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Cobalt Preview: Chaotic And Robotic
There's so much going on in Cobalt. Like, rather a lot.

In truth, as much as I detest "it is like this however this," I feel like that is the very best place to start out. One of the best ways I can describe Cobalt (the primary third-get together launch from Minecraft's Mojang) is as a curious mixture of John Woo, Super Meat Boy, Contra and (most prominently) Tremendous Smash Brothers.

Like I said ... quite a bit happening.
%Gallery-131035%You control a diminutive, adorable, blood-thirsty robot battling others of your form in a 2D, neon-drenched battlefield. Apart from the weapons all robots have at their disposal (batteries, hatred of flesh-males), these bots have a fast arsenal of explosives, power weapons and good quaint robot punching.

Whereas the modes I performed at PAX had been fairly standard (capture the flag, demise match), their tempo was far more accelerated than what you'd expect. Kills and captures occur quick, and one nicely-positioned grenade can flip the tide.

It was clear that there was particular methodology to this robotic madness.

In fact, the one time the game slows down is when an enemy projectile is nearing one of many bots. As time slows, the bulky beam or bullet is highlighted, and the goal has just one probability to deflect the shot by rolling into it (cool) or punching it away (supremely cool).

The impact of this slowdown is that a bunch of players assembly in the midst of a map shortly transitions right into a gradual-mo gunfight that might be accurately described as a bullet ballet if the robots weren't so stubby and if numerous the "bullets" weren't rockets/grenades/vitality beams. Minecraft servers might not be elegant, but it surely positive is a heck of plenty of fun.

Though chaos outlined my brief play time with the game, there seemed to be deeper programs that players could explore as time goes by. Actually, I used to be unable to finish the "advanced tutorial" which taught strikes like getting extra grenade distance by throwing mid-roll.

While the speed and frantic motion was lots to wrap my thoughts around in a crowded expo hall, it was clear that there was definite method to this robotic madness. I for one am wanting forward to exploring it when the game arrives on Pc, Mac and Linux this fall.

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