Bombslinger
A Bomberman-inspired Wild West action game with bombs! A solo hardcore reinvention of the iconic explosive action! Wear the poncho of the Bombslinger, a ruthless bandit turned peaceful rancher on a quest to…
Bombslinger is an adventure developed by Mode4, released 11 April 2018 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Bombslinger is
Bombslinger is an adventure game developed by Mode4 and released in 2018. It was published by Plug In Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A Bomberman-inspired Wild West action game with bombs! A solo hardcore reinvention of the iconic explosive action! Wear the poncho of the Bombslinger, a ruthless bandit turned peaceful rancher on a quest to avenge the murder of his missus and destruction of his ranch at the hands of his former posse. Bomb your way through hordes of enemies and master the classic bomb-slinging gameplay in a solo adventure with procedurally generated levels, character progression with skill upgrades, and a variety of offensive and defensive items. And when you want a break from the solo adventure, take the fight to your friends in hectic 4-player deathmatch battles!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 29 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Bombslinger holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.2Ghz+, 2 GB RAM and 1GB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Bombslinger launched on 11 April 2018, within three weeks of God of War, Far Cry 5, God of War (2018) and Frostpunk. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War, Far Cry 5, God of War (2018), Frostpunk.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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