Ninja Hamsters vs Robots is a game by Nerdook, that websiteless rascal whose games are always on the front page of Kongregate and Newgrounds. In ninja hamsters vs robots you play as *gasp* a hamster who happens to be a ninja. You just click an area of the screen and you move there, and attack anything nearby, and since no game is a game without upgrades these days, the game naturally has...upgrades. Its a pretty simple game, but its not without its strategic moments, which come in two forms: choosing upgrades, and choosing your target order. As simple as they sound, see what happens if you mess around and focus on the grunts before the missile droppers. Lucky for you your hamster is invincible, but the ground below his feet is prone to...sinking, and your hamster can't swim.
The upgrade system, while generic, as done without flaw. Each upgrade makes a sizable gameplay difference, they start out relatively cheap, and all of them are useful. Which ones you take really depends on your play style, and other than the OMGBIGFUKKENSWORD none of the upgrades are a real necessity to win the game. The basic goal is to survive enough robot waves to summon the boss, who generally dies in a couple hits. The boss isn't the challenge, surviving until he appears is the problem, its a bit frantic, but as long as you make sure to drop the most deadly robots first no level should be a problem save for the final two, at which the robots throw enough soldiers at you to fill the ocean beneath your feet.
The graphics are standard nerdook fare, they look good, but they also look like graphics that were made in flash. The hamster generally looks like a hamster, the robots look like robots, and though it may look a little unpolished, it is by no means a bad looking game.
Ninja Hamster vs Robots is a fun little action game, its fairly simple and thus manages to avoid making any obtuse errors. It's a bit on the grindy side, as even after beating 23 bosses I still Hadn't gotten max level in every upgrade, but it's balanced so that you don't need them all to finish the game. If Nerdook keeps pumping out good games like he's been doing, I will definitely keep playing.
