Super Metal Crusher for PCE

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Review #8133

Super Metal Crusher

Robot Wars

PCE 1991 Pack-In-Video Strategy Strategy › RTS
Super Metal Crusher screenshot for PCE
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
0 / 5

Gameplay

I'm not sure how to even describe this game. Actually, it's easy to describe, but hard to categorize. It's not much of a game, to be honest, since the only interactivity is when you distribute skill points to your robot. So I guess it's a strategy game. You design a robot by allocating the aforementioned points to various stats like I.Q., Speed, Shield, and Attack Range . After that you watch your little guy fight it out with an opponent. That's it. You just watch a fight until it's over.

0 / 5

Level Design

There are two modes - Battle and Practice. Battle takes you through a series of fights while Practice lets you fight only one. In Battle your opponent is randomly selected so you can't devise a strategy for an upcoming fight. So it's all up to the RNG gods. What a dumb game.

4 / 5

Theme

Mechs! It reminds me of Robot Wars, Robotrek, and the bot fighting in Big Hero 6.

2 / 5

Art Style

The robots are all cute, chunky, squashed sprites. The arenas are unimpressive without any obstacles or other environmental elements. Not much to see here.

4 / 5

Audio

I love the music. It's reminiscent of songs from Blaster Master and Metal Storm on the NES.

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