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Ready to Blow!
A review of:Detonate! by: Etali
Platform: Mobile    Publisher: Macrospace
Rating: 7/10

 

Detonate is a simple but effective Bomberman clone.

There is a plot- you play Lt. Commander Zach and you have a mission to destroy the weapons held by the evil Dr. Zork.

Tasks are given to you by a simple display on a James Bond-style gadget watch, and you are informed of the use of power-ups and extra mission details by dialogue from your main character.

The controls are simple - number keys or direction pad on the nGage to move, you pick up things automatically, and 5 drops a bomb. The graphics are clear and sharp, but nothing fancy.

The sound is simple, but not irritating.

The plot advances quickly, with a boss, or group of bosses, every 3 levels. The bosses have good AI - trying to trap you with their bombs, and avoiding bombs themselves, making the levels with bosses quite fun.

The main problem with this game is the annoying crashes. Sometimes it crashes at random, and sometimes there are events that will trigger a crash - if you drop a bomb then leave a level, or place a bomb too near a door for example.

Granted these are things you would not normally do, although I have done them by mistake a couple of times, but when they happen the game locks so that the phone needs to be reset, and any save you had disappears.

Other than the bugs, this is a very entertaining game - easy to pick up and play, and one of the few games that I come back to regularly. Even after completion it still has reply value because normal levels (without bosses) are randomly generated.

It looses a few points for the bugs and the lack of multiplayer, but otherwise a great game.


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