RoBoRumble Reviews

Not for me, neither when it was released nor nowadays.

They need to re-do this game and make it more playable on Windows 10 or 11. It is such an old game and the only reason I bought it was cause of nostalgia...I'm saying that because you can't even Alt+Tab from this game without ruining the whole graphics/interface; ruins the color, resolution and the game colors get inverted or whatnot and then it can't be fixed unless you restart the game. But I mean what did you expect? it's such an old game and to run it on Windows 10 or 11 would surely have some issues. I mean the game seems to be working fine, so long as you don't Alt+Tab that is.

Unique robot building mechanics, outstanding level design, definitely worth playing TIPS AND TRICKS CONTROLS: [list] [*] Press Enter to center the camera after the base explosion or after rotating with PgDown / Delete [*] Press PgUp to zoom out (Insert is used to zoom in, but I doubt you'll ever need it) [*] Press Home for top-down view, it is useful for navigating and pointing. Press End to return back to perspective view [*] Right-click on the map to quickly move around [*] You can select multiple robots by holding Ctrl [*] F1 will show some other useful hotkeys [*] Sometimes you need the robot to stand exactly in the cell. If it does not, try moving it at least two cells in any cardinal direction (N/E/S/W) and back [/list] GAMEPLAY: [list] [*] Try to negotiate with the scientist until you get the item for free, it is quite possible to collect all the stuff by the 5-th level. If the discount is not enough, you can just switch to a different character tab then go back to the scientist and try again (works only if you had enough money for the purchase, load the saved game otherwise). Of course, try to earn as much as possible on the first levels by beating records [*] In some missions, it is very important to get a head start in the first few seconds. The game saves the parameters of the last robot you built. Just hit the Space followed by the Enter to start building the first robot as quickly as possible after the start of the mission [*] In the aforementioned missions, a randomly chosen spawn point can also be crucial. You can restart until the robot appears where needed [/list]

Это захватывающая стратегия в реальном времени с 3D-графикой, которая предлагает две основные боевые кампании по 15 миссий каждая и многопользовательский режим для до четырех игроков. Лично мне не понравилось.

Well, it's good to revisit this old game. I wouldn't call it a [b]good[/b] old game though. The controls and camera are quite clunky but bearable. The problem is that the game is just too hard. This is one of these games in which you replay every mission several times and (hopefully) do a little better each time until you win. Not everyone's pie.

A truly nostalgic game for me that I will revisit from time to time over the years, as other reviewers have said it is somewhat clunky, rather difficult in places and a unique collage of different styles of game rolled into one. The soundtrack is perhaps what stands out the most to me, it fits the atmosphere of the game well and is well ahead of its time, inspirational even.

Intro/plot I wouldn't call it a marvel, but this game was an interesting experiment. It's so damn old and obscure finding anything on it is difficult. The plot is cheesy but fresh. Rather than focusing on fighting the antagonists directly (the aliens) earth finds evidence that they will be returning in one year to fire a cannon Looney Toons martian style to destroy our planet. You play as the leader of one of the two massive corporate arms dealers specializing in robots, Red Star (who focus on conventional firearms like missiles and machine guns) and Terraflux (who use experimental and odd parts). These two are competeing to see who can produce the better weapons to defend earth and more over who gets that delicious government contract to do so. Gameplay The gameplay is like a mix between puzzle and some old antiquated kind of RTS. Each unit is a combination of two parts, the Chassis (which controls movement) and the Weapon (which determines how the unit fights). There is no resource gathering, rather you have a set amount of resource to build robo troops and when they are destroyed you get a FULL refund on them. You only have one building, the base where you build all your robots, if the base suffers a certain amount of damage it explodes destroying all nearby enemies (except under special circumstances). It's anything but easy though, as I've often had difficulty getting past the second level. On top of this you have a certain amount of total funding inbetween missions your corporation has to spend on researching booster mods for your robots and secret technologies. The amount of funding you get is determined by your preformance in the mission (robots lost, time spent, base health, etc.). Controls are garbage, and this isn't a problem with compatibility they always sucked but that just comes down to the games age. It's still playable but I wouldn't cite this as an old paragon of late 90's games. However, If you can get around the lack of control groups and quick select you will find a very challenging game that will keep you frustrated/busy for hours. Many of the missions do not have a simple "kill the enemy" objective, and if they do it will be behind a unique circumstance. The two factions have completely different play styles and each has unique campaign missions. Graphics I've heard this was actually one of the first 3d games. As in TRUE 3d, you can move the camera all over the place. Infact in some versions of the game while paused the camera would automatically sweep the battlefield which was irritating because whatever wonky angle it happened to be at when you unpaused stayed, thankfully this was removed. I can't remember all the camera controls off hand, I think home might be the reset key though. The textures were very good for it's time, if you get nostalgic over those old doom graphics there might be something for you here. On a final note this game is VERY dark at times, which plays into it's creepy atmosphere. Music Speaking of creepy, say hello to audio nightmare fuel. I'm not even sure I'd say this game has a soundtrack, yeah there's some techno in there, but for the most part the music consists of these disturbing noises: a metal door slamming shut in the distance, some alien skittering sound, and alot of deep space noises and humming in an otherwise erie silence. Really sets a serious mood. It's in stark contrast to the ludicrous plot like how Red Alert's plot was so juxtaposed to Hell March. Too bad the steam version doesn't have it because, as far as I can tell, 'moving the audio files was too difficult,' but oh well, at least I'm no longer scared after playing this game for more than 5 minutes. You can get the audio back (I'm told) if you put in a disk copy of the game that has the music on it but honestly this is fraudulant business. Compatibility Yeah, it sucks, the game breaks if you alt tab, but at least it runs on Windows 10, so that's something. I wish there were more people that knew about this and who would work on it but I haven't even been able to find a fan forum on it. It doesn't help that the game is originally German. In Conclusion Buy something else if you want a good old RTS that will ease you into good game play. This game feels sad and lonely right now, there are several other old games like Transport Tycoon deluxe, Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries, and Red alert which have been refounded as Freeware projects by fans but this game remains untouched. So barring further updates, buy this game if you want a masochistic real time puzzle game that is marking down every error in every level you beat. One last thing Steam seems to have a bug with this game where it thinks the launcher is the game itself so what happens is, the launcher opens, you use it to open the game and then the launcher closes so steam doesn't realize your playing. It's a minor thing but that's why most people only have "0.1 hours played".

