The_B flagged up this IGF entry immediately, and you can see why. Attack of the 50ft Robot! from Digipen is the sort of thing which just begs for posting. It’s a retro-50s B-movie Rampage-esque homage with lots of physics malarkies. Its most obviously striking element is the Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow-esque black-and-white footage, shot through with the vivid-laser reds. The secondary striking element is the ability to throw your own head as a striking element. A little twitchy – it crashed a couple of times when I played it – but it’s splendidly silly stuff. You can download from here (EDIT: NEW LINK WITH NEW BUILD) and see footage below…
I also like its use of music, but I won’t spoil that for you.
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Really captures the feel well, I like that.
It’s a good list this year. Reads like a highlights reel from the last 12 months, as it should do.
Off the bat, it reminds me of Blast Corps.
Actually paying attention, it’s absolutely zero percent like Blast Corps.
They’ve obviously been inspired by Earth Defence Force. That final boss goes beyond homage and into the realms of outright copying.
Not that I mind, because EDF is amazing and more games need to be like it.
I forgot to mention EDF.
EDF! EDF!
KG
Go back home Keiron… TO SPACE!
Putting the healthbar as a ring on the robot’s back is a wonderful stylistic choice.
Fact:The original EDF was the only game I’ve ever imported.
I REGRET NOTHING
The second EDF is even better (and a much better game than the later 360 release, mainly because it has waaaay more level, enemy and weapon variety), and worth importing as well, because the UK version not only has a mid-90s PAL conversion (massive speed loss and huge black borders), but they ‘translated’ all the background chatter by COMPLETELY REMOVING IT.
Yep, deathly silence reigns, rather than Godzilla-movie freakouts.
Reminds me of Psychonauts.
Splendid.
It’s once again a 50th feet monster of a robot that shoots lazer from its eyes wrecking buildings.
This kind of things just have to be done.
What was the game where you played as a giant robot ape? I only ever played the demo of it and I can’t even remember if the full game ever even came out. I just remember picking up a lot of cars to use as missiles.
Slave Zero? It wasn’t very good, sadly – oddly enough, this seems to nail everything that Slave Zero did wrong.
That’s the one! Thank you!
Holy jeebus this is brilliant. I love the music, it’s just perfect!
EDF is so good I’ve been tempted to declare it an honoury PC Game so we can write about it.
KG
You could be sneaky, blog about it, and then put a link in The Sunday Papers
I long for that game. To me, EDF looks like the main reason to buy a 360. As for the earlier ones, is there any way to obtain them? I do have a PS2, but I doubt it would run an imported game…
Oh man, when the huge UFO comes in, it gets rather epic.
Intentional or not, that’s almost a direct copy of how things go down about a third of the way through the second EDF game. After a long and tough boss battle against a giant UFO that launches smaller UFOs, the sky darkens and shit hits the fan.
Well this looks like a very good thing. Just when one was asking, where next for indy games after Machinarium?
That does look like a good start..
Wow this looks great. Reminds me of Fallout 3’s Liberty Prime.
I slowly facepalmed
Cool, thanks for sharing.
Poor robot has the red ring of death
Yeah, looks like it has the same problem as Slave Zero that for some reason it feels more like a man-sized robot stomping around a toy city than a giant robot stomping around a real city.
I like the visual style and the music is great, but the Lego-ish physics makes me think I’d rather play RFG. I’m probably not being fair comparing an indie project to an engine created by a big well-funded team over the course of several years, but there it is.
Also, is the Sin City color scheme getting overused? What about monochrome with a splash of neon green? Sepia with purple blotches? Coarse halftone dots?
This makes me want to play Blast Corps on the N64.
If you have a n64 be my guest, its a classic. If not? I would certainly never suggest that you download an emulator, its probably illegal. Hint yes but never suggest.
Off the bat, it reminds me of Sensible Soccer.
I love Sky Captain. That’s reason enough for me to pick up the game.
Sky Captain is awesome. That is all.
Fucking Digipen – they kick everyones ass every year (including when I went up against them.)
Aww, the “robo crazy” bit from gamer.tv isn’t on youtube :(
I still remember being gobsmacked seeing Kieron on tv. And Jim in that other episode!
Man, this won’t even start on my creaky old rig. *shakes a fist in futile rage*
Same here. Wanna cry together?
Can I get a reupload? Megaupload is for women and flowers.
http://www.attackofthe50ftrobot.com/installers/AttackOfThe50ftRobot!_Setup_Final.exe
Here’s a new link. The Megaupload link posted has our build from September.
http://www.attackofthe50ftrobot.com/installers/AttackOfThe50ftRobot!_Setup_Final.exe
Here’s a new download link. The one posted in the article is from out build in September.
This brings back fond memories of War of the Monsters back on the PS2. Great game to sit down with some friends and trash a city together.