What do you get when you combine D/Generation, System Shock, Final Fantasy and a few dozen semi-obscure sci-fi references? A really weird game, obviously, but you'll probably end up with something very similar to Moonpod's little-known indie gem Mr. Robot. If I had to tell what kind of game it is I'd have to say isometric action puzzle platformer adventure/JRPG, which should give you some idea how busy this game is. As the massive colony ship Eidolon coasts towards their destination, its crew asleep in cryogenic chambers, hundreds of robots are busy keeping the ship running for the duration of the long journey, led by the omnipotent AI HEL-9000 (Get it? GET IT?!). Well, naturally, turns out HEL's up to no good, one of the crew members is dead, he's got a legion of security bots at his command and it's up to lowly service robot 1138 (Asimov to his friends) to put a stop to it. The game is split into two distinct halves, alternating between the two as you progress, puzzle platformer and JRPG-style combat. You'll navigate the ship pushing crates around, avoiding obstacles and making your way from room to room, but if you can manage to hop on an enemy's head or hack into certain terminals you'll enter a Shadowrun-y cyberspace, fighting hostile programs along the way. It's standard JRPG fare, you and your friends fight baddies, gain XP, get new abilities, buy new equipment and repeat. It's a fun, unique and charming game that I would've gladly paid $24.95 for had I heard about it sooner. But that's the best bit, all you've got to do is grab the GameTap client, no account required, and download the whole game for free. It's ad-supported, which means you have to sit through a 15-second video ad every time you want to play, but just compare that to how many unskippable videos Ubisoft or EA will put at the beginning of every game.
Link, GameTap's Mr. Robot page.
-K.
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