Armored Warriors

released on Dec 31, 1994
by Capcom

In the year 2281, the war spanning half a century over territory between the United World Forces and the Raian Kingdom had at last come to an end. But this peace was not to last. A year after a truce was signed between the two forces, former Raian army captain Azrael, who has converted himself into a cyborg in an attempt to become "the perfect warrior", has marshalled several thousand other cyborgs and declared war against the Raian Kingdom. Robbing mobile weapons from the army, this group of rogues has invaded the Raian capital of Merkid and has begun to abduct the civilians. The United World Government, receiving an emergency message from the planet Raia, has but one choice: to organize and dispatch an army formed around its elite corps, a squadron of warriors called "Bloody Armor", to eradicate the enemy forces and rescue the civilians. And so, in October 2282, the United World Forces begin to launch its attack upon the planet Raia. The most intense battle in human history is about to begin...


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Beat 'em up com robô gigante e durante o combate pode pegar as partes dos mechas inimigos e colocar no seu robô.
Precisa falar mais alguma coisa?
(Tirando que todos os diálogos estão em japonês)

Extremely nice-looking mecha beat-'em-up with custom parts and weapons, picked up as you go. For a Capcom title it doesn't overstay its welcome. Still I can't fully get into it; I think the heavier mecha movement doesn't appeal to me in this context. But it's good.

It's interesting how this game is pretty much the ancestor to Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, only instead of a fighting game, it's a beat' em up.

I really like how many weapons and sub-weapons you can find in the stages, they help give the combat of the game more variety and prevent it from being as stale as other beat' em ups.
Besides that, the story was simple, but fine, and I really liked how the game's OST sounded like something you'd hear in one of the SNES Mega Man X games.

Besides that, it's a good game, don't have much to say about it.

Ben hiç beğenemedim. Çok kaotik, ekranda çoğu zaman ne olduğunu anlayamıyordum.Savaşlar da tatmin etmiyor. Mecha seviyorsanız seversiniz herhalde de ben beğenmedim

Playing the Capcom Beat 'em up bundle I was really starting to think that only Capcom's licensed games like Aliens vs. Predator, The Punisher etc. were truly worth playing. With my friend and I generally being pretty uninspired by Knights of Round, Warriors of Fate and Final Fight we weren't expecting much with Armored Warriors next in our playlist but it came out and kicked us in the teeth out of nowhere.

Simply put it plays superbly well. It's incredibly fluid with smooth animations, frame rate and unique attacks. The mechs you pilot all have melee attacks as well as ranged weapons with limited ammo. As you destroy enemies they will drop more guns, missile launchers, claws, drill arms among other weapons which have completely different animations and attacks. This all gives the game a lot of variety but that doesn't even include replaceable legs like tank tracks that allow you to jump like a spiked ball, spider legs that allow you to spin jump and launch an orbital bombardment or a flying rocket pack. The attack options are pretty exceptional for a beat 'em up that only mech customization of swapping parts would really allow. Other interesting things we noticed for the genre was a difference between solo and co-op play that some sections will drop a huge tank like unit exclusive to multiplayer both your mechs will attach too as weapons. One character controls it moving and attacks while the others only attack. It's only for a limited time but it's a pretty cool feature allowing you to have dealt some boss damage additionally.

Visually I think the game is stunning. It's sprite work is Capcom at it's peak and everything is colourful yet designed in a way to be as clear to the player as possible from each other, enemies and backgrounds. The mech designs are excellent, my favorite being the super fast yellow one allowing me to dash and jump around the screen like a lunatic. There are four to choose from and similar to any beat 'em up they have their pros and cons for speed to power ratios depending on which character you choose.

The story isn't much to write home about and there is some small niggles around picking up weapons by accident I often have due to button limitations on arcade machines. They are tiny issues, inconsequential at worst to an otherwise fantastic looking and playing arcade beat 'em up. I had an absolute blast playing this and will easily come back to this time and time again. Who doesn't love a chunky mech firing a volley of rockets off before power drilling through several enemies while their friend shouts "use the vulcan!" as they fire their gun quoting a line from 90's anime New Dominion Tank Police they know off by heart? I mean who?

Recommended.

+ Gorgeous Visuals.
+ Swapping parts is a great mechanic adding variety.
+ Smooth playing with excellent visual and mechanical design.

A Capcom beat ‘em up that’s mech themed, has bright colors, great art design, satisfying combat with a really interesting weapon system that keeps combat engaging the whole way through. This game rocks it was pretty much made for me.