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 former ruthless bandit turned rancher, as he sets out on a journey to avenge the brutal murder of his wife. Bomb your way through hordes of enemies, defeat your former posse and get to the final showdown with its leader, the Gunslinger. Bombslinger Features: Explosive Bomberman-inspired single and multi-player gameplay Procedurally generated levels and tons of items make each play unique 4-player battle mode and AI bots for classic local multiplayer action Procedurally generated levels and tons of items make EACH PLAY UNIQUE. A CLASSIC TALE OF REVENGE: track down your treacherous former posse and blow them to smithereens.
Steam User 25
This game smell good the 90's! If you miss playing to your Super nes or your Mega Drive(Genesis), just click and buy this game!
It's not just a cowboy skin of bomberman, this game has much more to offer, mixing exploration like an old zelda and having tons of upgrades to discover over the game.
The game is fun, the feeling of explosion and power of using bombs is well done. Always a fresh map to explore each run. On the down side, I find the game a bit too hard, but i'm confident that Mode4 will look at that during the early access!
I've tested that game since a few weeks now, and what I can say is that they put tons of efforts in it. Mode4 listens to what their community can say, and they are very reactive about any proposition, ideas or issues found!
Steam User 27
I bought the game on sale, then after an hour or so of gameplay, asked for a refund. It's not because it's not a good game, but because it has too many things I'm looking for that is not yet available at this early stage of the game.
It would be great to have a co-op adventure, not just a multiplayer battle mode-- what I was looking for at this time as I was looking for something to play with my non-gamer wife.
To be fair, I still recommend the game. To be fair, I still will look forward to buying the full "explosive" potential of the game, but just not now.
It still is a lovable game and is the best Bomberman-like type of game I have seen and played on different platforms.
Steam User 13
A Roguelike Bomberman-Inspired Action Game
+ The gameplay / combat is very similar to bomberman. You go around placing bombs to kill enemies while hiding behind rocks and such to avoid getting hurt in the blast. Fans of classic bomberman should enjoy Bombslinger.
+ The single player campaign is very similar to games like The Binding of Isaac. You go from room to room fighting enemies while collecting upgrades, abilities, and money (used in the shop). At the end of each level is a rather challenging boss fight.
+ Visually the game looks very unique. It has a top-down perspective, but some things are 3D while others are 2D which creates a very interesting style.
+ Challenging Boss fights
+ Lots of abilities, items, and upgrades that change the way you play, and are very helpful as you progress.
This game is in Early Access so these are subject to change
- The soundtrack or background music was very repetitive and honestly pretty dull. I feel like some better music could really help this game shine.
- I felt like there were too many obstacles on each stage. I spent a lot of time blowing up corn, grass, and fires which were simply in the way and blocking me from reaching exits or enemies.
- I realize the game is in EA, but I do feel like there should be more bosses, and they should be more randomized. It's a bit tiresome when you die and have to restart from the beginning knowing you will always fight the same bosses each time through.
Steam User 4
Probably the closest to a legitimate Bomberman experience you'll get to on PC, not just Steam, outside of emulation, and far more party-ready. The multiplayer is solid, and you can play online via Parsec (which I recommend if you've got a good connection for just about any local-multiplayer game).
The single-player is fun and has all the highs and lows of any other rogue-like game. Other than a few very rare bugs that can occur (especially frustrating toward the end of a very powerful run), the game runs very smoothly and without issues on a large variety of hardware. The bosses are extremely tough when starting, but are fairly predictable, and as a result this particular game is more consistent than most rogue-likes. The item variety adds a fair bit of strategy to the game, and it's fun messing with different builds to find either incredibly powerful builds that will allow for an easy run or succeed-or-suck builds that are a huge gamble with the possibility of quick death or deft victories. I've put in a lot of runs on this game and it's an excellent time killer with endless opportunities for fun during multiplayer. My only wish is that multiplayer would get more options for customization going forward. Other than that, the game is fairly flawless, and delivers on its promises excellently for both the experienced rogue-player and newcomers alike.
