A Robot Named Fight!

If you've ever wondered what a roguelike would feel like if it were seamlessly grafted onto the skeleton of a classic Metroid game, look no further. A Robot Named Fight! is that intriguing experiment, and for the most part, it's a success. My experience followed a consistent pattern: the first couple of minutes of each run felt a tad slow, as the initial weapon and movement upgrades can feel limited. But once you push past that opening, the game finds its rhythm and becomes a deeply engaging loop of exploration and combat. While not without its minor flaws, I absolutely recommend this game to any fan of either genre. It’s a love letter that understands its inspirations. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I'm now genuinely eager for a sequel. I'd love to see the developers take the core concept and really flesh it out (Pun definitely intended!) imagine larger, more intricate environments and a greater variety of enemies, bosses and biomes. It's a fantastic indie title that proves a great concept, and I have no doubt a follow-up could achieve true greatness.

Very enjoyable.

Controls and movement feel amazingly similar to Super Metroid. However, the rather slow gameplay and randomized map design is rather boring and lacks the needed atmosphere. It takes some time to get to the more exciting and interesting sections with each restart. That's a problem when repeated runs are needed to understand how everything works and what various collectible items do. Furthermore, it mainly relies on finding secret wall and platform passages to progress. Have fun shooting at everything constantly just to see if a path opens up. Even then, the random map generator can occasionally seemingly create levels where there's no more ways to go and a secret path just opens to a solid dead end wall.