Tag: Bomberman: Act Zero
Summary: Bomberman: Act Zero
by admin on Mar.13, 2010, under Summary
A totally reinvented Bomberman, which switches out the super-deformed bomb dropper with supersonic, cybernetic warriors and new gameplay modes (including a “First Person Bomber” mode set up somewhat like an FPS Deathmatch bout.) With an all new storyline and shocking new dark themes, Bomberman: Act Zero is set in a post-apocalyptic world where cyborgs are pitted against cyborgs in a duel to the death. Equipped with armored battle suits, players can fight for survival through the single player game’s 99 levels or go head-to-head online with up to eight players in multiplayer matches.
Genre: Action
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Hudson Soft
Online Play: 8 Versus
Local Play: 8 Versus
Bomberman Act: Zero Review
by admin on Feb.01, 2010, under Review
August 31, 2006 –
If you took a hardcore Bomberman fan and sat him in a room with Bomberman Act: Zero without showing him the box copy, without showing the menu screen, but just gave him a controller and said “play,” one of three things would happen: A) They would shout in confusion and frustration, “AGHHHH! WHY did you KILL Bomberman?!!!????” B) They’d politely ask what game this was, as it seemed like an old favorite of theirs — but it couldn’t possible be a remake of Bomberman. C) They would suffer quietly, realizing oh-so-quickly that the Super NES favorite had just gotten the big next-gen shaft.
I took the third option while playing Bomberman Act: Zero because I wanted to dig into it. I was curious to see if some mistake had been made. If some hidden love, some undiscovered beauty, some overlooked gem hid beneath its cybernetic new shell. All I found were shiny new nuts and bolts, a Bomberman grid, new camera angles, and perhaps one of the worst remakes in the history of videogames.
Hudson’s new take on Bomberman sucks big time.Hudson’s remake of Bomberman appears as if it were designed for the stereotypical “American gamer.” That being a spiky-haired white male who obviously skateboards in half-pipes, is in love with hard-edged military weapons, dark themes, and who has little regard for the past. Also, apparently, no North Americans, or perhaps even Europeans, bothered with that “old” Bomberman game, which has been completely ditched for this new one. See, this isn’t so much an insult to the millions of Americans, Europeans, and even Japanese who loved the old version of Bomberman, as it is