1st Impressions

Robot Rampage us the latest $1.99 release from the same folks that brought you the Sentinal series and Space Station: Frontier. As with the other games, the graphics are of the highest quality and the gameplay intuitive.

The game premise is that of a giant robot (think The Day the Earth Stood Still or any other Sci-Fi classic) on rampage in the city. Your goal is to use your fists, stomping feet, and laser beams to not only ward off the military men and tanks and such, but also destroy all the buildings from block to block. Every ten blocks cleared provides you with a health bonus.

Controls are simple. A tap in the left and right side of the screen will move the robot in that direction. Tapping on his feet will cause him to stomp, and tapping on his hands will unleash his fists. By holding down your finger and moving it around, you can direct his laser beams. Given enough energy, you can also call in a nuclear attack.

Overall, the violence is cartoon in nature and the game play reminiscent of Pocket Gods. My hope is that future updates will add additional “enemies” and robot abilities. The only other thing I could think to add is volume controls and some difficulty levels. The game becomes a challenge fairly quickly. Some kind of easy/invincible mode where you could just go wreck havoc with immunity would be kinda fun.

The game comes with full OpenFeint support and “levels” or blocks that are randomly generated and differ from one play to the next. It also allows for creation if playlists from the iPhone library to use as background music.

This is another quality release from Origin8. If you like side-playing shooters, I highly recommend it.