By: Ozzymadeo

Those damn goat fucking Zentradi.

I've always hated those bastards ever since they bombarded the Earth with their weapons of mass destruction. But they're getting theirs. Oh yes indeed.

Finally somebody has put out a quality Robotech game and released it in the United States. For us children of the eighties who watched Robotech like they breath oxygen, this is an exciting time. Vengeance can be taken on the 40 foot tall bastards who dared take back what was theirs.

I won't get into the specifics of the series since the game itself does that for those who have never watched the show. Its as good a place as any for fans of the show and for those who never saw it alike. Suffice it to say, the game picks up just before the Macross Saga begins and continues through and past it. You assume the role of ace pilot Jack Archer and learn to pilot
the various forms of the Veritech fighter. You have the standard jet fighter form, the typical robot form and the guardian form which is a jet/robot looking hybrid. If you saw the show, you know what I'm talking about.

That's one of the beauties of the game as well, though. You don't really need to have seen the show to enjoy it. The game's narrative gives the essential info and lets you get right to the slaughter of the bastard Zentradi. What's even better is the fact you can destroy them in a variety of missions. As
you would expect with this kind of game, you have the prerequisite space/air combat levels. For those fans of city smashing giant robots, there are multiple levels where you take your veritech fighter in its robot form through a city like you'd take a doomed marine through the building of a Martian research facility. Throw in some combat in a canyon or two and what you have is a shit load of dead Zentradi.

While the levels aren't overly complicated, some are needlessly difficult, making frustration a frequent guest to your gaming setup. You will fail your missions more often than you will die and at times your going to wonder just how in the hell you can realistically complete some levels. Trust me. Come time to protect a certain Civic Center, you'll watch the Zentradi Battleoids blow the place up just for kicks. If you're the type of person who tends to throw his controller around, you might think twice about getting this game. Mayhap, you should rent first and then go buy another controller to toss
like a rag doll.

If you're a fan of this style of game or the series, then I couldn't recommend Battlecry much harder. If you're still on the fence, at least give the game a rental or two. It might be enough to convince you.

GRADE: B+