Insane Bomberman reboot which is a really interesting relic of the era. In an attempt to woo western consumers, Hudson transformed their cute loveable Bomberman character into a "realistic" post apocalyptic style disgusting brown robot thing. A lot has been said about this dumb change and the jiggly boob physics that the game has, and yeah it's weird but I don't hate it. It's a nice window to a time when this was the style of games and everything was brown and grim, gritty and cool. That's not really the issue with the game though, there are many more, far worse issues with this horrible game. The first noticeable offense is the weird camera angle. Instead of showing the whole battlefield from above, it gives a slightly angled view around your character. You can zoom in and out a bit, but you can never see the whole map. It's infuriating as you can't see what you are running into and can't plan your moves ahead. Weirdly, the free play mode gives you the standard camera, so this is only an issue in the campaign. However, this leads on to the second issue, the lack of couch coop. Another incredibly dumb decision, especially seeing as how dead the online servers were even at release. Like the main reason most people play Bomberman is to play with friends. So, you don't need to bother with free play, but at least it has a nice 100 level campaign right? Well, not really. Yes, it has 100 levels, but all the maps are the same. This seems particularly lazy, even the game boy game from 1994 had some map variety. Now if you can see past all these flaws and enjoy the campaign then great, but you have to complete all 100 levels in one sitting as there are no save points. Die on level 99, start again. No coop, shitty camera, 1 map, no saves. Ignore the graphics, this one has far worse problem.

Reviewed on Mar 13, 2024


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