Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament

Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament
North American cover art
Developer(s)Irem
Publisher(s)
SeriesSteambot Chronicles
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable
Release
  • JP: July 10, 2008
  • NA: June 30, 2009
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament[a] is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation Portable handheld that features a sandbox style of play. The game was developed by Irem in Japan and is published by Atlus in North America.

It is a spin-off of Steambot Chronicles, a 2005 PlayStation 2 title. A sequel to Steambot Chronicles, called Bumpy Trot 2, was announced and shown at the 2006 Tokyo Game Show, though it was officially cancelled in 2011. Blocks Club with Bumpy Trot is another spin-off title, originally released for the PlayStation 2 and later ported to the PlayStation Portable.

Reception

Battle Tournament received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all four sevens, for a total of 28 out of 40.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: ポンコツ浪漫大活劇バンピートロット ビーグルバトルトーナメント, Hepburn: Ponkotsu Roman Daikatsugeki Bumpy Trot: Vehicle Battle Tournament, lit. Romantic Adventure Bumpy Trot Vehicle Battle Tournament

References

  1. ^ a b "Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "The official first week of July Japanese Magazine news thread". NeoGAF. July 2, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  3. ^ Lafferty, Michael (August 5, 2009). "Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament - PSP - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  4. ^ Bishop, Sam (July 2, 2009). "Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament Review". IGN. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  5. ^ "Review: Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament". PlayStation: The Official Magazine. October 2009. p. 82.