Mr. Robot (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Moonpod |
| Publisher(s) | Moonpod |
| Designer(s) | Mark Featherstone |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | 10 January 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure, RPG, platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Mr. Robot is a 3D video game by Moonpod, published as shareware, which attempts to combine the genres of role-playing video game and platform game.[1]
The platform adventure part of the game takes place on board a spaceship called The Eidolon which is destined for a remote colony planet when things start to go wrong. The player takes the part of Asimov, a "lowly service droid", who must attempt to save the humans stored in cryosleep. The RPG element takes place inside a virtual computer world in which the player can hack computer terminals to combat defense computer programs via a turn-based battle system.
Plot
Asimov is a lowly service mechanoid aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. Carrying hundreds of frozen human colonists to a new world. When the Eidolon's computer brain malfunctions, it falls to Asimov to undertake a perilous journey through the bowels of the massive ship to save his robot friends and the precious human cargo. Solve puzzles. Overcome obstacles. Hack hostile networks. Evade crazed robots. Save the mission.
Reception
The game won the 9.6/10 Editor's choice gold award at VG Core[2] and scored 87% in PC Format UK magazine, and also won the award for 'best ending' in the PC Format 2007 game awards. It scored 82% in PC Gamer UK magazine.