Mr. Robot (video game)
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Developer(s) | Moonpod |
Publisher(s) | Moonpod |
Designer(s) | Mark Featherstone |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Release date(s) | 10 January 2007 |
Genre(s) | Adventure, RPG, platformer |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Mr. Robot is a 3D video game by Moonpod, published as shareware, which attempts to combine the genres of role-playing video game and platform game.[1]
The platform adventure part of the game takes place on board a spaceship called The Eidolon which is destined for a remote colony planet when things start to go wrong. The player takes the part of Asimov, a "lowly service droid", who must attempt to save the humans stored in cryosleep. The RPG element takes place inside a virtual computer world in which the player can hack computer terminals to combat defense computer programs via a turn-based battle system.
Reception
The game won the 9.6/10 Editor's choice gold award at VG Core[2] and scored 87% in PC Format UK magazine, and also won the award for 'best ending' in the PC Format 2007 game awards. It scored 82% in PC Gamer UK magazine.