MicroBot
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Game Information
Release Date: December 29, 2010
Developers: Naked Sky Entertainment
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3
Genre: Action & Adventure, Shooter
Players: 1-2 Co-op

Synopsis
MicroHexon Research thought they had revolutionized medical technology when they invented the MicroBot, a microscopic robot specifically designed to assist the immune system in fighting a variety of health ailments. Unfortunately, due to a disastrous malfunction, their technology is now working in tandem with the viruses and bacteria and attempting to take over the host body. Now it is up to you to stop the biotechnical infestation before its too late. Pilot a prototype cutting-edge MicroBot that has the capability to be customized and upgraded mid-mission in order to cure the infected host. Improve your weaponry, movement, defensive options and special attacks using data fragments harvested from eradicated enemies. Travel through blood, bone, breath and brain as you track down and eradicate the cause of the infection. But are you the ultimate cureor the disease?

Gameplay
MicroBot is a unique and cool game to play if the player feels it is worth $10. MicroBot will have players operate a tiny, miniscule robot that will travel inside a human body to fight off unwanted parasites and diseases. The player will shoot particle beams at the infectious parasites to eliminate them and move on to the next stage. After completing a checkpoint, the player will be able to customize their microbot's weapons, speed, defensive capabilities, and special abilities. Players will collect small fragments of data from killing off the parasites in the host's body. Players will also be aided in the helping of the host's body immune system by having these cells that follow the player and destroy any parasite that is in their path. The enemies will either ram themselves or use their own sort of weaponry against the player trying to stop them, some will continuously keep spawning unless the player destroys the parasite structures attach to the walls of the host's body. Players will also have to eliminate the bosses that await them at the end of a stage which are quite difficult to defeat so having a tactic on how to defeat them should aid in defeating them.

Graphics
For a game like this, the graphics aren't the best but does feature some realism. The player will be able to see the blood flow travel through the vessels of the host and has that blurry, stretched, and murky appearance to it that actually looks realistic which is great. The textures throughout the entire stages are really fantastic and gives that realistic feature as if you were using a microscope and taking a look inside somebody's body. The background is well featured with so many kinds of details. The player will be able to see the vessels pumping blood throughout the body, view the vessels expanding, and see blood cells traveling up and down the vessels to the other parts of the host.

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Controls
The controls for MicroBot are quite simple but could prove some sort of difficulty for some players. Players will have to use both analog sticks to maneuver, aim, and shoot their weapons. A dislike that some players would agree with is that by having both analog sticks facing in the opposite direction of each other, the player won't be able to fire at all unless both are facing the same direction, so there is no shooting feature that enables the player to shoot in both opposite directions. Since the blood pulsates through the body where the player is at, the player will have to adjust to the pulse of the blood that will act as a current to make the player travel faster or slow them down and make operating the bot more difficult along with the parasites that travel with it. Overall, the controls are basic and simple but its the gameplay that will prove the most difficult part of the game's controls.

Ratings
Gameplay: 7.4/10
Graphics: 8.1/10
Controls: 7.8/10
Overall: 8.0/10