Someone by the name of J. Montes over at Hudson has written a short post about why Bomberman Act: Zero is in fact not a crapfest of epic proportions. "I'm here to tell you why Bomberman Act: Zero is actually pretty damn cool. And if you think I'm talking out of my ass, check out my Xbox Live Gamercard - I'm actually playing the game - and enjoying it! Forget the haters out there and all the lemmings who've jumped on the bashing bandwagon. Bomberman Act: Zero matters most in one key area: gameplay. And if you love multiplayer gaming, this is your calling."
He then goes on to cite five reasons why the game is good. And, to be honest, he does have a point. Whether or not you're completely turned off by Act: Zero's character designs, the gameplay probably is solid. I wouldn't know. I haven't played it, and I'll tell you why. Look at Montes' number one reason:
"IT'S BOMBERMAN!"
I'm sorry Mr. Montes, if it doesn't have local multiplayer, it is not Bomberman. Granted, lots of 360 games don't support local multiplayer, but Bomberman, above all else, is about destroying your friends on the couch. Plain and simple. I wouldn't care about the design if I could play with my friends on the same TV.
I know there are people out there enjoying this game. More power to you. I will wait for a sequel with a complete feature set, thank you very much -- either that, or Saturn Bomberman on Live Arcade.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-07-2006 @ 11:04AM
Nintendo said...
Bomberman class game! It is possible merrily to conduct time with friends playing it
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9-07-2006 @ 11:13AM
Hudson said...
Check this out: The second letter of the English alphabet is "B". Think about it.
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9-07-2006 @ 11:16AM
Goblemonster said...
"You get scored for every win and every kill, so those of you with real skills can boast, while people like me giggle when we accidentally win!"
From this day forward you shall be known as...
"Giggles the Gay".
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9-07-2006 @ 11:17AM
RazorElite said...
The game just seems like a graphical upgrade to Bomberman and could actually be quite good. But no local multiplayer? That's just dumb, crazy, stupid, retarded....It's their own fault people are hating on it. No one told them to do something that stupid.
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9-07-2006 @ 11:21AM
sepll cehck said...
I'm sorry Mr. Montes, if doesn't have local multiplayer
missing an "it"
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9-07-2006 @ 11:30AM
Richard Mitchell said...
sepll cehck,
Yeah, I just saw that, too. Unfortunately, I'm now trapped at work, unable to correct it. Grrrr....
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9-07-2006 @ 11:37AM
Highpower said...
I will be getting this game. Because I don't really care about the new XTREME Bomberman, or the lack of local mulitplayer. Seems like those are the only two problems everyone is complaining about. If thats the only thing people are complaining about then a good game must be underneath it all. You know what that game is? Laying bombs and killing people, they didn't change that so what's the big deal?
Single player and Live is all I need.
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9-07-2006 @ 11:57AM
mike said...
this might be a game I might like. However I really know nothing much about it. They really need to release a demo (single and multiplayer) of this game
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9-07-2006 @ 12:06PM
Hoffer said...
I didn't understand why this game got bashed so much. I've never played any Bomberman game, but I've seen gameplay video for the old and new versions. It looks to have the exact same gameplay, but it's just the new version doesn't have the kiddie graphics.
Local multiplayer means nothing to me, but I can see some people wanting that. The thing is that it doesn have 8 player over Xbox Live! I think that would be used way more.
Either way, if the game had got good reviews, I probably still wouldn't play it. Even the old school kiddie version doesn't look that interesting to me.
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9-07-2006 @ 12:20PM
Chappy said...
"if you think I'm talking out of my ass, check out my Xbox Live Gamercard - I'm actually playing the game".
I checked his gamercard. He's got 2 achievements out of 50 (that's only 4% complete) for a total of 10 points. While it may be true that he's "playing the game", it doesn't look like he's playing it very much. He hasn't even killed 100 enemies yet.
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9-07-2006 @ 12:54PM
Jay Graves said...
I am sick of 360 and Live games that don't have local multiplayer. And I have said so here http://socialistsoftware.com/post/lack-2-player-games-xbox-360/
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9-07-2006 @ 1:10PM
TheBLAHBLAHBLAH said...
eww that does suck that it doesn't have local multiplayer. i just rented it, but hadn't noticed that yet.
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9-07-2006 @ 1:18PM
David said...
Remember when Strong Bad fell asleep on the couch and said "Mnn, Super Bomberman..."
Yeah!!!!
I'm a fan and it is sad to hear that a sweet game missed out on the #1 feature. I play it on my friend's SNES and my Gamecube.
Booerns.
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9-07-2006 @ 1:54PM
benjamin said...
I was surprised that they were making an actual 360 game out of it. If anything, Bomberman seemed like a great candidate for XBLA treatment.
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9-07-2006 @ 2:42PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
Bundling an XBLA version of one of the original Bomberman games would have been sweet.
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9-07-2006 @ 4:30PM
AoE said...
@ Highpower
"Laying bombs and killing people, they didn't change that so what's the big deal?"
Well, not quite. For most of us, at least those of us that are complaining, bomberman's not a game about laying bombs and killing people. It's a game about laying bombs and killing the people sitting next to you on the couch. It's a classic party game from long before "party game" was a genre. I'm not saying that it's puzzle-esque gameplay isn't fun in single-player or over xbox live; but the thing that Hudson apparently doesn't understand is that the reason we're bomberman fans is because of the party-game nature of the series. Take that away and what exactly is left for us to like about the game? A party of one isn't much of a party.
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9-07-2006 @ 8:38PM
Joe said...
This Bomberman game looks so baaaaadd. When I first saw it running. I swear to god i thought it was an N64 game. And a bad 2D to 3D game at that. It's mean't to have a fun visual art direction. There's enough serious games out there. DO NOT TOUCH THIS GAME.
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9-07-2006 @ 11:54PM
Jonn said...
Bomb the enemy for massive damage!
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9-08-2006 @ 4:31AM
epobirs said...
It seems to me that plenty of reviewers have made it clear that their complain isn't just that it's a bad entry to the Bomberman franchise but that it's mediocre at best takemn purely on its own merits.
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9-08-2006 @ 11:05AM
Cabbage said...
Not only does the game lack local multiplayer, but they got rid of throwing and kicking, too. That eliminates a ton of the strategy of the previous Bomberman games.
I guess it wouldn't make sense that a robot/human could only kick/throw in four directions.
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