Steam User 5
Pretty sure this is the best Bomberman like game ever. I prefer it over actual bomberman games, especially the newer stuff on steam. Has the spirit of the old stuff but is doing lots of great stuff of it's own. Would recommend to anyone who loves this brand of gameplay.
Steam User 6
Huge game for a low price. Bombslinger is very surpising, at the first time you could think that it is only a Bomberman-like but it is much more. The sensation of the explosion is brutal, the soundtrack is wonderfull, the ennemy are funny and the boss are difficult. Just what I needed for a long time.
Thank you
Steam User 1
I wish there were more games like Bombslinger because in my opinion the market for Bomberman-likes is still too small.
In Bombslinger you play as a former boss of an outlaw gang in the wild west. The titular Bombslinger decided to leave his gang to live with his wife on a small ranch but because he took the money from their biggest heist with him, they kill his wife and burn down the ranch.
Now hellbent on revenge you hunt them one by one down.
The gameplay mixes the typical Bomberman formular with rogue-like elements. Each run is randomized for more replayability. You have to travel through multiple stages, each one having their own boss, a member of your former gang. In typical Bomberman fashion you can lay down bombs to kill enemies. The key here is to corner them with your bombs so they cannot escape the blast. Bombs can be chained together and all explode at the same time if the fire touches each other. This can be used to set up combos. Killing enemies gives you XP and killing multiple at the same time through your combos gives you a bonus. Leveling up allows you to improve your stats, more firepower, more bombs can be placed down, more speed and so on. If you have lost HP you can also refill them through a level up.
Your bombs deal also damage to you, so you want to avoid that.
There are many different enemies that have different kind of behaviours. The first enemies will either wander around aimlessy or will follow you if they see you. Later you get outlaws with revovlers that shoot you if they see you, wolves that charge at, farmers with shotguns that sleep but wake up if they here noises and even shamans that can summon lightning at your position.
Luckily you can also find all kind of useful tools. You can find alternate bombs that have different effects, like a seeker bomb that fires a long flame wall that searches for enemies to kill them or the nitro bomb that completely blasts through obstacles and enemies alike. You can also find guns to shoot at enemies. One thing that you will find are snake oil flasks. Those act as random potions. You don't know what it will do until you drink it and it can benefit you or hurt you. It's still usually wortht he risk because you can get stat upgrades with those.
There is also a shop in each level where you can buy items for gold that you get from crates and enemies. What I really like here is that when you enter the shop, you realize that you are actually playing a 3D game despite the look. Suddenly you are in first person inside the shop, looking directly at the wares on display. It's really cool and I wish more games would do something like that.
That being said, the game is still in 2D fashion for the rest of it, it's just that the game mixes 3D environment with 2D sprites which is the reason why you won't immediately notice that the world is 3D. T´Besides shops there is no gameplay element that makes use of the 3D graphics.
One thing I like about this game is that achievements have a real use here. By completing an achievement you will unlock an item for your loadout. Before each run you can take up to four different items with you which will give you passive benefits. It allows you to go for a specific strategy or simply give you a headstart. It's not overwhelming in terms of power but it makes reaching certain milestones more rewarding. Thre is no other metaprogression besides that however, so you won't get more powerful with each run until you beat the game by sheer dominance.
There aren't any super powerful builds either to be honest, the focus is more on skillfully playing Bomberman with added randomization and items. This is in my opinion completely fine, it's a good Bomberman game although I do wish there were more items. Variety in this game is pretty scarce and that would be my biggst complaint. You will often see simiiar items in your runs, the variation mostly comes from how the stages are built.
The game also has a multiplayer mode, a classic arena mode like you know it. Kill the other players with your bombs, don't die yourself. It's good but it's only local multiplayer, which kinda sucks if you don't have friends at your home to play with. You can play with Remote Play together but that is often laggy. But if you have friends at home, than you can have some good old-fashioned Bomberman battles, which is always fun.