#SCRAP MECHANIC SWITCH HOW TO#
The arcade mode is still a manageable affair to complete and does teach you how to be good at the game, but it’s not a fair simulation of what competitive multiplayer would feel like. I definitely felt that in the harder difficulties I was succeeding by exploiting inconsistencies in the AI and level design. The game’s AI is serviceable enough but sometimes I felt that Acquire had resorted to “fake difficulty” by pitting the player against an allied team of robots, especially in the later levels. All of these contribute to the spatial nature of the game, and ultimately the successful player will be the one thinking a layer ahead of the opponent. You can change the types of blocks you chuck out (some are more durable, others are cheaper on your scrap pool, others can explode) as well as unlock additional maps that have complex tile patterns such as warps and direction-switching arrows reminiscent of Chu Chu Rocket. Once you’ve completed the arcade mode twice, you’ll be able to unlock additional modifiers in the in-game store which allow you to personalise your strategy. Since each robot’s push when charged can cover the entirety of a stage, players will always need to be aware of which spaces are dangerous, which are safe, and how they can best find scrap without making themselves vulnerable. There’s a lot of big-picture thinking about where different players will want to go next: maybe they’ll be trying to amass scrap from a densely packed sector of the map, or avoid a large scrap-meteor which periodically drops onto the stage. It’ll take a few levels to sink in (and the early ones on offer do not do a great job of communicating this) but success in Scrap Rush relies in your ability to see and predict pathways within the level. If your robot is unfortunate enough to be stuck between a wall and a hurtling block, you’ll be crushed into a pile of scrap metal for the other players to collect as their score.ĭespite the game’s visual similarity to Bomberman, there’s a bit more strategy under the hood of Scrap Rush than the bomb-detonating antics of Namco’s arcade hit. They can move on a grid in the four face directions, and can interact with scrap metal blocks by tapping them one square at a time, punting them three squares, or charging up to send a block flying all the way across the arena until it hits a wall. Each player controls a robot in an arena seen from a top-down perspective.
The game’s core mechanics are simple enough to explain. Related reading: Bomberman offers a similar experience, and is also available on Nintendo Switch.
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