One area, for example, is intensely heated, preventing Kiki from leaving her suit. Since Gato Roboto suffers from a self-imposed lack of color, the game’s different regions run the risk of blending together, and thus developer Doinksoft made the wise decision to distinguish each level through the mechanics themselves. The suit can’t go underwater, for example, so when players encounter an area that’s heavily flooded, they’ll need to momentarily abandon their protection (opening themselves up to instant death) in order to find the drain controls to clear the way. Being able to get in and out of it at will is the basis for Gato Roboto’s puzzles. The way the missiles handle is neat – they’re limited by cooldown rather than ammo, and firing toward the ground can be used to extend a jump – but for the most part, we’ve seen this all before. The upgrades are all pretty standard fare – aside from the two aforementioned weapons, there’s a dash that briefly renders Kiki invulnerable and a spin-jump that’s basically Samus’ Screw Attack, and that’s pretty much it. So it’s an exploration-based action-platformer that’s especially reminiscent of Metroid II, if only for the decision to depict the entire game in stark monochrome. While there are benefits to traversing as a cat – Kiki can swim, climb indefinitely, and fit into tight spaces – she has no combat prowess, and thus must rely on the suit’s lasers and missiles to defeat enemies, including a particularly mischievous rat that winds up having way more relevance to the plot than I’d initially imagined. It’s like After Earth, only featuring a protagonist capable of displaying emotion.įortunately, Gary was investigating an abandoned research facility when he got hurt, and Kiki quickly uncovers a nearby mech suit. He sustains an injury that renders him unable to move, and thus the responsibility falls on his cat, Kiki, to explore the planet and complete the mission while Gary gives her instructions via radio. A space pilot named Gary is en route to a remote planet infested with dangerous wildlife when his ship crash lands.
Were it not for the premise, there’d be little to distinguish Gato Roboto from the thousand or so other indie games just like it. However, the game itself is merely a serviceable entry in the ever-crowded Metroidvania genre. It’s an excellent, delightfully singsongy title for sure, and the image that it evokes – a cat in a mech suit – is almost dangerously adorable. I’d wager that the developers of Gato Roboto started with the name and worked their way backwards from there. WTF The optional “tobacco” color palette.
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