Robokill - Titan Prime

Sometimes, life can be very stressful indeed. After those hard days at school or work, you just want to switch off and play something simple and satisfying. Sometimes all you need is a room and a million enemies to shoot, a million little bits of revenge taken against your boss, your teachers or your peers. So why not try Robokill - Titan Prime? Its a spin on the tried and tested Smash TV formula, with human opponents replaced by a variety of cyborg critters.

The story behind Robokill is limited, but it doesn't really matter. After an opening video (which looks pretty damn good given its a flash game) you are given command of a giant yellow mechanoid and tasked with liberating areas of a giant space station from the hold of an evil robotic army.

Like in all modern flash games, there are a full range of upgrades available to help you deal and absorb more and more damage. There are different classes of weapons to fit to your mechs four hardpoints, and a range of defensive items to find or purchase from the in-game shop. As you progress through the game, you will find yourself levelling up, and by doing so you can unlock new weapons and items in the shop. A useful feature added into Robokill is the ability to teleport to checkpoints on your map, which saves a large amount of time that would have otherwise been spent traversing empty rooms.

Enemies range from tiny spider-things that force you to constantly keep moving to fixed turrets that blast volleys of deadly lasers in your direction. As with most games, these enemies change colour to match their increases in strength and aggression the further you progress through the episodes. By the fourth episode (the last one you can play for free, but with a small fee of £10 you can unlock twice as many levels to blast through) even the tiny skittering gits will take a good few seconds of concentrated fire to destroy. Add to that the fact that the game isn't afraid to throw 10 or so creatures at you at once, and you have quite a challenge on your hands!

Nevertheless, the game has a near-perfect learning curve with initial levels being short and sweet, whilst latter stages are sprawling mazes packed with swarms of enemies that would like nothing better than to reduce your mech into a smoking heap of wreckage. It is a shame that this game forces you to pay to play just when things are getting really difficult, but developers have to make a living and £10 is a good price to pay for such a quality product. Robokill is a great way to release some tension, and essentially a great game to play, whether you purchase the full version or just complete the first chapter.

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Under the previous scoring system (before 09/09/09) this game received an eight.