- Publisher: 3D Realms
- Release Date: Jan 29, 2016
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Feb 1, 2016Bombshell is a mess, with tedious action, boring level design and redundant RPG elements. Shelly Harrison deserves better.
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Jan 31, 2016Bombshell is a broken, boring action game with a tin ear for humour and action that rarely rises above tedium.
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Jan 29, 2016Bombshell isn’t the worst game I’ve ever played, but it’s among the most dull and uninteresting. From its cheesy, late-90s alien blasting plot to its absolutely repetitive action, it’s tough to pull out any redeeming qualities. Even assuming its bevy of technical issues get ironed out, this one still isn’t worth your time.
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Games Master UKMar 19, 2016A mildly rubbish shooter. [March 2016, p.80]
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CD-ActionMay 1, 2016A mediocre twin-stick shooter that tries to be funny and fails. [04/2016, p.48]
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Mar 7, 2016Supposedly, Bombshell started its life as a Duke Nukem game, yet studio never managed to acquire the license. We're not sure how that game would have turned out, but it probably wouldn't be such an unfinished, bland and painfully unfunny mess as this game.
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Jan 29, 2016To put it bluntly, Bombshell is a dud. What once began as something that had potential to become a so-stupid-it’s-awesome classic ended up being merely…well, it isn’t even really that stupid as a whole, just dull.
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Feb 15, 2016Bombshell sadly shows its origins, age and bad design choices. It feels dated on release, has too little variety and requires too much back tracking, though this doesn't mean that you can't have some fun with the action, combined with a great selection of hard rock music.
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Feb 12, 2016There’s just really not a whole lot going on for Bombshell. The cutscenes look kind of nice, and when you look at the gameplay from a distance it can seem fun, but ultimately what you’re left with is a game that is worth far less than the asking price of thirty dollars.
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Feb 2, 2016The gameplay is a wreck, the heroine is lame, the story is ridiculous and the humor is cringe-worthy. Already one of the worst games of the year.
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Game World Navigator MagazineFeb 11, 2016There are RPG elements here – as you go on, you can increase your health, energy, armor or gun power – but honestly, they should’ve been scrapped from the get go. Any resources spent on them would be better used on balancing the game or making non-cringeworthy animations. [Issue#206, p.73]
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Feb 3, 2016Bombshell could have been a fine six-hour shooter, but the unfulfilling fetch quests, uninspired firearms, and meddling glitches stretch the story until – like the game’s suicidal aliens – you, too, beg for death.
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GameTrailersFeb 2, 2016No amount of nostalgia can save this train-wreck.
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Jan 29, 2016An ARPG with weak combat and too many bugs, Bombshell isn’t worth your click-click-clicks.
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Jan 29, 2016Bombshell is more "bomb" than anything else, with anemic shooting and lackluster exploration—when bugs aren't tossing you back to the desktop.
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Feb 26, 2016One of the worst games to come down the PC pike in some time, Bombshell isn't a return to form for 3D Realms, but a reminder why the publisher was in so much trouble to begin with. A great idea is wasted off of horrible game design, bad graphic errors and a worthless audio experience. Where's Duke Nukem to kick ass when you need him?
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Jan 29, 2016As it stands, playing Bombshell for more than an hour at a time is like ingesting a sedative, save for flashes of rage as you fall through the map one more time or are asked to find six more crystals.
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Jan 29, 2016Playing Bombshell is like a horrible online date. They had a great profile and pictures, but as soon as you sit down with them, you realize that there’s nothing beneath the surface except crazy.
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Jan 29, 2016Bombshell is an overpriced buggy mess of a game, don’t shell out money for this bomb.
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Jan 29, 2016I don’t like being disrespected -- and I doubt you do, either. And yet it’s reasonable to feel that way when playing a buggy, bland game with some of the worst writing you’re likely to hear in some time.
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Feb 11, 2016Bombshell is a failure in every meaningful way, and feels like a barely-functional Alpha build rather than the finished product it's supposed to be.
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Jan 29, 2016Bombshell isn't an aggressively terrible game. It's just aggressively mediocre for long enough that it starts to seem that way.
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Feb 2, 2016This is a steaming pile of shit.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 99
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Mixed: 11 out of 99
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Negative: 61 out of 99
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