Soldato
I couldnt even make it through a minute of that. I can't stand American presenters personally.
Robot Wars returning to BBC2!
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I couldnt even make it through a minute of that. I can't stand American presenters personally.
Soldato
I saw a robot wars styled game thats not been out long i think, that or its early access. Anyhow its modern and looked like robot wars but for the life of me i cant seem to google it. Any ideas?
Caporegime
I remember playing the Robot Wars game on PC 
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Soldato
I think i found the game i was on about.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/363530/
Robot arena 3. Though i have read RA2 is more polished and better just not as pretty as in the gfx.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/363530/
Robot arena 3. Though i have read RA2 is more polished and better just not as pretty as in the gfx.
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Soldato
Really? I've never seen Battlebots before it was mentioned in this thread and after watching that I thought it was better than anything I've ever seen before, and I watched EVERY episode of Robotwars back in the day.
Two (at first) equally matched machines smashing each other up, with one slowly getting the upper hand until the opponent's machine exploded and set on fire. How is that not more entertaining?!?
Like when Razor, the supposed favourite, and the other one drove in by accident? yeh that was great. Has anyone ever said "did you see that great robot wars fight which ended with one of them falling in the pit?" Nope.
Do people remember hypnodisc which instead smashed other robots to pieces? Yes, everyone.
The pit is too final and boring. It's a wimps way out and shouldn't have a place in my view. If it was a pit with a crusher in the bottom then maybe
Final thought, the teams should have separate booths. Carbide blatantly finished off the opponents gently by pushing them in the pit at the first opportunity because it was the sporting thing to do and because you would feel awkward about smashing the opponents robot to pieces when they are standing right next to you. I guess it's because these robots cost quite a bit to make but still, go hard or go home I say.
Hypnodisc was mental.
I enjoyed it for the battles, the extended drivel of teams etc was boring, but it was OK for a bit of entertainment on a Sunday night.
The house robots were rubbish though when they went in their areas in the early rounds, they didn't do anything!
I enjoyed it for the battles, the extended drivel of teams etc was boring, but it was OK for a bit of entertainment on a Sunday night.
The house robots were rubbish though when they went in their areas in the early rounds, they didn't do anything!
Caporegime
I thought it was one clearly better robot smashing up another. It was like Carbide vs. Terrorhurtz or Carbide vs. Behemoth but longer and more drawn out. Carbide was a lot more brutally effective.
Didn't think the American version was any better. Robots looked weaker if anything.
But it didn't have the pit.. Which is much much better.
I think the pit should only be able to be released in the last minute. Just to give a clearly mismatched robot a chance.
What shouldn't be able to happen is pit immediately released.
Razer was poor. It could not grip that cylinder robot.. And for some reason it went to the pit which is always a risk if you have the upper hand
And this also makes me regret (as I do frequently) that I didn't do engineering!
But it didn't have the pit.. Which is much much better.
I think the pit should only be able to be released in the last minute. Just to give a clearly mismatched robot a chance.
What shouldn't be able to happen is pit immediately released.
Razer was poor. It could not grip that cylinder robot.. And for some reason it went to the pit which is always a risk if you have the upper hand
And this also makes me regret (as I do frequently) that I didn't do engineering!
Soldato
I remember playing the Robot Wars game on PC
Got both games. Robot Wars Arena and Robot Wars Extreme Destruction. They just about play on Windows 10 but are a bit crashy crashy buggy buggy
Soldato
Would be great if a AAA dev done a robot wars game instead of cheap ones where physics make robots fly all over and what nots.
Caporegime
It would be good yeh, you feel that they would be full of pay for content though.
A base game; where you can battle and win money, to then spend that upgrades, unlock more difficult fights et cetera... would be great, but I think if they did this they would then add a tonne of 'new' robots from the shows for sale.
A base game; where you can battle and win money, to then spend that upgrades, unlock more difficult fights et cetera... would be great, but I think if they did this they would then add a tonne of 'new' robots from the shows for sale.
Soldato
They could turn it into a decent esport if done right i reckon. For those that like esports which i dont but id give it a try for fun tho.
Caporegime
Potentially sure; and you do not have to interact with the actual people who build robots 
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Soldato
Watched it yesterday with my son.
Was great
Razer was always my favourite, so disappointed to see it go out so soon. Behemoth performed well. Carbide was a bit of a beast, though - seem to remember Behemoth taking care of Hypnodisc in the past (am I remembering correctly?), so for Carbide to mince it up like that is impressive.
Bring on next week!
Was great
Razer was always my favourite, so disappointed to see it go out so soon. Behemoth performed well. Carbide was a bit of a beast, though - seem to remember Behemoth taking care of Hypnodisc in the past (am I remembering correctly?), so for Carbide to mince it up like that is impressive.
Bring on next week!
Caporegime
Your memory is correct.
Carbide snapped Behemoths lifting mechanism where hypnodisc glanced harmlessly off the scoop.
Caporegime
Would you really call that impressive? It's been 15 years since Hypnodisc, technology has advanced a long way.
Soldato
We're talking about spinning lumps of metal. It's not exactly cutting edge (pun aside).
Soldato
Like when Razor, the supposed favourite, and the other one drove in by accident? yeh that was great. Has anyone ever said "did you see that great robot wars fight which ended with one of them falling in the pit?" Nope.
Do people remember hypnodisc which instead smashed other robots to pieces? Yes, everyone.
The pit is too final and boring. It's a wimps way out and shouldn't have a place in my view. If it was a pit with a crusher in the bottom then maybe
Final thought, the teams should have separate booths. Carbide blatantly finished off the opponents gently by pushing them in the pit at the first opportunity because it was the sporting thing to do and because you would feel awkward about smashing the opponents robot to pieces when they are standing right next to you. I guess it's because these robots cost quite a bit to make but still, go hard or go home I say.
I've disliked the pit since Panic Attack beat Cassius in the S2 final. Such a disappointing end
.It does lend a nice finality to one-sided battles, though.
Soldato
Cringeworth commentary aside - that match was awesome!
Caporegime