Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction
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Robot Wars: Arenas Of Destruction is a game created by Climax Group
and published by BBC Multimedia
. This is the first in the series of the 3 games, Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction, Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction, and Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction
. It was created for the PC
and PS2. In this game, players can fight as their own created robots, or famous robots from the series, such as Razer
, Behemoth and others in many arenas and tournaments in order to earn money and build robots.
called "My first bot". The player can sell this robot and get an extra 1350 credits to spend on a new one. The chassis cost 100-500 credits, the locomotion costs 0-1700, the power costs 100-1500, the drive costs 40-3500, the weapons cost 150-9500, the armour costs 100-5000, and the extras cost 10-100 credits, but they can get some stuff to a lower price and get some other stuff too at the scrapyard. The control is fully customizable, but some buttons cannot be edited, like the pause button. The player fights robots in championships (Example:Flipping Frenzy) in order to gain money. In the later tournaments, they need to pay money in order to go into the tournament.
The House Robots cannot be played, won, or bought by the player, but can be pitted-against them in a one-to-one training confrontation. The RefBot is not included in this largely series 4 based game, but appears in the game that succeeded Arenas of Destruction; Advanced Destruction. The House Robots cannot be played in this game, either, although 'cheats' have appeared in various gaming magazines, which, by pressing a certain button combination, allow the player the option to play as the House Robots. There were a number of gaming bugs, that were attributed to the House Robots, such as attacking before the player came to the Corner Patrol Zone, or randomly, particularly in the Japanese arena, attacking the player, with no referee to stop them. This often resulted in the player's match being compromised.
Craig Charles
does not appear in the game, even though he had been the presenter of the series since its second season, but the commentator, Jonathan Pearce
, provides commentary on statsitics of the battle, the information relative to the arena and a description of the robots competing. There are a number of comments he makes during the battles, that have a fairly wide range, but noticeably become repetitive, as the player advances.
awarded the game 56 out of 100, citing unresponsive controls and lack of difficulty as the reasons for the low score.
Climax Group
Climax Group is a British independent video game development company. It was founded by Karl Jeffery in 1988 and is based in Portsmouth, Hampshire....
and published by BBC Multimedia
BBC Multimedia
BBC Multimedia was a branch of the BBC which dealt with the publishing of computer-game versions of well-known BBC television programmes.- Games : -See also:*List of video game publishers*Lists of video games...
. This is the first in the series of the 3 games, Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction, Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction, and Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction
Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction
Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction was the last of the Robot Wars video games to be released. The version created for PC and Xbox was developed by Futuretech Inc. and released by BBC Multimedia in 2002. A separate version of the game was released for Game Boy Advance, but the gameplay, arenas and...
. It was created for the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
and PS2. In this game, players can fight as their own created robots, or famous robots from the series, such as Razer
Razer (Robot)
Razer is a combat robot that competed on the British television series Robot Wars. It was constructed by Simon Scott and Ian Lewis from Bournemouth; the team later expanded to include webmaster Vincent Blood...
, Behemoth and others in many arenas and tournaments in order to earn money and build robots.
Gameplay
When the player firsts starts this game, they start with 2000 credits and a robotRobot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
called "My first bot". The player can sell this robot and get an extra 1350 credits to spend on a new one. The chassis cost 100-500 credits, the locomotion costs 0-1700, the power costs 100-1500, the drive costs 40-3500, the weapons cost 150-9500, the armour costs 100-5000, and the extras cost 10-100 credits, but they can get some stuff to a lower price and get some other stuff too at the scrapyard. The control is fully customizable, but some buttons cannot be edited, like the pause button. The player fights robots in championships (Example:Flipping Frenzy) in order to gain money. In the later tournaments, they need to pay money in order to go into the tournament.
The House Robots cannot be played, won, or bought by the player, but can be pitted-against them in a one-to-one training confrontation. The RefBot is not included in this largely series 4 based game, but appears in the game that succeeded Arenas of Destruction; Advanced Destruction. The House Robots cannot be played in this game, either, although 'cheats' have appeared in various gaming magazines, which, by pressing a certain button combination, allow the player the option to play as the House Robots. There were a number of gaming bugs, that were attributed to the House Robots, such as attacking before the player came to the Corner Patrol Zone, or randomly, particularly in the Japanese arena, attacking the player, with no referee to stop them. This often resulted in the player's match being compromised.
Craig Charles
Craig Charles
Craig Joseph Charles is an English actor, stand-up comedian, author, poet, radio and television presenter, best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf...
does not appear in the game, even though he had been the presenter of the series since its second season, but the commentator, Jonathan Pearce
Jonathan Pearce
Jonathan Pearce , is a British football commentator for the BBC.Known for his loud, exuberant commentaries, he has worked for both Radio Five Live and Match of the Day, as well as participating in other lower key sports programmes.- Early life and career :Pearce wanted to become a footballer, but...
, provides commentary on statsitics of the battle, the information relative to the arena and a description of the robots competing. There are a number of comments he makes during the battles, that have a fairly wide range, but noticeably become repetitive, as the player advances.
Stages
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in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Reception
Robot Wars: Arenas Of Destruction has received generally mediocre reviews. CVGComputer and video games
A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of...
awarded the game 56 out of 100, citing unresponsive controls and lack of difficulty as the reasons for the low score.