Robotech: Battlecry
{{Short description|2002 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Robotech: Battlecry
| image = Rbbox.jpg
| alt = North American PS2 cover art
| caption = North American PS2 cover art
| developer = Vicious Cycle Software
| publisher = TDK Mediactive
| director = Marc Racine
| producer = Marc Racine
Mike Pearson
| designer = Adam Cogan
| writer =
| programmer =
| artist = Ben Lichius
| composer = Barry Fasman
John O'Kennedy
| released = PlayStation 2, Xbox{{vgrelease|NA|September 23, 2002{{Cite web |title=TDK Mediactive Ships Robotech: Battlecry|url=https://xboxaddict.com/news/2707/TDK-Mediactive-Ships-Robotech:-Battlecry.html |access-date=March 6, 2023|website=Xbox Addict|language=en |archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306171516/https://xboxaddict.com/news/2707/TDK-Mediactive-Ships-Robotech:-Battlecry.html |url-status=live }}|AU|December 16, 2002{{Cite web |title=Robotech Battlecry PS2 |url=http://www.gamesmarket.com.au/details.cfm?ProdID=4559& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030402055939/http://www.gamesmarket.com.au/details.cfm?ProdID=4559& |archive-date=April 2, 2003 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Games Market}}{{Cite web |title=Robotech Battlecry Xbox |url=http://www.gamesmarket.com.au/details.cfm?ProdID=4560&|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030216082642/http://www.gamesmarket.com.au/details.cfm?ProdID=4560& |archive-date=February 16, 2003 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Games Market}}|EU|February 14, 2003{{Cite web |title=Upcoming Releases |url=http://eurogamer.net:80/company_page.php?action=view&company_id=168 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030109182758/http://eurogamer.net:80/company_page.php?action=view&company_id=168 |archive-date=January 9, 2003 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Eurogamer}}}}GameCube{{vgrelease|NA|October 16, 2002{{Cite web |title=TDK Ships Robotech for GameCube and GBA|url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/7895/tdk-ships-robotech-for-gamecube-and-gba |access-date=March 6, 2023|website=Nintendo World Report |archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306171516/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/7895/tdk-ships-robotech-for-gamecube-and-gba |url-status=live }}|EU|March 21, 2003{{Cite web |title=Upcoming Releases |url=http://eurogamer.net:80/company_page.php?action=view&company_id=168 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030308194908/http://eurogamer.net:80/company_page.php?action=view&company_id=168 |archive-date=March 8, 2003 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Eurogamer}}}}
| genre = Third-person shooter
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
}}
Robotech: Battlecry is a 2002 video game set in the Robotech universe, the first video game successfully released for the franchise. It was developed by Vicious Cycle Software and published by the now-defunct TDK Mediactive, in association with Harmony Gold USA. With a story focused on new characters created for the game and with guest appearances of main characters Rick Hunter, Roy Fokker, Lisa Hayes and a part of one in-game mission directly centered on Lynn Minmei, it somewhat follows the Robotech continuum.
Plot
This game follows this story of aviator ace pilot Jack Archer.{{cite web | url = https://www.kidzworld.com/article/2669-robotech-battlecry-ps2-review | title = Robotech: Battlecry :: PS2 Review | author = Kidzworld staff | date = December 27, 2006 | website = Kidzworld | accessdate = April 6, 2009 | archive-date = April 21, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090421080013/http://www.kidzworld.com/article/2669-robotech-battlecry-ps2-review | url-status = live }} After serving as a mercenary in the Global Civil War, flying both with and against Roy Fokker impressed him enough to recommend Jack for the RDF. The early stages of the game cover Jack's final training and his fighting during the Battle of Macross Island, Jack not being close enough to the SDF-1 when it space folds to Pluto and being left behind on Earth, rejoining his friends upon their initial return home. The majority of the game is set in the Post-Rain of Death era and involves Jack and his Wolf Squadron defending various human outposts against Malcontent Zentraedi forces led by the warlord Zeraal.{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/wikis/robotech-battlecry | title = Robotech: Battlecry Wiki Guide | website = IGN | publisher = Ziff Davis | date = October 15, 2002 | accessdate = September 7, 2019 | archive-date = August 9, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809145601/https://www.ign.com/wikis/robotech-battlecry | url-status = live }}
The final mission has Jack going up against Zeraal at his base, which is a crashed Zentraedi Carrier. However, the ship makes a spacefold jump with him on it, and it leads him to a distant region of space. Out of contact with the RDF, he seemingly dies from a lack of energy.
