It’s the ultimate doomsday scenario. Machines finally become sentient, and decide to remove humans from the top of the food chain. The idea has been explored many times, but mostly it’s from the perspective of terrified people fighting for their lives. You play as an unnamed robot who becomes corrupted, and due to its imperfections is exiled from a city controlled by machines. You set out on an epic quest to repair yourself and return home. However, in the process you start to unravel the mysteries of the catastrophic events that have befallen this now desolate world. As soon as you set out, it’s hard not to be impressed with the beauty of Retro Machina. It looks absolutely fantastic, instantly setting the tone for this atmospheric action puzzler. Hand-drawn backgrounds and foregrounds create a layered effect to the environments, which sometimes obscure hidden passages.