I miss you, Virtual On. We used to have some good times together. Whenever I see a giant robot blowing up another giant robot, I think of your shimmering façade and the delightful competitions we engaged in, oh so long ago. Do you think of me too, Virtual On? Do you imagine us, twin-sticks in hand, trading shots across sun-drenched battlegrounds, strafing about one another with our hearts on our sleeves? Or have you forgotten our love, drowned beneath a thousand closed arcades and forgotten console ports? When I look at Battle Rage, I think of you, and wonder if I can find comfort in the arms of another.
*ahem*
Up until a few hours ago, I had never even heard of Battle Rage. If the screens don’t make it clear, Battle Rage is a Wii game about giant robots beating the crap out of each other. It’s made by Polish studio Destan and it reminds me a lot of Virtual On, almost entirely because of the similarity between the robot in the following shot and Temjin.
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