Release
Robotech: Battlecry was released in a stand-alone game version and a more expensive Collectors Edition. The latter came in a silver box with the game and included a packet of 3" X 5" cards of character concept art from the game drawn by Tommy Yune, a lenticular card depicting a Veritech fighter in action, a Battlecry T-shirt vacuum packed into a disc-shaped tin with card RDF logo on top, the game's soundtrack on CD and a specially numbered Jack Archer dogtag.
Voice cast
- Cam Clarke as Jack Archer
- Rebecca Forstadt as Lynn Minmei, Izzy Randal
- Melora Harte as Helena Chase
- Steve Kramer as Skarrde
- Melanie MacQueen as Lisa Hayes, Kiyora
- Tony Oliver as Rick Hunter, Hiro Ishi
- Dan Woren as Roy Fokker / Zeraal
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| PS2 = true
| XBOX = true
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| Edge_PS2 = 7/10{{cite magazine | title = Robotech: Battlecry (PS2, Xbox) | author = Edge staff | magazine = Edge | publisher = Future plc | issue = 118 | date = December 25, 2002}}
| EGM_PS2 = 8/10{{cite magazine | url = http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1228893,00.asp | title = Robotech: Battlecry (PS2) | last = Boyer | first = Crispin | magazine = Electronic Gaming Monthly | publisher = Ziff Davis | issue = 160 | date = November 2002 | page = 283 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040109114256/http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1228893,00.asp | archivedate = January 9, 2004 | accessdate = September 7, 2019}}
| GI_NGC = 8.5/10{{cite magazine | url = http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200212/R03.0731.1156.37803.htm | title = Robotech: Battlecry (GC) | last = Kato | first = Matthew | magazine = Game Informer | publisher = FuncoLand | issue = 116 | date = December 2002 | page = 128 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050416113424/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200212/R03.0731.1156.37803.htm | archive-date = April 16, 2005 | url-status = dead | access-date = September 7, 2019}}
| GamePro_NGC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine | url = http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/reviews/27272.shtml | title = Robotech: Battlecry Review for GameCube on GamePro.com | author = Pong Sifu | date = November 27, 2002 | magazine = GamePro | publisher = IDG Entertainment | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050215035427/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/reviews/27272.shtml | archivedate = February 15, 2005 | accessdate = September 7, 2019}}
| GSpot_NGC = 6.8/10{{cite web | url = https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/robotech-battlecry-review/1900-2895962/ | title = Robotech: Battlecry Review (GC) | last = Ajami | first = Amer | date = October 28, 2002 | website = GameSpot | publisher = CBS Interactive | accessdate = September 7, 2019 | archive-date = July 23, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230723164404/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/robotech-battlecry-review/1900-2895962/ | url-status = live }}
| GSpy_NGC = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/robotech-battlecry/600441p1.html | title = GameSpy: Robotech: Battlecry (GCN) | last = Padilla | first = Raymond | date = October 12, 2002 | website = GameSpy | publisher = IGN Entertainment | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20051208103709/http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/robotech-battlecry/600441p1.html | archivedate = December 8, 2005 | accessdate = September 7, 2019}}
| NP_NGC = 3.7/5{{cite magazine | title = Robotech: Battlecry | magazine = Nintendo Power | publisher = Nintendo of America | volume = 163 | date = December 2002 | page = 216}}
| OPM_PS2 = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine | title = Robotech: Battlecry | magazine = Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | publisher = Ziff Davis | date = November 2002 | page = 188}}
| OXM_XBOX = 8.6/10{{cite magazine | title = Robotech: Battlecry | magazine = Official Xbox Magazine | publisher = Future US | date = November 2002 | page = 116}}
| MC_NGC = 74/100{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/game/robotech-battlecry/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube | title = Robotech: Battlecry for GameCube Reviews | website = Metacritic | publisher = CBS Interactive | accessdate = September 7, 2019 | archive-date = February 24, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190224122135/https://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/robotech-battlecry | url-status = live }}
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Robotech: Battlecry received "average" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Electronic Gaming Monthly said of the Xbox version, "It does an incredible job of re-creating the show's fast-paced mech combat by combining slick animation and spot-on controls." GameSpot said "the game suffers from a number of problems that even the most ardent fans of the series will have a hard time overlooking, not the least of which are repetitive missions, sluggish controls, and empty levels."
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