Shoot Many Robots

 Xbox 360
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Mar 14, 2012
  • Also On: PC
User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 41
  3. Negative: 9 out of 41

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  1. drlowdon
    Jan 25, 2014
    5
    Shoot Many Robots is a side scrolling shoot-em-up that is quite fun to play with friends despite not doing anything particularly new. Waves of enemies (in this case, as the title suggests, various types or robots) are thrown at the player as they travel from left to right. Although the levels themselves lack any real sort of variety there is a decent selection of enemy types, many of whichShoot Many Robots is a side scrolling shoot-em-up that is quite fun to play with friends despite not doing anything particularly new. Waves of enemies (in this case, as the title suggests, various types or robots) are thrown at the player as they travel from left to right. Although the levels themselves lack any real sort of variety there is a decent selection of enemy types, many of which require different tactics to defeat, making for a fast paced game that requires a little more than just pointing a weapon and holding the fire button.

    On the completion of each mission the player is awarded nuts and bolts which can be spent to upgrade weapons and equipment and there is certainly a far selection to choose from. Unfortunately it is here that the game lets itself down slightly as, in order to purchase items powerful enough for the more difficult missions, you either need constantly replay missions and level grind or spend real money. Although it is not essential to do so the game is certainly designed in order to push people into spending their money (something I completely refuse to do!) and as a result I did eventually give up before completing it.

    At its cheap price Shoot Many Robots is worth giving a go if you have a few like minded mates to play with, just don't expect to be playing it for much more than few weeks.    … Expand
  2. Xborn74
    Mar 16, 2012
    7
    "Shoot Many Robots" is a side-scrolling shooter, with cell-shading graphics, using cartoon-style graphics (funny), with effect in 2.5 D (despite being 2D, the action elements have depth and 3D features). You control a redneck, heavily armed, facing endless robots that have invaded the Earth, in scenarios reminiscent of the "Mad Max" future.

    You use a primary (with infinite ammunition), a    "Shoot Many Robots" is a side-scrolling shooter, with cell-shading graphics, using cartoon-style graphics (funny), with effect in 2.5 D (despite being 2D, the action elements have depth and 3D features). You control a redneck, heavily armed, facing endless robots that have invaded the Earth, in scenarios reminiscent of the "Mad Max" future.

    You use a primary (with infinite ammunition), a secondary weapon (limited ammunition, and more powerful), and melee blows in a frenetic action, with multiple enemies attacking at once, as your progresses in the stages, with a style reminiscent of Metal Slug (the developer company says the game is a mixture of "Borderlands meets Metal Slug").

    The graphic highlights is on behalf of the scenarios, that I found interesting: however, the design of the characters is somewhat badly done (especially in close-up), and the enemies too, mainly because they are very simple and very similar to each other in design.

    The sounds and music fit together, but I find them only average... the music repeats all the time, the sounds are generic and the voices are annoying voices.

    The controls are easy, but I did not like the aiming, you point pressing the LT, but is pretty bad because it does not target always where you want, and to shoot, that to have to stay in place (no running and shooting). In the gameplay you jump over many obstacles, and slide across the floor going against wave after wave of enemies, with some sub-bosses and Bosses in the stage end.

    The game have also shops, where you can buy upgrades and different weapons, besides items that allow you to have different skills: at this point the game takes a bit of inspiration from other RPG games of action and shooting, as Borderlands that was previously mentioned (besides borrowing from the game the theme and graphics style, of course).

    In addition, the game has the characteristic of Coop Online for up to four people simultaneously (which I didn't played yet), said to be the best part of the game.

    I didn't think the game is so good (still it's above average), the graphics have many movement glitches, the handling and the gameplay, are not innovative and functional. The game is fun, for a while, and have some interesting characteristics, but it's not one of the best, becoming repetitive soon: my score is 6,8 / 10,0.    … Expand
  3. NickCushion
    Jan 1, 2014
    7
    As soon as you start the game and reach the main menu you are greeted by what I can only describe as the funkiest country/blues riff I have heard for a while. Personally for me this is a very good start and admittedly I probably spent far too long sat there listening to it. Anyway, enough with the menus, lets talk gameplay! I started the main single player game and was immediately thrownAs soon as you start the game and reach the main menu you are greeted by what I can only describe as the funkiest country/blues riff I have heard for a while. Personally for me this is a very good start and admittedly I probably spent far too long sat there listening to it. Anyway, enough with the menus, lets talk gameplay! I started the main single player game and was immediately thrown into the shoes of our alcoholic, robot killing, redneck protagonist, brilliant named P. Walter Tugnut (which is so much fun to say!). You then have the mandatory tutorial to work through, this I understand but unfortunately in an attempt to make the game accessible to all level of gamers this came off as borderline insulting with how easy it was, thankfully it doesn’t last for long and as soon as you finish you are immediately thrown straight into the fray big time. You are left to put your newly learnt skills to the test when waves of robots start coming for you; it’s definitely a nice little taste of what’s to come and it really does make it clear as to why the game is called what it is…

    Shoot Many Robots 03With the corpses of what feels like a thousand robots in your wake you are then introduced to the main hub of the game, your home between levels, your R.V. (or Roving Robot Murder Machine as the game calls it). This consists of two menus to go between; The toilet, this is where you can update and buy weapons and clothing to kill things in more flamboyant (and fabulous) fashion, and the main map, this is where you can choose to either move to the next level or revisit previous ones, the map is broken down into 3 different areas which reflect the difficulties. You start in “Robot Country” which is the normal difficulty, “Mega Chatarra” is the hard and “Mt.Rossum” is the insane difficulty. You unlock stars at the end of every level and you need to earn a certain amount of stars to unlock new levels so obviously you’re stuck in Robot Country for a while (Plus the first level is called “Happy Nut Road” which honestly just makes me smile!)

    Full Review: http://idiotbox.co.uk/shoot-many-robots-review/    … Expand
  4. brendo214
    May 30, 2019
    7
    Shoot Many Robots is a fun game to play with some friends, but there are a few downright unfair parts of this game.

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Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    May 30, 2012
    70
    An enjoyable shooter with hidden depth. [June 2012, p.103]
  2. Hyper Magazine
    May 14, 2012
    60
    Inoffensive and competent, but not exceptional. [June 2012, p.67]
  3. X-ONE Magazine UK
    May 3, 2012
    40
    These robots could sure use a little extra life injected into them. [Issue#84, p.104]
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