Vs Battler

  Going for nostalgic route this time and use this post to keep myself remember with one of the Mecha game that I used to play in Gameboy Color as a kid. Mecha game are not exactly common in Gameboy let alone the an action game with Wizardry style 1st person perspective, enter Vs Battler!

In Vs battler you play as Mecha Pilot on two available factions Valiant and Sirius which have different mecha style akin to Zgok and Rick Dias. The game is purely action where you control a Mecha on seek and destroy missions in Labyrinth that differs in map variation as the game progresses. The gameplay is relatively simple as you only have Fist melee and Charged Projectile as available armaments to take down the enemy robots. Map Awareness play key role in Vs Battler as you will have to rely on flank ambush to clear the stages as you are usually outnumbered and direct slugfest never end well as you will lose health very fast in this action. Given I have no idea what I am doing back then, I often end up accidentally destroying my AI teammate from friendly fire.

What makes Vs Battler still remain in my memory is due to the unique gameplay which could have been incorporated more in modern mecha game. Imagine a co-op Mecha game where you navigate dark labyrinth where proper teamwork and maneuvering really matters, the incorporation of Survival theme into action would be quite something to behold.