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Retro Machina

Action

Retro Machina

Single Player

68

Critic · Metacritic

Critic score (0–100) · Metacritic

3.1

Users · RAWG

Average player rating out of 5, from RAWG.

2021

Released

May 12, 2021

3

Platforms

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

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📅 Release Info

Release DateMay 12, 2021

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Publisher

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ActionAdventureRPGIndie

Playable on

PCPlayStationXbox

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PCPlayStation 4Xbox One

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About this game

Retro Machina is a single-player action game and exploration with elements of RPG, set in a retro-futuristic universe. The game shows the journey of a little robot unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Retro-futurist art direction and detailed robot-filled environments.
Ability to take control of other machines.
Abandoned industrial setting with environmental storytelling and melancholic atmosphere.
Interconnected areas combine exploration with environmental puzzles.
Soundtrack accompanies the game's lonely industrial setting.

Cons

Combat becomes repetitive over the course of the campaign.
Imprecise controls and aiming complicate combat encounters.
Enemy encounters offer limited variety and depth.
Story premise and lore remain vague and thinly developed.

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