I ordered this from Play Asia last week, I decided I may as well grab it seeing as it was only going to set me back ?20.
Right off the bat there is a flaw with this game that I didn't realise when I bought it: no offline multiplayer!!! That's right, as far as I can see, you can only play human opponents if you play online. If you want multiplayer offline then you have to fight computer opponents. I cannot understand this at all and it almost seems like a joke that they left it out!
Aside from that monumental omission (unless I'm being seriously stupid and am missing something) it's actually a pretty decent game. I've only actually played one online game so far, which I think was an online battle royal (I'm not 100% sure as I just chose quick match and didn't really look at the options).
The new viewpoint is interesting, and it gives it a different feel to classic bomberman, what with being able to spin the camera around and such like. I'll probably end up playing the game more in the classic overhead view, but it's nice to have the option of something different there as well.
The game I played gave the players energy bars, instead of killing you instantly when you get hit by a blast. Again, it's nice to have a different element to the game to give it a bit more variety. I think it definitely made me more bold in my play, as I knew that one false move wouldn't instantly kill me. Not until I got to the bottom of my energy bar at least
The graphics are nice enough, and when you get to the end of a battle with everyone just running around dropping endless bombs, the explosions and pyrotechnics look pretty cool on screen. Add in the sirens and flashing lights that go off when the time is running out, and it actually is quite exciting stuff. The dance music is nothing incredible, but I feel it goes well with the action on the screen.
I'll have to give it a proper play through when I finish work later on, try the one player mode, have some online battles in the classic viewpoint, etc.. Even from my quick play during my lunch hour, I think it's a decent game and worth the ?20 I paid for it. As long as there are always people available online to play, the lack of offline multiplayer might not hurt it so much, but it really is a very puzzling omission.
Right off the bat there is a flaw with this game that I didn't realise when I bought it: no offline multiplayer!!! That's right, as far as I can see, you can only play human opponents if you play online. If you want multiplayer offline then you have to fight computer opponents. I cannot understand this at all and it almost seems like a joke that they left it out!
Aside from that monumental omission (unless I'm being seriously stupid and am missing something) it's actually a pretty decent game. I've only actually played one online game so far, which I think was an online battle royal (I'm not 100% sure as I just chose quick match and didn't really look at the options).
The new viewpoint is interesting, and it gives it a different feel to classic bomberman, what with being able to spin the camera around and such like. I'll probably end up playing the game more in the classic overhead view, but it's nice to have the option of something different there as well.
The game I played gave the players energy bars, instead of killing you instantly when you get hit by a blast. Again, it's nice to have a different element to the game to give it a bit more variety. I think it definitely made me more bold in my play, as I knew that one false move wouldn't instantly kill me. Not until I got to the bottom of my energy bar at least
The graphics are nice enough, and when you get to the end of a battle with everyone just running around dropping endless bombs, the explosions and pyrotechnics look pretty cool on screen. Add in the sirens and flashing lights that go off when the time is running out, and it actually is quite exciting stuff. The dance music is nothing incredible, but I feel it goes well with the action on the screen.
I'll have to give it a proper play through when I finish work later on, try the one player mode, have some online battles in the classic viewpoint, etc.. Even from my quick play during my lunch hour, I think it's a decent game and worth the ?20 I paid for it. As long as there are always people available online to play, the lack of offline multiplayer might not hurt it so much, but it really is a very puzzling omission.
Superb fun though, had a group of very shouty Japanese inhabit my game room, a couple of 'em definitely sounded very drunk
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