

These humans are then given robot bodies and set away to fight for sport, which is how you’re introduced. Without wanting to give too much away, space-faring robots are waging a war against humanity and harvesting their consciousnesses. On the subject of the story, I felt that while it was certainly entertaining, it falls victim to feeling a little sidelined amidst all the action. Each tussle is punctuated with a moment of much-needed peace, which is usually used to insert some amusing one-liners and sometimes even scraps of story. There’s a chance that the combat in Clone Drone would be exhausting, if it wasn’t so fiercely short. For all the simplicity of Clone Drone‘s premise, the variety in upgrades, weapons and enemies means it does a deft job of keeping things feeling fresh. My own tried-and-true style involved thinning out the ranks of robots with an upgraded bow, before drawing my sword and surgically picking off the surviving foes. Most levels will – one way or another – give you ample room to try out new playstyles and make use of Clone Drone‘s shiny chrome tools of destruction. All the while, you’ve got to remain vigilant of the enemies you’ve momentarily turned your back on – many of my own frays have been cut short with an inglorious arrow to the back. As you charge one robot, you have mere seconds to work out where to bypass their guard, if they’ll have time to retaliate, and a hundred other tiny details. Moving in for a kill is rarely as simple as just pressing buttons. Driven by pounding dubstep and constant motion, the intensity of each battle belies the calculating nature behind each fight. It’s a rollercoaster except instead of those uphill climbs you’re just constantly on an adrenaline-charged plummet downward. The core gameplay loop of Clone Drone In The Danger Zone thrives in keeping things simple. Armed with reams of deadpan dialogue and barbs that cut deeper than any arrow, the pundits bring heaps of life and character to a game that’s – for the most part – just about filling a scrap heap with faceless robots.Ĭlone Drone in the Danger Zone. Above the arena, two robotic commentators keep things light by commentating the rise (and sometimes fall) of your chrome gladiators. It sounds grim, but it’s not all doom and gloom. In the arena, fighting for your life involves using these upgrades to carefully dissect cyborgs while trying to avoid the same fate. Between each bout of gladiatorial combat, you can choose from a slew of valuable upgrades such as a flaming sword, a jetpack, and more.
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As the consciousness of a human – uploaded into sleek robot form – your job, at first, is to emerge victorious from a series of progressively more challenging arena trials. In your opening moments of Clone Drone, you’ll contend with all of this and more.

Similarly, was my electric heater trying to chop me in half with a sword? Thankfully not – although, given my time with Clone Drone In The Danger Zone, I think I’d be able to handle the situation pretty well.
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READ MORE: My grain-fueled quest to understand ‘Farming Simulator 22’įor example, at least my washing machine wasn’t spewing proximity mines across my kitchen.While I’d usually sit and brood in silence – perhaps paying for replacements with a particularly sulky swipe of my bank card – my time with this violently funny game reminded me that things could be much, much worse.

After breaking my washing machine and electric heater in two separate incidents this week, I went into Clone Drone In The Danger Zone bearing a bit of a grudge against technology.
