

You’ll find yourself up against wave after wave of baddies, dropping from above. Instead of fighting against the ever-shifting attack patterns of a large, multi-armed, mech-piloting mouse, it’s just an elevator. You get prepared for a boss fight, step on the elevator, and – well, the elevator is the challenge. It even warns you that this is the point of no return, in case you need to go back and unlock any secrets.

There is one bit, however, where the signposting goes awry and it can be hard to figure out how to progress.Īfter you’ve completed the three challenges for the laboratory computer and unlocked the main elevator, Gato Roboto sends you down the elevator and into the lab to the endgame. While the boss battles are still difficult, we felt that better signposting and more generous save points make the game a fair kind of difficult, not just punitive and mean. In our review of Gato Roboto, we praised Doinksoft’s game for quality of life improvements that make it more user-friendly than most Metroidvania games.

Gato Roboto is a tricky little Metroidvania, but the elevator section seems to go on forever.
