With a Name Like Robokill, It Has to Be Good

Posted by | November 24, 2008

Sure, we all loved Smash TV, but did you ever get the feeling that the classic trigger-mashing, horde-spewing, meat grinder could use more RPG elements? Like maybe a weapon shop, levels, and items?

The folks down at Rock Solid Arcade sure did, and so they took the gameplay of Smash TV, wrapped it firmly in Descent’s excuse for a plot, and simmered the meaty goodness in a sauce squeezed from Diablo’s item and equipment system. The result is Robokill, an arcade shooter where your character, clad in a mechanical armour suit, runs through endless rooms filled with angry robots and transforms them into empty rooms filled with craters.

The controls are simple; move with the standard WASD keys, point your mouse at something to sling your guns that way, and then press the mouse button to shoot. …

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