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Great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: June 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game! For some reason many people do not like this, I don't know why, it is exactly what I expected. In the game you construct robots, then fight them. If you win, you get money (fake money used in the game). If you loose, your bot is usually destroyed. Originally when you first install the game there are no physics at all, meaning, the bots don't flip or bounce. This can be partially fixed (go into the robot arena.cfg file and change the line Forces=off to Forces=on) and it allows the bots to bounce. I do agree that the AI is not so great, but this has already been fixed (in the form of a patch downloadable at the official website) this drastically improves the game by giving it more weapons, bots, and a way to play against other people on the same computer (one person uses half the keyboard, the other person uses the other half, or one uses a controller). Many people say that multiplayer over the internet does not work, but it does, you just need to follow the directions in the help file for multiplayer. Also, I would just like to say that the game is rated E for everyone, not T for teen like this site states (it says E right on my box). Overall I think this is a great game and anyone that likes Battlebots, Robot Wars, or Robotica will like this game.

Worth ...bucks to me

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: July 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game is a neat little representation of the tv show Battlebots, right down to the sawblades and spikes on the floor. There are a decent amount of parts to play with, and gameplay is pretty easy. It is relatively straightforward to make and fight with a robot, and at first, it may seem a bit strange with the camera angles. While the AI leaves much to be desired at first, if you go to...and download the patch, you will instantly like the game a whole lot more. With the patch comes 2 new weapons, head to head mode, better Multiplayer suppport, far more advanced challenging AI, and finally about 5 or so new bots to beat to pieces :) Once you have the patch, the game seems much more fun, and I definitely recommend this game for those robot loving people out there!

No physics engine!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has a great premise, but there is only one problem - there is no physics engine, meaning that you cannot push, shove, crash, flip or toss any robots which are common tactics on shows like Robot Wars. The design areas are skimpy, and the movement is sometimes jerky. All this will supposedly be fixed in the next release, "design and destroy", so that would be a better buy. But if all you want to do is pound other robots with hammers and saws, you can try this if you want to.

Sparks of fun will fly, but soon will be flames of bordom

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

to the person who is reading this, I would not recommend this of these reasons. First is the replay (how fun it could be played over again). This can be played over for a while, but soon it will be stuffed some where in the closet. One big thing that makes it not so hot is the challenge. It's to easy to beat. Even a 4 year old could beat it in a few days because that's how easy it is, and there isn't a difficulty set. Another factor that makes it bad is the controls. The controls are very tricky to control and it takes a while to get use to them. Last but not least is weapon's. I mean a game could be easy or simple to beat over and over, but if a robot game dosen't have many weapons, and stages you can't expereiment in new situations. So if I were you I would not get the game.

Sincerely, a person who wants you to have fun (and to warn you of bad games)

P.S. put me on the review list please!!

Robot Arena is like Robot Wars for Babies.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Robot Arena is NOT the game you'd want. The AI is nowhere near challenging, the game can be beaten in 10 minutes, not enough parts/chassis' to go through, the graphics need SERIOUS help, and the realism sucks. Even with the patch, which supposedly makes the AI harder, it's still too simple. I have mastered the game within 20 minutes. Unless you like games that a 3-year old can beat by hitting keys, don't touch this game.

Great Concept - Lousy Execution

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Reasons why one should not buy this game:

1. Game is SLOW! I have an 800mhz comp. with 256Mb RAM, and a good video card. Everything about this game is slow, especially moving through the menus. So tired of seeing that jerky mouse cursor I could scream.

2. Game is boring. Real Battlebots flip upside down, fly through the air after getting hit by saws and the like. Don't expect to leave the ground. Some fake-looking smoke is all the reaction you'll get after your best attacks. YAWN....

3. Limited weapons + Limited bot types = serious lack of fun.

4. You and your family will have lots of time together while you endlessly rebuild your character and robot each time after dying. So tedious... I wish they would let you save various basic bot configurations so you don't have to rebuild each time. That's really a fun-killer.

Please don't buy this game, it really [stinks} My wife bought this for me because I like Battlebots... I played it several times and now have pretend I like it. Great concept, a fighting bot game. Too bad it's not fun.

The fun does not last long

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This Game is fun at first,but after about a month or so it gets boring . There are 7 opponets and arenas . Even though you can build your own robot, You are limited to too many things . After awhile you will find yourself doing the same thing over and over again. Most of the other robots are very easy to defeat and you will get bored after some time.This gives you more weapons, wheels and harder opponets. You can also go against someone on the same keyboard . All of this adds about another month to the fun, but you will still get tired of defeating the same robots over and over and you will be hungry for more action.

P.S. you should search for Robot arena Design and Destroy, you may like this game more.

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is a little bit good you can kill your other team robots. but look at this and I will tell you whats good and whats bad:

Good Things

building a robot
arena harzads are cool

Bad Things

wimpy robots
no good wepons
arenas need more harzads
needs lot more work on other things I have not said.

When their 2nd game comes out in February of 2003, I hope it can be better than the first robot arena.If you want more info on this bad game or the 2nd go to robotarena.com I say the 2nd will be better

Robot Arena Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is alot of fun. I had a great time playing it.

Fun for the WHOLE family!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my 6 year old son against the age recommendation. He absolutely loves it! In fact, my husband and I found ourselves playing it too. Although the game is not that challenging after you've figured it out, it is still fun to build the bots yourself and then test them. We fight each other too. It's great. Our 3 year old son loves to cheer and scream when we play. We've finally found a computer game that we all enjoy. We did not find the controls hard - you can use a joystick or your keyboard. We hope there will be 2nd version soon.

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