While I like the standard mode, I wanted to play the 64-player mode, and being told what mode I have to play feels awful, considering that Super Bomberman R 2 is not a free 2-play title. Recently, I hopped on to Super Bomberman R 2, hoping to play my favourite mode (the 64-player battle royale), only to see that I could only play the standard mode 1 vs 1 at that time. Super Bomberman R 2’s robust multiplayer support is impressive and ultimately frustrating, with players being unable to choose which mode they wish to play due to certain modes and maps being only made available at certain times of day. Image credit SUPER BOMBERMAN R 2 - Published and developed by Konami. While this strategy is not foolproof, and good attacking players will overcome it, for most encounters, placing a few defences and spamming bombs is more than enough to see off any threat to even the most poorly defended “castle”. This mode also makes an appearance in the single-player campaign, and being able to customise your base defences is a nice touch however, the actual gameplay of castle mode is incredibly basic, and often, the best way to win as a defender is spam bombs near the castle gate, keeping the enemy team from being able to claim their prize. If the attacking team fails to capture all chests before the timer runs out, the defending team wins, and of course, the reverse is true, with the defenders losing if they fail to stop the attackers or run out the clock. In contrast, attackers try to secure the chests being defended by the defending team. Super Bomberman R 2 introduced a new castle mode, which sets two teams of players against one another in this objective-based mode, with defenders utilising fixed defences and walls to slow down the attackers. Without question, I would have preferred a wide selection of such puzzles, with an easily-to-navigate menu and the option to replay them, rather than the tedious and repetitive exploration mode that is the mainstay of Super Bomberman R 2’s single-player offering. While much of the single-player mode is dull, the secret puzzles scattered through the various worlds are challenging and incredibly well-made. Frankly, I wish Konami offered Super Bomberman R 2 at $24.99 or less to bolster the online community instead of investing in a single-player campaign unlikely to entertain any but the most diehard fans of Super Bomberman Lore. While some players will enjoy Super Bomberman R 2’s single-player mode, few would want to replay it. While I like the concept of earning XP, levelling up and unlocking new abilities with each milestone, it is a needless complication to the established Super Bomberman formula, and the fact that said progress is reset with each world adds insult to injury. Unfortunately, it has one major issue: It is very boring, and players are forced to blow up the same blocks repeatedly while facing incredibly easy-to-defeat enemies to collect the hundreds of Ellons needed to explore each world fully. Super Bomberman R 2’s single-player game is incredibly well made, fairly content-heavy, and offers some enjoyable cutscenes. This is especially troubling considering its predecessor, Super Bomberman R, was forced to relaunch as a free-2-play (Super Bomberman R Online), only to shutter in late 2022 without offering players refunds or allowing them to carry over said purchases to Super Bomberman R 2.Īny indication that history is repeating itself will undoubtedly discourage players who paid full price for the Super Bomberman R 2, likely dooming the entire Super Bomberman R series and possibly resulting in the entire Bomberman franchise entering a lengthy hiatus, lest the continued lacklustre releases devalue the Bomberman IP entirely. Unfortunately, all these things increase development costs, and as a result, Super Bomberman R 2 is fatally overpriced at $49.99, all but assuring the multiplayer community will fail to gain significant traction to ensure long-term development and that Konami will be forced into considering relaunching it as a free-2-play title, in effort to recoup development costs. Super Bomberman R 2 is a very nice-looking game with a cheerful art style and surprisingly good voice acting the character models look fantastic, and the 2D artwork is vibrant and memorable.
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