[b]Roborumble[/b] is a timeless classic that I fondly remember from my early gaming days. With its engaging gameplay, colourful graphics, and addictive robot battles, this game never fails to bring back nostalgic memories. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun and immersive gaming experience that captures the essence of retro gaming at its best. Of course if you can get past the dated graphics.

This is the game that introduced me to RTS genre in the 90s though it might be nostalgia speaking but i absolutely adore this game. There are total of 30 missions with 15 missions belonging to the red team and 15 missions belonging to the green team and believe me, they are not just copy paste each and every single mission is completely different, so for less than a dollar you are definitely getting your money's worth. -As for the gameplay, the best way to describe it is every stage is a puzzle you are given very limited credits to produce robots which if gets destroyed you get full refund back to your base (as long as you still have it), every mission's goal is to destroy enemy's base which has three energy levels and sometimes you are even pit against 2 enemy players, critical planning and choosing proper stasis, boosters and robots is the key to victory for every stage. Yes, stages are extremely hard but it requires your gamer brain to complete the missions! -BUT Some of the missions are really great and fun though as it has another element to the gameplay which are three types of alien boosters randomly placed in some stages which are Alien Weapon Booster, Alien Speed Booster and Alien Defense Booster that completely overhauls your robot and give it godly capabilities like the alien speed booster makes your robot run at light speed leaving after-images (I AM NOT KIDDING) which brings up so many of my favorite missions like there is this one where you only produce one robot and you have to defeat a whole army and a base with JUST SINGLE ROBOT but there is a TWIST to it which is in that stage there's also three alien boosters which you can acquire and after that is basically Jesus himself against the peasents. Mind you every single robot from both team reacts differently to the alien weapon power booster so you have to experiment! FINAL VERDICT:- I can see that the game hasn't aged well because of graphics (well the game did come out in the 90s) and how difficult each stages are but once you figure out the right strategy and believe me there are at least 10 different ways to complete a mission, a mission can take as long as 1 hour or the same mission with right units and chassis can take just less than 10 minutes and which is where all the fun lies in. To this day i am still finding new ways to complete missions and it is so much entertaining experimenting with all the different robots and chasis and boosters. Buy this game if you want some big brain time!

Warning: might be influenced by nostalgia I'm really happy to have found this little gem on steam :) I've lost my original CD over 10 years ago and never could get hold of a copy ever since RoboRumble is a nice little strategy game that's tough as nails and doesn't hold your hand. It's difficulty can be quite overwhelming at first, if you aren't prepared for the challenge. Every one of the 31 missions of the solo campaign is kind of a puzzle on it's own, figuring out a working strategy may take some time, but is all the more rewarding after all! I recommend it for players that like to show some love towards older unique games :) Some people reported technical difficulties, I can't really comment on that - I had no problems running the game on windows 7 with a glide wrapper If you ever have problems playing through the campaigns, I'll shamelessly refer to my walkthrough here on steam, it offers working strategies for every mission! Cheers!