Robot Alchemic Drive

About

Robot Alchemic Drive lets you juggle control between a giant robot and a human companion during battles. The hero navigates the city to scout positions while the mech smashes through alien forces. You switch perspectives to maintain safe vantage points and plan attacks. As the campaign progresses, you upgrade armor and weapons to handle tougher enemies. The game emphasizes wrecking environments and using terrain to your advantage during combat. The dual-control system is its strongest feature, forcing careful coordination between exploration and action. Set during an alien invasion, the story follows a teenager inheriting a failing weapons business while Earth faces extinction. A training mode and two-player versus battles expand the gameplay. With a 7.2/10 Metacritic score, it stands out for its niche mix of mech customization and strategic positioning. The 2002 release remains a curious entry in the strategy genre.

Storyline

As the seventeen-year-old sole inheritor to the Tsukioka family and their bankrupt weapons company, the game introduces the player to a world where all manned space exploration projects have been put on hold indefinitely due to a material called "Space Nectar" that poisons and kills any organic life in space. Earth is safe because of its atmosphere, but it seems that humanity is doomed to an isolated existence. When machines known as Volgara begin destroying the Earth, the player must pilot the only weapon on Earth capable of standing against the invaders. Along the way, lives will be changed, history will be made, and the origins of the Volgara will be revealed.