Triple the Modes, Triple the Fun!
By Kevin Roman on
In this game you play as an original and charismatic character, not from any of the animes, called Jack Archer.He has a witty, snarky attitude and is a pilot of these robot Veritechs that can transform into 3 different modes.You fight the alien Zentraedi.The modes are the Battler (standard robot), Guardian (half robot, half jet) and Fighter (jet).The 3 modes have their own uses, with the Battler for sniping, Guardian for grabbing objects/rescuing people while having light missiles, and Guardian for missile bombardment and quickest travel.Robotech Battlecry takes place in the anime's Macross Saga and you will see a couple of familiar faces like Roy Fokker or Lisa Hayes. There are 2 flaws in this game.One boss fight is nearly impossible until you find a blind spot that she can't attack you in and you have to snipe her a lot of times.The other flaw is that the defensive Veritechs are worthless; you need to trade attack for defense in this game as they'll take forever to kill enemies (think of the Seal class I mentioned in my Alien Syndrome review).
Other than that, the game is great.The graphics look great with cel-shading and the soundtrack is good too.You can try to get emblems to unlock more things such as Veritechs and 2 player levels.
