The premise in Cyberbots is similar to Armored Warriors, albeit it features only a maximum of two playable characters on screen as opposed to three. Cyberbots is a very innovative game, attributed to its amount of selectable options, parts, and mecha that permit the player to format their play style to their preference. Similar to the Armored Core series, different legs (which affect movement abilities), arms (which affect reach and melee capabilities) and weapons can be mixed and matched between the selectable robots available to the player. Gameplay in Cyberbots is similar to other Capcom-created fighting games, with a medium-sized command list of executing various attacks available to each individual robot. Battles are a duel-formatted affair with players and the computer fighting against one another to proceed to the next battle.
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One can expect his moveset in the versus series to reflect the one from his own game, and... that is not actually the case. But that doesn't mean that Cyberbots is a title to sleep on.
It's for sure one of the most unique CAPCOM fighting games: a title where the choice of the characters doesn't really matter to the match (Choosing Jin over others like Mary or Santana will only impact the story mode you will witness). Instead you get to choose on over 12 different mechas, that creates a unique approach for a battle: you mech makes the combat slower and clunkier compared to Street Fighter or Darkstalkers, but the over the top actions and surprisingly deep system, where damaging specific parts of a mech can block you from using specific moves) is really fascinating.
Also I always loved the character designs of Cyberbots: they are over the top weirdos based on series like Gundam, Yatterman, and Jojo, that create a rusty artstyle and tone that I find really enduring.
Probably not the most important title in Capcom's catalogue, but for sure one that I feel deserves more recognition. At least I hope Capcom will bring back these characters in future crossover games (PLEASE???)
Different mechs have different abilities and movesets, but for the most part if you've played half the cast, you've experienced all possible moves.
The game also has more of an emphasis on story, but it's hard to determine what's canon or not, especially with the lack of a sequel.
Still, it was a fun time!