It has classic modes where it has one hit kills and pretty much plays identically to classic bomberman. So along with all the new modes they are trying to bring in people like me who have long since been bored with bomberman being identical every single time. Nice to see they've got all bases covered, except those who hate a game simply because it looks different.
what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu? that is bomberman?! health bars, and spawn look-a-likes!
if they wanted they could have kept the original formula and still made it look good. it doesn't need this dark fps world setting to have better graphics and effects.
As long as they give you a massive amount of options to customize the game as past Bombermans did, this should work. I expect it will be as addictive as ever on Live. However, it would have still been nice to see a cell-shaded traditional looking BM with 360 graphics.
Why didn't they just make a completly new game?? an action adventure or something ..changing the entire bomberman approach..they already changed so much..i don't get why they didn't simply make a new game
I don't give a rat's ass about the look of the game. For crying out loud, it's Bomberman!!! As long as I can jump into the game and go on Live and play with all my friends, sending those guys to kingdom come and trash talkin all the while, then sign me up.
As for the new look, who cares. Are we so superficial that the new look of the game is going to put us off of what has been one of the best gaming franchises for the last 20 years?
The way I see it, the Bomberman that I know and love is still buried under the new exterior. As long as I can blow your ass up, then I am pretty much set. The new look and the new gameplay mode is a very smart move on the part of the developer to introduce newer players, all of whom who would probably completely overlook the game, into picking it up and giving it a try. No doubt, once all these newbies are hooked, they too will stop caring about the way a Bomberman game looks as long as the thrill the series is famous for is present.
Besides, had they kept the look of the game the way it has always looked, then they'd be stuck having to sell it as a Live Arcade game for $5 as opposed to a full-blown X360 title for $40.
As for the lifebar thing. Good. That just makes newer players weaker than guys like me who have been strategizing Bomberman games for almost 20 years. They'll be depending upon their lifebars as a crutch which will slow their gameplay. Meanwhile, I'll be playing Bomberman like I'm Genghis Khan and wiping the walls with them. These newbies with their fancy lifebars will go a long way to improving my online Bomberman stats. Bring'em on!!!
Hmm to my knowledge girls are a an ever increasing part of live arcade since; 1) a 360 owner (male) most often is accompanied by a female and 2) said female is intrigued by the appealing, no nonsense arcade games.
When you make the cutesy putesy bomberman into a blood oozing cyborg that blows bodyparts across the screen, the female unit will be alienated.
This is clearly a mecha lovin' macho man's bomberman. BOO.
Bomberman on the DC was really fun, I have doubts about this one.
edit: And oh yes, they fooled me.. in NO WAY does this game look like a full 40 bucks worth. Looks like a past gen game and with such generic and repetitive textures should easily fit in the 64MB allowed for arcade titles (esp with todays texture and audio compression). Just look at the closeup of the droid, it's like a highschool reunion for class of 97. Flat texture, 8bit texture, intersecting polygon, mirrored mesh and bilinear are all present and havent aged at all.
I no longer have doubts, now I know this game will BOMB hard.. pun intended.
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@Loakum: enjoy, the one Sony sent us will be there on launch day. Coverage will follow asap. (1 Week ago)
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Commented on 2006-06-28 08:44:48
Commented on 2006-06-28 11:02:37Bomberman should forever be 1-hit-kill.
Commented on 2006-06-28 11:46:10
Commented on 2006-06-28 14:08:06
Commented on 2006-06-28 14:44:16http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-3ie9-71-fc-49-...
Commented on 2006-06-28 15:01:07
Commented on 2006-06-28 15:20:19
Commented on 2006-06-28 17:20:29
Commented on 2006-06-28 18:25:29if they wanted they could have kept the original formula and still made it look good. it doesn't need this dark fps world setting to have better graphics and effects.
Commented on 2006-06-28 20:04:14
Commented on 2006-06-28 20:31:05
Commented on 2006-06-28 21:29:24
Commented on 2006-06-28 22:06:19As for the new look, who cares. Are we so superficial that the new look of the game is going to put us off of what has been one of the best gaming franchises for the last 20 years?
The way I see it, the Bomberman that I know and love is still buried under the new exterior. As long as I can blow your ass up, then I am pretty much set. The new look and the new gameplay mode is a very smart move on the part of the developer to introduce newer players, all of whom who would probably completely overlook the game, into picking it up and giving it a try. No doubt, once all these newbies are hooked, they too will stop caring about the way a Bomberman game looks as long as the thrill the series is famous for is present.
Besides, had they kept the look of the game the way it has always looked, then they'd be stuck having to sell it as a Live Arcade game for $5 as opposed to a full-blown X360 title for $40.
As for the lifebar thing. Good. That just makes newer players weaker than guys like me who have been strategizing Bomberman games for almost 20 years. They'll be depending upon their lifebars as a crutch which will slow their gameplay. Meanwhile, I'll be playing Bomberman like I'm Genghis Khan and wiping the walls with them. These newbies with their fancy lifebars will go a long way to improving my online Bomberman stats. Bring'em on!!!
Commented on 2006-06-28 23:05:42When you make the cutesy putesy bomberman into a blood oozing cyborg that blows bodyparts across the screen, the female unit will be alienated.
This is clearly a mecha lovin' macho man's bomberman. BOO.
Bomberman on the DC was really fun, I have doubts about this one.
edit: And oh yes, they fooled me.. in NO WAY does this game look like a full 40 bucks worth. Looks like a past gen game and with such generic and repetitive textures should easily fit in the 64MB allowed for arcade titles (esp with todays texture and audio compression). Just look at the closeup of the droid, it's like a highschool reunion for class of 97. Flat texture, 8bit texture, intersecting polygon, mirrored mesh and bilinear are all present and havent aged at all.
I no longer have doubts, now I know this game will BOMB hard.. pun intended.
Commented on 2006-06-29 11:14:38
Commented on 2006-06-30 08:10:48