Robotech: Battlecry is a video game set in the Robotech universe, the first video game successfully released for the franchise. It was developed by Vicious Cycle Software and published by the now-defunct TDK Mediactive, in association with Harmony Gold USA. With a story focused on new characters created for the game and with guest appearances of main characters Rick Hunter, Roy Fokker, Lisa Hayes and a part of one in-game mission directly centered on Lynn Minmei, it somewhat follows the Robotech continuum.
This game follows this story of aviatorace pilot Jack Archer.[4] After serving as a mercenary in the Global Civil War, flying both with and against Roy Fokker impressed him enough to recommend Jack for the RDF. The early stages of the game cover Jack's final training and his fighting during the Battle of Macross Island, Jack not being close enough to the SDF-1 when it space folds to Pluto and being left behind on Earth, rejoining his friends upon their initial return home. The majority of the game is set in the Post-Rain of Death era and involves Jack and his Wolf Squadron defending various human outposts against Malcontent Zentraedi forces led by the warlord Zeraal.[5]
The final mission has Jack going up against Zeraal at his base, which is a crashed Zentraedi Carrier. However, the ship makes a spacefold jump with him on it, and it leads him to a distant region of space. Out of contact with the RDF, he seemingly dies from a lack of energy.
Releaseedit
Robotech: Battlecry was released in a stand-alone game version and a more expensive Collectors Edition. The latter came in a silver box with the game and included a packet of 3" X 5" cards of character concept art from the game drawn by Tommy Yune, a lenticular card depicting a Veritech fighter in action, a Battlecry T-shirt vacuum packed into a disc-shaped tin with card RDF logo on top, the game's soundtrack on CD and a specially numbered Jack Archer dogtag.
Robotech: Battlecry received "average" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[27][28][29]Electronic Gaming Monthly said of the Xbox version, "It does an incredible job of re-creating the show's fast-paced mech combat by combining slick animation and spot-on controls."[8]GameSpot said "the game suffers from a number of problems that even the most ardent fans of the series will have a hard time overlooking, not the least of which are repetitive missions, sluggish controls, and empty levels."[15][16]
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This article is about the 2002 video game For the novel see Robotech novels For the episode see List of Robotech episodes Robotech Battlecry is a video game set in the Robotech universe the first video game successfully released for the franchise It was developed by Vicious Cycle Software and published by the now defunct TDK Mediactive in association with Harmony Gold USA With a story focused on new characters created for the game and with guest appearances of main characters Rick Hunter Roy Fokker Lisa Hayes and a part of one in game mission directly centered on Lynn Minmei it somewhat follows the Robotech continuum Robotech BattlecryNorth American PS2 cover artDeveloper s Vicious Cycle SoftwarePublisher s TDK MediactiveDirector s Marc RacineProducer s Marc RacineMike PearsonDesigner s Adam CoganArtist s Ben LichiusComposer s Barry FasmanJohn O KennedyPlatform s PlayStation 2 GameCube XboxReleasePlayStation 2 XboxNA September 23 2002 2 EU December 13 2003 Xbox 1 EU February 13 2003 GCN PS2 GameCubeNA October 11 2002 Collector s Edition NA October 16 2002 3 PAL March 21 2003Genre s Third Person ShooterMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Plot 2 Release 3 Voice cast 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksPlot editThis game follows this story of aviator ace pilot Jack Archer 4 After serving as a mercenary in the Global Civil War flying both with and against Roy Fokker impressed him enough to recommend Jack for the RDF The early stages of the game cover Jack s final training and his fighting during the Battle of Macross Island Jack not being close enough to the SDF 1 when it space folds to Pluto and being left behind on Earth rejoining his friends upon their initial return home The majority of the game is set in the Post Rain of Death era and involves Jack and his Wolf Squadron defending various human outposts against Malcontent Zentraedi forces led by the warlord Zeraal 5 The final mission has Jack going up against Zeraal at his base which is a crashed Zentraedi Carrier However the ship makes a spacefold jump with him on it and it leads him to a distant region of space Out of contact with the RDF he seemingly dies from a lack of energy Release editRobotech Battlecry was released in a stand alone game version and a more expensive Collectors Edition The latter came in a silver box with the game and included a packet of 3 X 5 cards of character concept art from the game drawn by Tommy Yune a lenticular card depicting a Veritech fighter in action a Battlecry T shirt vacuum packed into a disc shaped tin with card RDF logo on top the game s soundtrack on CD and a specially numbered Jack Archer dogtag Voice cast editCam Clarke as Jack Archer Rebecca Forstadt as Lynn Minmei Izzy Randal Melora Harte as Helena Chase Steve Kramer as Skarrde Melanie MacQueen as Lisa Hayes Kiyora Tony Oliver as Rick Hunter Hiro Ishi Dan Woren as Roy Fokker ZeraalReception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGCPS2XboxMetacritic74 