Gato Roboto

If you love Pixel Graphics, Metroivania and especially CAT, you're in the right place. If you don't, just play it anyway cause the game is awesome and cute. Love it.
Metroid with a cat. It's a 7/10 game but at that price it's a 9/10 value.
My friend knows how much I love cats. He recommended the game.
I put my cat Titi to rest today and so I gave this game a shot. It did not disappoint.
I learned two Spanish from this game
Gato = Cat
Roboto = Robot
Easy as f
1~2시간이라는 짧은 플레이타임을 제외하면 전체적인 완성도에 있어서 크게 뒤떨어지는 부분은 안 보인다. 그만큼 큰 개성을 찾긴 어렵겠지만, 흰 고양이가 주인공이라는 점으로 추가 점수를 받는다. 한 가지 지극히 사소한 단점을 하나 꼽자면, 대화를 나누거나 캐릭터를 움직일 수 없는 상황에서도 시간은 지속해서 흐른다는 점. 특히 스피드런 도전할 때 굉장히 신경쓰이는 부분이다. 어차피 몇 번 트라이하다보면 어렵지 않게 1시간 이내에 클리어할 수 있다곤 하지만.
매트로배니아. 흑백의 픽셀 그래픽. 짧은 플레이타임. 그리고 고양이. 이 중에서 마음에 드는 키워드가 하나라도 있다면 꼭 추천하고 싶은 게임이다. 그나저나 포스터나 일러스트라던가, 전체적인 구도가 작년에 출시됐던 미닛(MINIT)과 꽤 유사해보이는데, 어느 정도는 디볼버 디지털이 의도했던 바가 아닐까 싶다.
켜놓고 딴거하는바람에 플레이타임이 쭉 늘어나긴 했습다만,
대략 3~5시간 빡세게 하면 거의 모을거 다 모으고 클리어할수 있다.
아쉬운점이라면 지도는 자기 위치 확인용이라 다른 맵에 지도 못채운 구간이 있는지 확인할수 없는게 아쉽고
카트리지 모아서 업그레이드 해주는 개구리의 위치는 있었으면 좋았을것같음..
어쨌거나 재미있게 즐겼다. 카트리지 두개정도는 찾기 어려운곳도 있었고 ㅋㅋ
보스전 몇몇개는 다른 보스전에 비해 어렵다는 느낌이 들었지만
힐링팩을 열심히 모으셨다면 무난무난하게 클리어하실거라 생각됨.
어쨌거나 재미있게 즐겼다 ㅋㅋ

You're a cat now, you're a mech now!
I just wish the game gave you more colour palette options from the start, because black and white was not easy on my eyes.

If you want to get into the metroidvania genre Gato Robato is the perfect starting place. The game feels good to play, the combat is fun and you can beat the game in around 3-ish hours. I liked the I was never complexly lost like because the always is guiding you down the right path and the zones are smaller and more condensed as well. Overall amazing game and I'm glad I finally complete a metroidvania game! 8.8/ 10

Gato Roboto is a 2d retro-style metroidvania about a space cat. Beat the game three times and 100%ed achievements in 8 hours (roughly 5 hours first time around) using a game controller. Difficulty is Medium.
Graphics: 2 colors, pixels. You can collect other color schemes for the game as you play, though they are also two colors each.
Jist of Story: You're a cat with a mech suit doing all the heavy work. There are a lot of frogs in your way.
Controls: Easy to figure out. One jumps, one pewpews, one shoots bigger pewpews, one ejects the cat, later in the shoulder button gets used. There's also a button for easy menu access.
Achievements: This is one of those games where it's 100% worth it trying to get all the achievements.
Music: Perfect for the game. Spacey.
*** Epilepsy Warning! ***: I wouldn't. The game is knee deep in flashy bits. There's no option in the menu to turn off flashy bits.
I got Gato Roboto as part of a humble bundle and don't regret it whatsoever. If you like Metroidvanias, you'll love the crap out of this game. The dialogue is funny, the story is simple and short, you can beat it in one sitting. It's got a pixelated cat that can meow on command and pilots of mech suit. What's not to love? I loved collecting all the things, and I loved speedrunning it. Worth it.

A fun 4 hours for 100% completion. It's not going to blow your socks off or be a game you're thinking about years down the line. The most memorable part for me are the characters. The bosses were also pretty good, offering a decent challenge compared to the fairly easy rest of the game.
The power ups were your fairly standard fare. I do wish they had at least a couple of more interesting and unique powers. I did enjoy the puzzle interaction of having to disembark your vehicle as a vulnerable cat to explore locations. They definitely could have done more with this! More vehicles. More puzzles. Maybe we'll get a sequel one day!
I'm not a huge fan of the black/white aesthetic. It works fine, but it's also quite boring to look at. You can unlock additional palettes, but they're all still two color. Some areas were a little annoying to backtrack through, so I would make sure to try and get everything your first time through an area. Collectible were fairly easy to find, so that's not a huge issue.
Good for a rainy day metroidvania, but not something I would buy if you're looking for a game with more meat on its bones.

This game is unique but at the same time suffers a lot of issues that other metroidvanias suffer from in terms of pacing; which doesn't make the game bad but limit towards a more niche audience. I do like the fact the upgrades so far give you the ability to use them to shortcut around the game, combining what the bomb jump and missile function does into one attack.
Also the water level isn't as insufferable.
However; going from your mech to something more limited in tools again but instead underwater is a little; eh, which feels odd to say but again I think it feels more odd here because it's a metroidvania versus something like Crash Bandicoot where it's a from level to level format.
I don't feel like exploring the map and going back over areas has much value compared to other metroidvanias I've played.

Really wanted to like it, but the constant white flashes got to me after a while. Changing the palette did exactly nothing to stop my eyes from bleeding.
The cat is cute and the platforming is just challenging enough to get sucked in, but I'd rather refrain from a stun grenade in my face every 20 seconds.
UPD.: Ended up caving in and using Coffee Stain palette + extremely low screen brightness to finish it. The ending was sweet, my favorite part ended up being the lava rat boss battle.