I was given a Xbox One review code which I played on my Series X Code provided by Publisher Super.com @supercomltd and is Developed by Orbit Studio @orbitgamestudio
This is released in the UK on 12/05/2021 and is priced in UK £16.74.
INTRODUCTION
Only one city remains on the planet and its only robots who inhabit it now. Protected by a glass dome, Endeavor rises above the once lively area and worker robots are trying their best to keep it going. In order to maintain it every robot has a job to do and any imperfections found will be discarded immediately.
FEATURES
* You are on your own long ago humans vanished leaving behind robots to fix the world.
* Your enemies are your tools control all the robots you meet and use them during combat and for exploration and solving puzzles.
* Enjoy hand drawn visuals based on illustrations from sci-fi books of the twentieth century set in a retro-futuristic universe.
* Explore a multifaceted world from underground facilities to the golden streets of Endeavour the last city on the planet your journey will take you across a whole region filled with new challenges,new robots.
FAN ART
PROS
The graphics are awesome loved the hand drawn and very detailed art style.
The world was interesting and very fun to explore and find collectables,upgrades
Combat was not to complex to and very fun easy for all ages and all players.
The story was interesting from start to finish.
The puzzle elements were awesome and surprisingly challenging as dome later ones require alot of steps and timing to do.
The ability to control enemies to fight for you during combat or to explore and solve puzzles was original and refreshing very cool.
Upgrade menu is simple to understand and rewards you for exploration by finding resources you need to improve.
Enemy variety was impressive as all are unique in look,attacks,movement system.
There were so many easter eggs and all were awesome and great to find,nice touches.
CONS
Sometimes can be frustrating when trying to figure out puzzles and fights can be tricky if you control robots to help.
OVERALL SUMMARY
I GIVE THIS GAME A SCORE OF 9.0/10
Overall has slight issue where puzzles maybe challenging and annoy some people and combat at first till you control robots but game has so much content and so fun to explore and play with a great story and fun combat.
100% RECOMMENDED BUY THIS.
PROS
* The graphics are awesome as hand drawn and very detailed.
* The world was interesting and fun to explore and find collectables,upgrades.
* Combat was not to complex to learn and very fun.
* The story was interesting from start to finish.
* The puzzle elements were awesome and challenging.
* Ability to control enemy's to fight for you and for puzzles was original and fun.
* Upgrade menu is simple to understand and rewards you for exploring.
* Enemy variety was impressive as all unique in look,attacks,movement system.
* There was so many easter eggs and all were awesome and great to find,nice touches.
CONS
* Sometimes can be frustrating when trying figure out puzzles and fights are tricky if you dont control robots to help in the fights.
Here are links to my videos from me livestreaming on my twitch channel twitch.tv/grimreapersage then uploaded to my YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6B7Ec1MRze7u7SLK7sX2pw
RETRO MACHINA PART 1 https://youtu.be/ISfr97kOb5w
RETRO MACHINA PART 2 https://youtu.be/JKOdG642s4M
RETRO MACHINA PART 2.5 https://youtu.be/TX4AjFkolUk
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