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Give Up, Robot is an awesome platformer -- Time Waster
I literally had to tear myself away from this one just to write about it: Give Up, Robot is so much fun.
It's a low-fi platformer with very engaging gameplay. You're a robot (I know, you never would've guessed that on your own) and you can run, jump, and hook onto things with your grapple (using Z to shoot it out). Once you've attached the grapple to anything, you can swing yourself using the left and right keys, and extend or shorten the rope using up/down. As soon as you let go of the Z key, the grapple disconnects.
Translated into action, this means you swing around like crazy and then propel yourself across the level like the robo-monkey you've always wanted to be.
There are all sorts of dangers along the way; there are bricks that move around, and bricks you can't stand on. There are also propellors that shred you to bits if you touch them, but you can grapple onto them, and then they start rotating you around like crazy. You then let go at just the right time, and launch yourself to wherever it is you're trying to get.
Each level is exactly one screen long – at least all the way to level 17, which is when I managed to stop playing long enough to write about it. Loads of fun!
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Subscribe to commentspiyoSep 10th 2010 11:49PM
Thanks for linking. What a great game, although I could not achieve the greatness. 43rd did me in, but what a ride.
Gamers who want to check out the seminal game in the genre should look for "Umihara Kawase", a console game (best version is the Nintendo Dual Screen version). The physics model is astounding for a 90's game and puzzles are clever and confounding.
KreeSep 12th 2010 1:40AM
Through much grit and determination I finished level 50. Checkpoints would have made this less irritating, but I guess it's designed as one of those "Nintendo Hard" type of games.
Just as a correction to the article, later on the levels become larger than just one screen. The last 2 or 3 levels are waaaaay too long.
DrakkenfyreSep 21st 2010 7:06PM
I have to wonder, you had to "tear yourself away", but only got to level 17? I got to level 27 before I gave up. And most of that was easy.
It didn't take long to get there, either, so "having to tear away" at something only a few minutes in doesn't make sense.