Any technology freak will know that one of the best things about getting a new toy to play with is being able to show it off to people. As the story goes that s exactly what Spirou s friend Fantasio does, until his latest piece of high-tech equipment gains a life of its own and runs away. The game picks up the story at the local train station where the two friends release a tied-up women and all hell breaks loose as most electrical equipment comes alive and starts attacking people. While I m not commenting on the quality of the French police force, the trapped woman was in fact a dangerous robot called Cyandia who has been left unattended at the station. Despite Spirou s guilt in this matter, he sets off to try to right the wrongs that are taking place and put Cyandia behind bars.
First impressions are of the game aren t too good.
Each level involves the destruction of a number of circuit breakers dotted around each level, in the hope that it will stop the rampage of the machines. There are a number of puzzles along to way to distract you from the action , but these simply involve giving items to people or pressing switches - they aren t very taxing at all and they didn t really interest me. Instead of the standard practise of jumping on enemies heads to dispatch them, The Robot Invasion allows you to use various weapons left strewn across the levels to attack you foes. These range from a massive mallet to projectile weapons like a shotgun. Unfortunately some of these weapons are really well hidden, and some you may never come across.