100ft Robot Golf

{{Infobox video game

| title = 100ft Robot Golf

| image = 100ft Robot Golf.jpg

| caption =

| developer = No Goblin

| publisher = No Goblin

| released = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|October 10, 2016}}|PS4|October 10, 2016||PSVR|October 13, 2016|Windows|March 16, 2017}}

| genre = Sports

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer

| platforms = PlayStation 4
PlayStation VR
Windows

| alt =

| designer = {{ubl|Cessia Castillo|Rebecca Ryan|Dan Teasdale}}

| artist = {{ubl|Cessia Castillo|Joule Han}}

| programmer = Dan Teasdale

| engine = Unity

}}

100ft Robot Golf is a 2016 sports video game developed and published by No Goblin. In the game, players control mechas and must race to shoot a golf ball into a hole. 100ft Robot Golf was released in October 2016 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR and in March 2017 for Windows. The game was met with a mixed reception.

Gameplay

File:Gameplay screenshot of 100ft Robot Golf, split screen.webp

Players choose from a number of mechas to play through golf courses with. Each mecha has different abilities and gameplay mechanics for hitting the ball.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=No Goblin - 100ft Robot Golf |url=http://www.nogoblin.com/presskit/100ft-robot-golf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414122731/http://www.nogoblin.com/presskit/100ft-robot-golf |archive-date=14 April 2017 |accessdate=13 April 2017 |publisher=No Goblin}} As opposed to traditional golf, all players play at the same time, with the goal of getting their ball into the hole first.{{Cite news |last=Priestman |first=Chris |date=December 8, 2015 |title=A Game About Giant Robots Destroying A City By Playing Golf |url=https://www.siliconera.com/a-game-about-giant-robots-destroying-a-city-by-playing-golf/ |access-date=January 4, 2024 |work=Siliconera |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220223/https://www.siliconera.com/a-game-about-giant-robots-destroying-a-city-by-playing-golf/ |url-status=live }} Players can demolish buildings,{{Cite news |last=Nunneley-Jackson |first=Stephany |date=June 4, 2016 |title=Here's a new look at 100ft Robot Golf coming to PS4 and PS VR |url=https://www.vg247.com/heres-a-new-look-at-100ft-robot-golf-coming-to-ps4-and-ps-vr |access-date=January 4, 2024 |work=VG247 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220222/https://www.vg247.com/heres-a-new-look-at-100ft-robot-golf-coming-to-ps4-and-ps-vr |url-status=live }} block opposing shots with their mecha, and attack other competitors. In-game commentators (Justin, Griffin, and Travis McElroy) spectate the players' actions.

Development and release

Indie studio No Goblin previously developed Roundabout in 2014.{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |date=March 10, 2017 |title=100ft Robot Golf stomps onto PC next week |work=Rock Paper Shotgun |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/10/100ft-robot-golf-pc-release-date/ |access-date=November 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311034743/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/10/100ft-robot-golf-pc-release-date/ |archive-date=March 11, 2017}} During a Let's Play of Neo Turf Masters,{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |date=December 7, 2015 |title=Roundabout Devs' 100ft Robot Golf Is What You'd Expect |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/100ft-robot-golf |access-date=January 4, 2024 |work=Rock Paper Shotgun |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220223/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/100ft-robot-golf |url-status=live }} a member of No Goblin mentioned that a game having mechas play golf in space was never made before.{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-5qVcsS2Q4 |title="So, where did the idea for 100ft Robot Golf come from?" |date=December 5, 2015 |last=No Goblin |first= |type=Videotape |time=0:33 |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105064942/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-5qVcsS2Q4 |url-status=live }}

According to the co-founder of No Goblin, Dan Teasdale, the studio took anime from the 1970s and 1980s and "overdubbed it".{{Cite interview |last=Teasdale |first=Dan |interviewer=Game Informer |title=Why PSVR's 100ft Robot Golf Reminds Dan Teasdale Of Destroy All Humans{{'}} Development |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIunDvUDZxY |date=September 30, 2016 |access-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212233830/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIunDvUDZxY&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }} Teasdale helped to develop Rock Band and Destroy All Humans!. No Goblin initially produced the in-game commentary themselves;{{Cite video |url=https://archive.org/details/gb-2300-11102-IDW2M90 |title=Unfinished: EX: 100ft Robot Golf 04/06/2016 |date=April 7, 2016 |last=Giant Bomb |type=Videotape |access-date=January 5, 2024}} however, they ultimately decided to commission the McElroy brothers because they needed people "way funnier than [them]".

