

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.
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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.

Should Ultratron defeat all of the stage's enemies without dying, he'll stop by the shop to spend his hard-earned money and then proceed to the next level. Enemies always drop coins of varying sizes when killed, which you'll want to collect. They appear alone and in groups along the sides of the arena or just beyond it. The goal of these levels is nearly always to destroy all other robots. On the periphery of the arena you'll find futuristic neon decorations and monitors that display the propaganda of the evil robot army. Shoot all robotsĮach level of Ultratron takes place within a relatively claustrophobic vertically-oriented arena. A darker premise than Robotron's, but neither game has any real story to speak of – just plenty of twin-stick shooting. Our lone heroic defense robot Ultratron must continue his original mission: to wipe out those of his kind that turned on us.

Whereas Robotron 2084 tasked one robot with rescuing humans from his murderous brethren, Ultratron takes place after the humans have all been wiped out. Ultratron follows directly in Robotron's footsteps, basically functioning as a spiritual sequel. It featured a unique twin-stick control interface (only the second game to do so) and basically created the twin-stick shooter genre. Way back in 1982, Robotron 2084 took arcades by storm. Make that two robots, if you bring along a buddy for local co-op.Ĭan Ultratron compete against previous arena-based twin-stick shooters like Geometry Wars 3, Sixty Second Shooter Prime and Everyday Shooter? See our detailed review with video to find out! No one left to save Taking obvious inspiration from arcade classic Robotron 2084, Ultratron puts players in the place of one heroic robot fighting against an evil robot army to avenge the human race.
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Puppy Games and Curve Digital's Ultratron, a downloadable twin-stick shooter recently released on Xbox One, Windows PC, PlayStation consoles, and Wii U, shares a similar premise. Thus Ultron and his army of robots declare war on humanity, threatening our very existence. The last human in the universe has been slain by evil killer robots.Īlthough Ultron was designed to help ensure the safety of humanity, he eventually decides that humans are the cause of the world's problems (a point the film muddles, making Ultron just seem kind of crazy). Ultratron is a twin-stick arena shooter inspired by some of the best that classic arcade gaming has to offer, updated and improved for the 21st century.
