Otto Matic

I used to play this as a kid, it was much more enjoyable when you are able to use the keyboard as game controller. The IPad version using on screen controller and is extremely erratic. It makes the game incredibly frustrating.

I loved playing this game as a little kid and I’ve even looked into Power Mac emulation in an effort to somehow play it again. So I was floored when I saw that this game was in the iOS store and had controller support. It seems like this game is rendered at native resolution or something very sharp on my 2020 iPad Pro, and it also appears that the game targets 60 fps and often hits that, but it’s hard to tell. However, playing this again has made me realize that there were some glaring omissions in the gameplay. The biggest one is by far the complete lack of any camera control. The right joystick does nothing, but how I wish it did! At one point, I was fighting this giant machine boss thing, and I had to just shoot at the general direction of where it might be because the camera was turned away from it and there was no way to fix that. The other issues are smaller, like the way that there are many invisible barriers that your gun can’t shoot through (like by item boxes), but enemies can shoot through those same barriers and hit you, making for some frustrating gameplay. I could go on, but really, if the camera were fixed, this game would hold up far better against today’s 3D games. All that being said, I have deep respect for the developer keeping his games playable on these newer platforms so that they can live on in a playable state. Thanks!

Would rate the game higher but it doesn’t have a save game option so every time I close game I start over please fix asap

plz patch this i even went into the settings and raised the music volume and it still wont work HELP PLZ FIZ DISSSS

i grew up playing pangea games on my elementary school computers, so when I saw they had been ported to mobile I was super excited. Otto Matic’s mobile controls are pretty OK, the weapon swap works fine and the button size/placement works well. unfortunately there is no “turn around” command which is pretty irritating on mobile given the way you move is already hard. reorienting yourself can be annoying, which could be solved with an additional d-pad for camera view or adding a double tap on the movement dpad for quick turnaround. already gave up level two because of the river ride magnet glitching lol. yet to find out if there’s a level skip to quickly catch up to where you were or play a favorite level as there was on desktop. but despite that ill probably still play because its a classic to me. it’s just not the best—be aware of that if you’re looking for the same feel as OG on old Mac computers.

Where is the sound??

The game is wonderful, but you need to have a compatible controller to really enjoy the experience. Using the touch screen controls won’t really work well.

I remember playing this when it first came out on Mac. The iPad version is just as fun with the exception that there is no saving your progress. I’d give it more stars if you could start from your last check point in the game.

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I have to agree with rich. If you close the game you have to start all the way back to the beginning of the game. Also I would like to see a 360 degree control pad. The up/down left/right pad has horrible controls. Also you should be able to move the controller to either left or right side of the screen as a minimum. If they don't change at least these problems I also will delete the game. I would have given this game a lot better rating if it wasn't because of these problems.