff! The mech designs are meh, but they're well drawn and animate beautifully. The stage backgrounds could use more details, but I'll roudn up on this one.
Audio Score: 2
Audio Notes:
The music does not fit the theme at all. It's soft and bouncy - the exact opposite you'd want while watching rock and sock 'm robots.
Overall Score: 45
Review ID: 12012
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