100 27 72 100 28 74 100 29 Review scoresPublicationScoreGCPS2XboxEdgeN A7 10 6 7 10 6 Electronic Gaming MonthlyN A8 10 7 8 10 8 Game Informer8 5 10 9 8 5 10 10 8 5 10 11 GamePro nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 GameSpot6 8 10 15 6 8 10 16 6 8 10 16 GameSpy nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 17 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 18 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 19 GameZoneN AN A8 3 10 20 IGN7 8 10 21 8 2 10 22 8 10 23 Nintendo Power3 7 5 24 N AN AOfficial U S PlayStation MagazineN A nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 25 N AOfficial Xbox Magazine US N AN A8 6 10 26 Robotech Battlecry received average reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 27 28 29 Electronic Gaming Monthly said of the Xbox version It does an incredible job of re creating the show s fast paced mech combat by combining slick animation and spot on controls 8 GameSpot said the game suffers from a number of problems that even the most ardent fans of the series will have a hard time overlooking not the least of which are repetitive missions sluggish controls and empty levels 15 16 References edit Robotech Battlecry anticipa GameSurf in Italian Archived from the original on 2023 03 06 Retrieved 2023 03 06 TDK Mediactive Ships Robotech Battlecry XboxAddict News xboxaddict com Archived from the original on 2023 03 06 Retrieved 2023 03 06 TDK Ships Robotech for GameCube and GBA News Nintendo World Report Archived from the original on 2023 03 06 Retrieved 2023 03 06 Kidzworld staff December 27 2006 Robotech Battlecry PS2 Review Kidzworld Archived from the original on April 21 2009 Retrieved April 6 2009 Robotech Battlecry Wiki Guide IGN Ziff Davis October 15 2002 Archived from the original on August 9 2020 Retrieved September 7 2019 a b Edge staff December 25 2002 Robotech Battlecry PS2 Xbox Edge No 118 Future plc Boyer Crispin November 2002 Robotech Battlecry PS2 Electronic Gaming Monthly No 160 Ziff Davis p 283 Archived from the original on January 9 2004 Retrieved September 7 2019 a b EGM staff November 2002 Robotech Battlecry Xbox Electronic Gaming Monthly No 160 Ziff Davis p 302 Kato Matthew December 2002 Robotech Battlecry GC Game Informer No 116 FuncoLand p 128 Archived from the original on April 16 2005 Retrieved September 7 2019 Kato Matthew October 2002 Robotech Battlecry PS2 Game Informer No 114 FuncoLand p 89 Archived from the original on October 10 2007 Retrieved September 7 2019 Kato Matthew November 2002 Robotech Battlecry Xbox score mislabeled as 8 25 10 Game Informer No 115 FuncoLand p 140 Archived from the original on March 7 2004 Retrieved September 7 2019 Pong Sifu November 27 2002 Robotech Battlecry Review for GameCube on GamePro com GamePro IDG Entertainment Archived from the original on February 15 2005 Retrieved September 7 2019 Dunjin Master October 4 2002 Robotech Battlecry Review for PS2 on GamePro com GamePro IDG Entertainment Archived from the original on February 12 2005 Retrieved September 7 2019 The D Pad Destroyer October 7 2002 Robotech Battlecry Review for Xbox on GamePro com GamePro IDG Entertainment Archived from the original on February 8 2005 Retrieved September 7 2019 a b Ajami Amer October 28 2002 Robotech Battlecry Review GC GameSpot CBS Interactive Archived from the original on July 23 2023 Retrieved September 7 2019 a b c Ajami Amer September 24 2002 Robotech Battlecry Review PS2 Xbox GameSpot CBS Interactive Archived from the original on May 14 2019 Retrieved September 7 2019 Padilla Raymond October 12 2002 GameSpy Robotech Battlecry GCN GameSpy IGN Entertainment Archived from the original on December 8 2005 Retrieved September 7 2019 Villoria Gerald October 12 2002 GameSpy Robotech Battlecry PS2 GameSpy IGN Entertainment Archived from the original on February 23 2006 Retrieved September 7 2019 Villoria Gerald October 12 2002 GameSpy Robotech Battlecry Xbox GameSpy IGN Entertainment Archived from the original on November 5 2005 Retrieved September 7 2019 Tha Wiz October 15 2002 Robotech Battlecry XB Review GameZone Archived from the original on May 22 2009 Retrieved September 7 2019 Boulding Aaron October 17 2002 Robotech Battlecry GCN IGN Ziff Davis Archived from the original on September 26 2008 Retrieved September 7 2019 Boulding Aaron September 20 2002 Robotech Battlecry PS2 IGN Ziff Davis Archived from the original on May 7 2019 Retrieved September 7 2019 Boulding Aaron September 19 2002 Robotech Battlecry Xbox IGN Ziff Davis Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved September 7 2019 Robotech Battlecry Nintendo Power Vol 163 Nintendo of America December 2002 p 216 Robotech Battlecry Official U S PlayStation Magazine Ziff Davis November 2002 p 188 Robotech Battlecry Official Xbox Magazine Future US November 2002 p 116 a b Robotech Battlecry for GameCube Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on February 24 2019 Retrieved September 7 2019 a b Robotech Battlecry for PlayStation 2 Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on February 14 2019 Retrieved September 7 2019 a b Robotech Battlecry for Xbox Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on May 22 2019 Retrieved September 7 2019 External links editRobotech Battlecry at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robotech Battlecry amp oldid 1182889184, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
