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Director(s)
  
Marc Racine

Artist(s)
  
Ben Lichius

Genre
  
Shooter game

7.8/10
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Designer(s)
  
Adam Cogan

Initial release date
  
23 September 2002

Publisher
  
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Producer(s)
  
Marc RacineMike Pearson

Composer(s)
  
Barry FasmanJohn O'Kennedy

Platforms
  
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube

Modes
  
Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game

Similar
  
Vicious Cycle Software games, Shooter games

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Robotech: Battlecry is a video game set in the Robotech universe, the first video game successfully released for the franchise. It was developed by Vicious Cycle Software and published by the now-defunct TDK Mediactive, in association with Harmony Gold USA. With a story focused on new characters created for the game and with guest appearances of main characters Rick Hunter, Roy Fokker, Lisa Hayes and a part of one in-game mission directly centered on Lynn Minmei, it somewhat follows the Robotech continuum.

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Plot

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The game follows the exploits of ace pilot Jack Archer. After serving as a mercenary in the Global Civil War, flying both with and against Roy Fokker impressed him enough to recommend Jack for the RDF. The early stages of the game cover Jack's final training and his fighting during the Battle of Macross Island, Jack not being close enough to the SDF-1 when it space folds to Pluto and being left behind on Earth, rejoining his friends upon their initial return home. The majority of the game is set in the Post-Rain of Death era and involves Jack and his Wolf Squadron defending various human outposts against Malcontent Zentraedi forces led by the warlord Zeraal.

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The final mission has Jack taking on Zeraal at his base, which is a crashed Zentraedi Carrier. However, the ship makes a spacefold jump with him on it, and it leads him to a distant region of space. Out of contact with the RDF, he seemingly dies from a loss of life support.

Release

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Robotech: Battlecry was released in a stand-alone game version and a more expensive Collectors Edition. The latter came in a silver box with the game and included a packet of 3" X 5" cards of character concept art from the game drawn by Tommy Yune, a lenticular card depicting a Veritech fighter in action, a Battlecry T-shirt vacuum packed into a disc-shaped tin with card RDF logo on top, the game's soundtrack on CD and a specially numbered Jack Archer dogtag.

Voice Cast

  • Cam Clarke as Jack Archer
  • Rebecca Forstadt as Lynn Minmei, Izzy Randal
  • Melora Harte as Helena Chase
  • Steve Kramer as Skarrde
  • Melanie MacQueen as Lisa Hayes, Kiyora
  • Tony Oliver as Rick Hunter, Hiro Ishi
  • Dan Woren as Roy Fokker / Zeraal
  • Reception

    Robotech: Battlecry received mostly positive reviews upon its release. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game an 8 out of 10, saying, "It does an incredible job of re-creating the show's fast-paced mech combat by combining slick animation and spot-on controls." GameSpy gave it a 3.0 out of 5 and called it "a decent, but unremarkable game. The story, graphics, music, and voice acting will greatly appeal to fans of the show, but I don't see these aspects bringing new fans into the fold." GameSpot gave it a 6.8 out of 10 and reported that, "the game suffers from a number of problems that even the most ardent fans of the series will have a hard time overlooking, not the least of which are repetitive missions, sluggish controls, and empty levels."

    References

    Robotech: Battlecry Wikipedia