It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Robot World

A few weeks before E3 this year, Vivendi Universal announced a ton of new titles. One of those was Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, a third person shooter where you play a robot fighting other robots on a robot planet. Yes, it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad, robotic world.

Mad, mad

robotic

world.

From what we can make of it thus far, the story is your typical Big Evil Guy trying to take over the world and the Lone Underdog Hero is trying to put a stop to him and his Ingenious Evil Plan. You play Glitch, a rather unassuming and harmless looking bi-ped, and it’s your job to save the inhabitants of Iron Star from the clutches of General Corrosive and his minions.

We got to play through a couple preview levels that gave us a good idea of what to expect from Metal Arms when it ships for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube later this year.

Robotic pyrotechnics

This big 'bot caught you cheating with his wife.

Get a roomba in here to clean the mess.

Glitch in the System

The objectives of both demo stages we played were simple – to reach the goal. Of course, along the way are numerous robot minions that are looking to turn you into scrap metal. Thankfully, Glitch has a pair of hands and opposable thumbs to go along with them. The right hand holds guns (right shoulder button to fire) and the southpaw handles secondary items such as grenades (left shoulder button to throw). Two face buttons are devoted to cycling through weapons, similar to the setup found in Metal Gear Solid. The two other buttons are used for actions and jumping. Controlling Glitch works just as if it were a first person shooter with the left analog thumb stick used for movement and the left analog thumb stick for aiming.

Botty buggy fun!

6 wheels are better than 4

4-way bot mayhem