*** Welcome to piglix ***

Steambot Chronicles

Steambot Chronicles
Steambot Chronicles Coverart.png
North American box art
Developer(s) Irem
Publisher(s)
Series Steambot Chronicles
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: June 30, 2005
  • AS: June 30, 2005
  • KOR: December 8, 2005
  • NA: May 23, 2006
  • EU: October 13, 2006
  • AU: October 19, 2006
Genre(s) Action-adventure, action RPG Sandbox
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic 74/100
Review scores
Publication Score
Edge 7/10
Eurogamer 7/10
Famitsu 32/40
Game Informer 5.5/10
GamePro 3/5 stars
Game Revolution B
GameSpot 7.1/10
GameSpy 4.5/5 stars
GameTrailers 7/10
GameZone 7.1/10
IGN 7.3/10
OPM (US) 4.5/5 stars
The A.V. Club A−

Steambot Chronicles, known in Japan as Ponkotsu Roman Daikatsugeki: Bumpy Trot (ポンコツ浪漫大活劇バンピートロット?) is a 2005 action-adventure role-playing game developed and published by Irem Software Engineering in Japan for the PlayStation 2 Video Games Console. It was later published by Atlus in North America and 505 Games in PAL regions. The game features a sandbox-style of steam-powered, mech-based gameplay.

A sequel, Bumpy Trot 2, was announced and shown at the 2006 Tokyo Game Show, though it was officially cancelled in 2011. Two spin-off titles were also released: Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament for the PlayStation Portable and Blocks Club with Bumpy Trot, originally released for the PlayStation 2 and later ported to the PlayStation Portable.

Steambot Chronicles begins with a personality quiz, answers to these questions affecting the personality of the character and how others will react towards him. Afterwards, a young male named Vanilla awakes on the shore of Seagull Beach, a seemingly cheerful girl named Coriander (shortened Connie) beside him, and currently suffers from amnesia due to a shipwreck nearby that occurred before the events of the game. The player learns that Connie is picking herbs for her bed-ridden mother, Rosemary, who lives in Nefroburg, and after this, Vanilla spots a vehicle on a nearby cliff that shoots a long range cannon, trapping the two in Seagull Beach. It is inferred that Coriander (Connie) is using the herbs as medicine for her mother.


...
Wikipedia

...