There’s nothing more rewarding than surviving a screen plastered full of enemies, with neon beams of light, coins and your shield on zero, and then rushing to refill your shield ready for the next level. Progression not only unlocks many of the purchasable upgrades, but also shows the best of Ultratron. As you start chaining together multipliers and building your funds you’ll quickly make short work of those same levels which initially seemed like hard work. The first few games will seem pretty tough and daunting, especially when you realise a single death throws you back to the start with no checkpoints. Many further upgrades improve their power, range and speed but there are plenty of options meaning you can customise your power-ups to suit your style of play. This works well, but is even more effective when combined with the auto-mod which releases your smartbomb whenever your shield is depleted and you’re about to receive a fatal hit.įor the more attacking players, you can purchase droid upgrades which improves the power of your primary weapon, or even pets which follow you around and fire at enemies in close proximity. Another form of defense is the smart bomb which will clear the screen of enemies. Completing a level will usually give you enough to refill your first, second and maybe third slots, but if you wish to build up a large defense of 5 or 6 then you’ll need to save up and keep collecting coins. Starting with your shield, you can build up various levels, with one being removed each time you get hit. In spite of this Ultratron is an addictive and charming action romp, and you'll have great fun hoovering up the fruit (!) that enemies drop that gives you points and boosts your score - perfect if you're the kind of person who likes to post their best numbers on the leaderboards.After a few attempts, you’ll soon be reaching the end of the first world and racking up enough coins to buy some of the many add-ons. The longer you progress, the more crowded it gets on the screen - especially when playing with a friend as it's easy to mix up the two protagonists. Naturally it feels unfair to be killed by something you had no chance to prepare for. To make things even more difficult there are enemies that start shooting before they've even appeared on screen. In the heat of battle it gets difficult to tell what's what when everything is blinking and shaking (you can switch off some of the effects, although it doesn't completely fix the issue). One of these shortcomings is the colour scheme used here - if a level uses a purple colour scheme then for some reason many of the enemies and their shots are of the same colour. All of a sudden you're dead and have to start over from the beginning. Too many enemies on screen, impossible projectile patterns that cannot be avoided, intense lighting effects. There is such as thing as too much of a good thing. The sound mix is a notch above what you'd find back in the day and catchy techno tunes are mixed with metal clanks that most likely have been recorded inside of actual tin cans.
The charming pixel graphics also remind us of 1980s arcade games.
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More than anything it reminds us of the cult classics Smash TV and Robotron, where players must take down everything on screen while avoiding waves and waves of enemy projectiles. The biggest news in this latest version is that you can share the violence with a friend on the couch thanks to the new local co-op feature that has been added. That's really the only excuse you need as you run around a bunch of square-shaped arenas dishing out cans of whoop-ass to well. The humans are dead, the work of evil murder robots, and your job is to avenge mankind. The robot revolution started two years ago on PC, but it has spread and most recently it came to Xbox One and that's the version that this review deals with. It's never easy to imagine what the far, far future will look like, but we get the feeling that Puppy Games may be onto something with their insane shoot 'em up, Ultratron. Mankind no longer exists - and all that remains is cold darkness, living metal beasts, and psychedelic neon lights.
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