Normally the only games I'm playing are my retro ones, but every once in a while I will try out something on Xbox One. When I was asked if I would be willing to review this game after seeing the screenshots I knew that I had to give it a chance! Cool pixel graphics with a neat cell shaded look to them and game play that looked like the Bomberman series of games it was totally up my alley. Plus seriously who doesn't love the wild west and cowboys? The mix of bomberman and cowboys seemed intriguing and I was wondering how well it would work...
I am happy to say very well! This game is so much fun! If you are familiar with the Bomberman games you know how you have to use your bombs to clear blocks in the level and to defeat your enemies. But at the same time you have to make sure you get out of the way of the bomb blast or you are done. It's very similar here but you are clearing out fields of corn and other debris. In the one player Adventure Mode, instead of clearing individual levels you have a large map to go through to get items you need, get keys to open doors and defeat enemies and bosses. During the levels as you beat enemies you will be able to level up your character and pick different attributes to level up like speed, amount of bombs and how powerful they are. Speed if definitely something you are going to want to have because besides normal enemies in the level there are very angry rams who will charge at you through the level so you need to make sure you can move fast!
When you start the Adventure mode you see wanted posters for the McMean's Band of robbers. There's a group photo of the bandits then all of a sudden a woman shows up in the photo beside McMean, the photo it ripped taking McMean and her out of the picture. We see a picture of the two of them infront of the McMean Ranch when a knife is put into it. Someone in the gang is not happy that the leader has a wife or girlfriend! We see the house on the McMean Ranch engulfed in flames. McMean runs inside and brings out the lifeless body of his wife, clearly McMean wants revenge!
One of the really different things is when you start the game you have a selection of items you can choose from to bring with you as your Load Out. Each of these items changes one of your stats, so you have to be sure to choose wisely. You have a choice of 3 but in totally there are 32 different items you can unlock!
Wife's Perfume ups your spirit meter, your spirit meter is how much you can use items like the shot gun
Wife's Memento (looks like a photo) says not even death will keep you from avenging her, so if you die you get a chance to use that and come back to life
Wife's Locket - her heart will always be with you - adds another heart to your health
In the levels when you take out the random bad guys (like old farmers with pitchforks and in their underwear or longjohns?) you will get gold and there are boxes and treasure chests to open up. Inside you will find some cool items like a Moonshine Bomb, Snake Oils, Bandaids and Shotguns. The controls in the game are really good and when you pick one up you can easily assign it to the X or B button to easily access it when you need it. One of the really neat things that they did with the game is if you die, you start back at the McMean ranch but just because you played before and know where to go doesn't matter because each screen is totally random and the map is different. So this instantly gives the game a lot of replay value because it's never exactly the same!
When you get to the boss you challenge him to a duel and you battle it out in a more traditional map. You start learning more about the main character and why his posse turned on him, the story is really interesting and made me want to learn more about what happened.
Now if you want to switch things up and play multiplayer you definitely have to check out the Battle Mode! Besides having 12 different stages to choose from there are two different modes to choose from Last Man Standing which is like a more traditional Bomberman game, or if you haven't played that before all 4 characters start at a different corner of the map and try to blow up the obstacles in the way and try to take eachother out. The other mode is Last Man Standing. This level has a lot of crazy new items to use in battle like the Tumbleweeder, Atomic Bombs, Shotguns, Bear Traps and Moonshine Bombs. I love how when you pick up an item it will show the name of it so you know what it is. If you just had to go off of the items icons alone it might be tricky to know what you got. When Geronimo pops up on the screen you have to watch out cause blocks will fall from the sky. Whoever has the most kills at the end of the round is the winner. You can set the amount of time, the amount of kills and the amount of rounds.
The last thing to talk about is the music. It definitely sounds like it's from and old western movie and isn't annoying or one of those songs you just can't stand. The sound effects are really good with the explosions, guys grunting as they die and the shotguns going off. My only gripe is when you pick up some of the items like the shotgun or the Jumpin Jack item your character says "Yee Haw!!" and in battle mode when people are running around constantly picking up stuff the "Yee Haw" gets kind of irritating.
Overall I highly recommend this game! I've really enjoyed playing it and I can't wait to play more and get through the game to see what happens with the characters. If you love classic games like Bomberman or just fun multiplayer games, especially local multiplayer this is definitely a fun one to pick up!
Check out my gameplay video from the Adventure mode here, or if you want to see the Multiplayer just click here. While you are there be sure to subscribe and if you have any questions or comments on the game like what you thought of it let me know!
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