Sony requested the studio to port 100ft Robot Golf to the PlayStation VR (PS VR).{{Cite news |last=Prell |first=Sam |date=December 7, 2015 |title=Dogs in mechs playing golf is PlayStation VR's weirdest game so far |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/100ft-robot-golf-playstation-vr-weirdest-game-so-far/ |access-date=January 4, 2024 |work=GamesRadar+ |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220221/https://www.gamesradar.com/100ft-robot-golf-playstation-vr-weirdest-game-so-far/ |url-status=live }} During the PlayStation Experience 2015 opening keynote, 100ft Robot Golf was announced for the PS VR{{Cite news |last=Rad |first=Chloi |date=December 5, 2015 |title=PSX 2015: Modern Zombie Taxi Co, 100ft Robot Golf Coming To PlayStation VR |work=IGN |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/05/psx-2015-modern-zombie-100ft-robot-golf-coming-to-playstation-vr |access-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220221/https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/05/psx-2015-modern-zombie-100ft-robot-golf-coming-to-playstation-vr |url-status=live }} and PlayStation 4 (PS4), stating that the game would be published by 2016.{{Cite news |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=December 5, 2015 |title=100ft Robot Golf announced for PS4 |work=Gematsu |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2015/12/100ft-robot-golf-announced-ps4 |access-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220221/https://www.gematsu.com/2015/12/100ft-robot-golf-announced-ps4 |url-status=live }} No Goblin released 100ft Robot Golf for PS4 on October 10, 2016,{{Cite news |last=Newhouse |first=Alex |date=August 24, 2016 |title=PS4-Exclusive 'Dumb Robot Golfing Game' Receives a Firm Release Date |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-exclusive-dumb-robot-golfing-game-receives-a-f/1100-6442974/ |access-date=January 3, 2024 |work=GameSpot |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220230/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-exclusive-dumb-robot-golfing-game-receives-a-f/1100-6442974/ |url-status=live }} and for PS VR on October 13.{{Cite news |last=Biery |first=Thomas |date=August 24, 2016 |title=100ft Robot Golf will launch this October |work=Polygon |url=https://www.polygon.com/2016/8/24/12623528/100ft-robot-golf-launch-date-playstation-vr |access-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220221/https://www.polygon.com/2016/8/24/12623528/100ft-robot-golf-launch-date-playstation-vr |url-status=live }} After the studio improved the graphics and writing, the game was released for Microsoft Windows on March 16, 2017.

Reception

The game has received "mixed or average" reviews, holding an aggregated score of 56 on Metacritic.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=100ft Robot Golf |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/100ft-robot-golf/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |accessdate=13 April 2017 |website=Metacritic |archive-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217005433/https://www.metacritic.com/game/100ft-robot-golf/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |url-status=live }} On OpenCritic, the game has a "weak" approval rating of 0%.{{Cite web |title=100ft Robot Golf |url=https://opencritic.com/game/3394/100ft-robot-golf |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=OpenCritic |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220221/https://opencritic.com/game/3394/100ft-robot-golf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Peeples |first=Jeremy |date=15 October 2016 |title=Review: 100ft Robot Golf (PSVR) - Hardcore Gamer |url=http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/10/15/review-100ft-robot-golf-psvr/230837/ |accessdate=13 April 2017 |publisher=Hardcore Gamer |archive-date=April 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081344/http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/10/15/review-100ft-robot-golf-psvr/230837/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Clark |first=Justin |date=21 October 2016 |title=100ft Robot Golf Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/100ft-robot-golf-review/1900-6416560/ |accessdate=13 April 2017 |website=GameSpot |archive-date=April 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082621/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/100ft-robot-golf-review/1900-6416560/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=McCaffrey |first=Ryan |date=20 October 2016 |title=100ft Robot Golf Review |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/10/20/100ft-robot-golf-review |accessdate=13 April 2017 |website=IGN |archive-date=April 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082806/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/10/20/100ft-robot-golf-review |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Cosimano |first=Mike |date=17 October 2016 |title=Review: 100ft Robot Golf |url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-100ft-robot-golf-393315.phtml |accessdate=13 April 2017 |publisher=Destructoid |archive-date=April 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081050/https://www.destructoid.com/review-100ft-robot-golf-393315.phtml |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Martín |first=Sergio |date=October 14, 2016 |title=Análisis de 100ft Robot Golf (PS4, PC) |url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/analisis/ps4/100ft-robot-golf/34930#p-73 |access-date=January 5, 2024 |work=Vandal |language=es |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105173431/https://vandal.elespanol.com/analisis/ps4/100ft-robot-golf/34930#p-73 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Adcock |first=Matt |date=October 17, 2016 |title=100ft Robot Golf Review |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/100ft_robot_golf |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=Push Square |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220222/https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/100ft_robot_golf |url-status=live }}