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[Mesa]

I'm surprised to see no topic on this game. Time to fix this!


Robocraft is, essentially, a combination of Minecraft and World of Tanks - you get to build your own vehicles using a set of blocks (all of which are called cubes, even though most of them are not cubic in shape), wheels (motor, steering, dual drive), thrusters, rotors, guns and what have you with a fairly good simulation of physics.
And then you shoot each other in teamfights, with real-time destruction of your creations. (ie. if your gun gets shot off it's gone, your plane may become unbalanced if it loses an engine and you become immobile when your wheels get destroyed. And you die when your pilot seat goes to hell.)

After fights, you get Robo-Points (RP), which you use to buy more cubes and Tech Points (TP), which you use to unlock better cubes (that you can later purchase).

The game is currently in Alpha and is free to play and to a certain extent pay2win, in the sense that there are two currencies (aforementioned RP and another "premium" currency which you can buy for, well, real cash that you can use to either purchase cubes (for a lower price) or to buy a premium membership for some time, which gives you 50% more loot after a game and access to beta features.
There's also a Tier system in place. The more and more advanced cubes you place on your robots, the higher tier they become, and thus you get matched with players of the matching Tier.

So strictly speaking it's not Pay2Win, but it has common Free2Play mechanics in place.

It's fun as hell, though, I love it.
I'm still in tier 1, but I found myself a comfortable tank-like design which so far has not disappointed me. (would post pics but I'm too lazy, would describe but I don't know the motorization terminology)

Heck, last game I single-handedly captured the enemy base with a single gun (and killed a guy who was chasing me with it) and most of my armor gone.
And it doesn't require anything hi-end, but the better...the better.

Play it here.

Recently there has been an influx of Polish players (causing the servers to melt outright) after a Polish YouTube/Twitch celebrity streamed it. Makes me feel proud, but at the same time those people are atrocious and it may be hard to get into a game at times, so be wary.

[TheDarkStar]

This looks interesting. I'll have to take a look at it.

[Rilder]

Interdasting, I shall take a look.

[Facekillz058]

This sounds cool, I'll check it out tonight.

[Rilder]

Well I like it.

My first design.

Spoiler: Panzer I ready for battle jaaa (click to show/hide)

(Though not a tank since it has wheels instead of tracks)

[Facekillz058]

Holy crap, this game is small file wise. I'll be checking this out in like, 15 minutes.
Heres to hoping my computer can handle it. (I hope for the day that I can stop saying that so desperately.)

[Ruskin]

This looks pretty awesome ....dling now

[TheDarkStar]

I'm taking a look at this now.

[Sonlirain]

Let's see...
People hating poles - Check.
Vehicles shooting one another - Check

Just like WoT EU i guess so i should give it a check.

[Facekillz058]

This game is...
AWESOME.
I played a few rounds in my Facekillz Brand Battle Wagon^TM and I had a lot of fun. Right now lag seems to be a little bit of an issue, but nothing unplayable.
The only gripe I really have is the way the tiering system works. I've been in rounds with people who had armor I could hardly scratch while still having similar fire power as me.
So yeah, it's WoT.

[TheDarkStar]

This game is...
AWESOME.
I played a few rounds in my Facekillz Brand Battle Wagon^TM and I had a lot of fun. Right now lag seems to be a little bit of an issue, but nothing unplayable.
The only gripe I really have is the way the tiering system works. I've been in rounds with people who had armor I could hardly scratch while still having similar fire power as me.
So yeah, it's WoT.

Yep, this game is great.

[Rilder]

Spoiler: Glorious creation to battle!, Forward (click to show/hide)

Also randomly created a hovercraft thing, didn't go to awfully well as like 10 seconds into the match it flipped over and refused to right itself, I might stick to ground vehicles maybe.

[alexandertnt]

This looks like fun. Downloading now.

Being a team-based game, I assume there will be some sort of B12 team? With monsterous magma-powered deathtanks

[Nighthawk]

Having tons of fun with this game already. My HoverCube is mounted with so many guns it's frightening. Pretty flimsy, unfortunately, but it's compact and difficult to hit, so I can often deal loads of damage before the enemies bring me down.

My favorite part of the game is losing half of your wheels/hoverblades and flopping around completely crippled. Even more hilarious when it happens to others. Once shot a giant tank so much that all of the armor came off and all that was left was a few blocks, wheels, and an exposed driver. Actually took me a while to bring him down, since he was so small, but watching him run was great.

[Shadowgandor]

This game looks awesome. Can't wait to give it a shot. Be sure to take a look at their forum, as the community seems pretty friendly and full of advice!