#ULTRATRON VITA PS3#
Ultratron – Windows, Mac, and Linux – $9.Sony has announced all of the free games coming to PS4, PS3 and PS Vita as part of PlayStation Plus next month.Ultratron – Xbox One – 268 MB – $9.99 – Xbox Link.But the low price and intense fun factor mean you'll still come out ahead with Ultratron. This one won't last you forever unless you're chasing high scores skillful players can get all the Achievements within five hours. I actually finished off the Vita version of Ultratron and went right on to complete the Xbox One game immediately thereafter, something I never do. As for the gameplay, collecting coins and buying upgrades level after level proves extremely addicting. The electronic music and old-school synthesized voice fit perfectly as well. The neo-retro visual style perfectly captures the _feeling _of Robotron without actually resembling it all that closely. But the style and mechanics here make the game. Sure, players run around arenas shooting at every little thing and dodging like crazy – just every other twin-stick shooter of this variety. Ultratron is an excellent spiritual sequel to Robotron 2084. The status messages that appear in the lower-left corner of the screen are too hard to read during the thick of the action. Speaking of imperfections, here's a random non-Achievement-related nitpick. Hopefully they fix it soon, because I want that last Achievement! That's pretty cool, but I wish the developers had added a "Retry" function to the pause menu that does the same thing instead of making us hop back to the main menu.Īt the moment, one broken Achievement afflicts Ultratron: ' Drone bullet kills.' Reportedly, the developers are working to solve the issue. So any time you mess up and take a hit during a level or whatever, as long as you didn't get a Game over or finish the level, you can just exit and retry the level with no penalty. You see, if you pause and exit to the main menu during a level, Ultratron saves your status at the start of the level.
Those might sound tough, but I'm not that skilled and I got them both during the same run. The most challenging tasks involve protecting a single pet from harm for 10 levels and keeping a drone alive for eight levels. Whereas the PlayStation versions of Ultratron only offer a scant 12 Trophies (which I have!), the Xbox One game packs a whopping 32 Achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore. But given that several Achievements relate specifically to drones, I wish we could buy the actual drones at the shop instead of having to win them as random power-up drops. You can buy upgrades to increase their survivability. Drones have a limited life meter, so they don't usually stick around for too long. A drone sits right where you collected it and fires at oncoming enemies and their bullets. The three-way shot combined with reflective bullets and other power-ups just fills the screen with robot-killing fire.Īnother power-up the gold droid can drop is the drone. They are also stackable, so if you let a few accumulate and then grab them you'll receive all of their effects. You can leave them sitting around until you need them, like for boss fights. The cool thing is these pick-ups don't disappear over time.
Some power-up effects include three-way shots, double bullets, rapid fire, reflective shots, invulnerability, and more. Shoot this robot and it will turn into a random power-up. Once or twice throughout a level, a special gold droid passes across the screen. If an enemy shoots or touches a pet, the helper gets disabled and stops following you.
#ULTRATRON VITA UPGRADE#
Pets don't help much to start with, but upgrade them enough and they become effective killing machines. These helper robots follow Ultratron around, firing at enemies within their scanning radiuses. The most interesting wares in the shop are the game's three distinct pets. Buy the Speed Boost and you get a rechargeable dash, or pick up Smartbombs to clear the screen of enemies and bullets. Power upgrades increase the damage of our hero's shots Dot Slurper upgrades attract coins to Ultratron from greater distances.
Ultratron only has one life, but players can purchase shields that function like extra lives. Some upgrades become available to buy after reaching specific levels in the game, while others require ownership of another upgrade before you can buy them. Luckily he can choose from an enticingly large arsenal of upgrades to purchase at the shop. Initially, Ultratron has no other abilities than being able to run and shoot in any direction.
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