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Upon playing RAD for the first time, my brother and I immediately started "versus" mode and had an absolute blast...we each controlled huge, lumbering robots and tried our best to beat the pulp out of one another. We quickly learned, however, that our fighting skills were only half the battle. You see, your viewpoint of the fighting is from that of a little character running around the city...you're character is supposedly "controlling" the robot. Getting a good vantage point of the battle is key...with buildings in your way and debris falling all over the place, keeping your little character out of harm's way can be quite tricky. And while you move your character to the best place available, your robot is completely vulnerable...so you have to manage two characters at once...it's a lot of hectic fun. The "story mode" for this game, however, can be tough to endure. Long sequences of tangential, repetitive dialog that can't be skipped are intermixed with some long cut scenes and bad voice acting. Having said that, I just completed the story mode and found that it got less annoying the farther I progressed through the game. There are 50+ episodes of robot battles and story, and though the in-game story has a lot of holes and irrelevant plot threads, it does get exciting about 2/3 of the way through, when your robot takes on a life of his own. It reminded me very much of GIANT ROBO and THE BIG O. Unfortunately, the plodding, unavoidable narrative of the story is the biggest drawback of the game. Minus one star, at least. If you have someone to play against, this game will provide hours of a unique, robot fighting gameplay with original controls (I recommend going through the tutorial) and enjoyable interactivity. But if you're only going to play this in single player mode, you might want to rent it first. The fighting is still great, but the story you have to endure can be bothersome.
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