Microbot vs STI! FIGHT!

Microbots is an upcoming DLC 2-D game for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and I really like it. Think the first stage of Spore, the one were you play a microrganism and before Spore gets silly. Here’s the plot, you play a Microbot, in the first stage you are injected into the bloodstreem and begin to work your way deeper inside the body, fighting evil robotic infections on the way. As you progress you’ll come across upgrade stations which add new weapons and defenses, like the oh so fun grappling hook.

Left stick controls movement, right stick controls weapons, second player can pop in and out at any time. The upgrades introduce new play styles, for example grapple hook into a spikey thing and then swing the spikey thing into your enemies. You can even swing Player Two into enemies, though it helps if player two has equipped himself with spikey things. Or even swing a spikey thing equipped Player Two, who is in turn swinging a spikey thing, into your enemies.

Visually the game is lovely to look at. The earlier blood stages feature lovely realistically flowing bold liquids while later on the bone based levels are jagged and cold. Microbots is looking like a relaxing game with plenty of depth and varying visuals.

Will the final boss be AIDs? No, responded the develepers. No.

Microbots is penciled in for Winter 2011 and will be avavilable via Xbox Live and Playstation Network