Tech Romancer (DC)

Tech Romancer is a game that probably lost quite a few potential buyers in PAL regions based solely on it's shoddy front cover over here, which was very yellow and an emphasis was put on the most childish looking robot in the game, giving the impression that this was anything but a Giant Robot fighting game. Something a title like Tech Romancer, which sounds more like a love story about scientists, didn't help. Apparently the game started life in the Arcades, but there are no arcades around me, so I can't say I've ever seen the machine myself. However, as with almost every game Capcom brought out around the life of the Dreamcast, Sega's little white box saw a ...

Well, I have to give it Capcom this time; they really pulled a rabit out of their hats with Tech Romancer. I am used to Capcom rehashing titles and the new ones that they do come up with sporting the Street Fighter engine. They must of went back to the drawing board with Tech Romancer. The two are nothing alike with the exception of the power meter used for finishing moves in the game, but well get to that later. The gameplay is fun and easy to get into. Not too fast -(like Virtual On)- not too slow. Just right for huge Godzilla sized mechs. There are no complex directional pad movements to perform before pressing a button. Now it is mostly composed of one and ...

Hey, it's a Capcom game. And it's a fighting game!!!! I'm soooooo shocked. But, suprisingly, it plays absolutely nothing like Street Fighter at all!! Thw world is under attack by a mysterious demon force from space. A number of warriors from earth laucnh their sperate attacks, using highly armed Giant Robot weapons they've created. Will their might be enough to stop the invaders? Yes, this Capcom game has big robots. Big ANIME robots at that, all designed bny Macross guru Shoji Kawamori, and it shows. The design work in the mecha is great, with the cast proving to be highly reminisent of the various robot genres. The cast varies from ...