[xMobilemux]

Called it right from the beginning!

xMobilemux, on 14 May 2014 - 05:16 PM, said:

Well it's here and it's a fucking disappointment!

It's a shame too, cause I really wanted to be wrong.
But it seems like Gearbox may have just saved us from another disappointing Duke game if Mass Destruction was just gonna be Bombshell with Duke in it.

[MYHOUSE.MAP]

xMobilemux, on 29 January 2016 - 11:52 AM, said:

Called it right from the beginning!


It's a shame too, cause I really wanted to be wrong.
But it seems like Gearbox may have just saved us from another disappointing Duke game if Mass Destruction was just gonna be Bombshell with Duke in it.

3DR lost the Duke 1, Duke 2, and Duke3D licenses in the process, so was it really worth it?

[Steve 64]

it does suck that 3DRealms lost duke in full past and future and ip was handed to gearbox software

[Bloodshot]

I wonder if this will deter people from playing the build prequel because its tied to this game

[Mr. Tibbs]

Bloodshot, on 29 January 2016 - 12:08 PM, said:

I wonder if this will deter people from playing the build prequel because its tied to this game

That is worrying. Another concern is that the game base won't sell enough to justify funding the prequel, although we don't know what Interceptor's business arrangement is with the Build devs. Even though the game didn't have pre-orders, the game is yet to crack a thousand sales on Steam. Sure, it's only been out for a couple of hours but DNF"s ranked higher on Steam's top sellers chart at the moment!

[PsychoGoatee]

Mr. Tibbs, on 29 January 2016 - 12:13 PM, said:

DNF"s ranked higher on Steam's top sellers chart at the moment!

DNF is a popular and well received game on steam with Mostly Positive reviews etc. Plus it looks like its 3.99 at the moment, pretty great deal.

On Bombshell, the style of gameplay never interested me much, but I may try if it's on a super-cheap sale and has been patched etc. I'll definitely play that Build prequel though.

[Steve 64]

Duke Nukem Forever had some great music too like the DM lobbie waiting area

[Mr. Tibbs]

30% from PC Gamer.

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There’s not much I can point to as a recommendation for Bombshell. For crude humor and bombastic sci-fi schlock, look to Saints Row 4. For the brain-tickling feedback loops of great ARPGs, look to Torchlight or Victor Vran. Look anywhere, basically, but here. An ARPG with weak combat and too many bugs, Bombshell isn’t worth your click-click-clicks.

Edit:

Finally, a positive review from IGN (which, coincidentally, had the exclusive rights to the launch trailer).

6.9/10

[Sixty Four]

DukeNukem64, on 29 January 2016 - 11:51 AM, said:

So rise of the triad wasn't just an unlucky try..

Are you implying ROTT is a bad game in general or something else? Sorry not comprehending.

[DukeNukem64]

Implying it was unplayable and 2 years later it still was unplayable. Haven't played it much since summer 2015. Had way too many bugs at release.

[Steve 64]

DukeNukem64, on 29 January 2016 - 12:48 PM, said:

Implying it was unplayable and 2 years later it still was unplayable. Haven't played it much since summer 2015. Had way too many bugs at release.

There has been a game on steam that I have played and I still play it from time to time cause, I enjoy the product but wish that the bug issue was removed cause every time it happens I have to quit the game.

[Sledgehammer]

Anyone play it? Is it buggy as hell? Since they use Gameworks I don't think performance is good, but still have some doubts. At least they have some nVidia money.

MYHOUSE.MAP, on 29 January 2016 - 11:54 AM, said:

3DR lost the Duke 1, Duke 2, and Duke3D licenses in the process, so was it really worth it?

Not to mention that community won't be getting Duke 3D betas and everything because Gearbox won. It's like Interceptor love to tease things just to ruin everything later. Wish I didn't read that thread.

[HulkNukem]

Mr. Tibbs, on 29 January 2016 - 12:13 PM, said:

That is worrying. Another concern is that the game base won't sell enough to justify funding the prequel, although we don't know what Interceptor's business arrangement is with the Build devs. Even though the game didn't have pre-orders, the game is yet to crack a thousand sales on Steam. Sure, it's only been out for a couple of hours but DNF"s ranked higher on Steam's top sellers chart at the moment!

At best, the prequel is unaffected and comes out as planned and kicks major ass
At worst, the IP is still 3DR/Interceptors, so even if they were to, say, belly up, part of the team could still work on it in spare time and release when its finished, whether free or not; this is obviously worst case scenario and more likely the former will happen than the latter

[Sixty Four]

DukeNukem64, on 29 January 2016 - 12:48 PM, said:

Implying it was unplayable and 2 years later it still was unplayable. Haven't played it much since summer 2015. Had way too many bugs at release.

I remember it had some bugs on release, some people were effected more then others I guess. To me it seems like Bombshell may have more major issues going on I wouldn't know though. But Rott worked for my old laptop. Maybe I was just lucky but I tell you this is a pretty bad low end laptop I played/recorded on lol. I gave it a run on my new pc and it worked like a charm smooth as ever.

My video is 2 years old xD so forgive me


Just saying Rise of the triad was good for what it was imo classic fps, arcade like, and not a bunch of cut scenes and scripted events.

[Mark]

But... are you guys happy with her robotic arm in the final release? I haven't read a lot of pages in this thread but I remember everybody and their uncle complaining about the arm.

[Marphy Black]

Mr. Tibbs, on 29 January 2016 - 12:13 PM, said:

the game is yet to crack a thousand sales on Steam.

As the Steam Spy author has warned, sales data for products is highly inaccurate during the first several days of release. You should wait a few days before a reasonable extrapolation of even the first day's sales numbers becomes available.

Don't forget this also neglects GoG numbers on which the game has also launched.

[MYHOUSE.MAP]

http://steamcommunit...52225139181163/

Good to see that Bombshell is repeating ROTT13's mistakes, straight down to achievements not working.

[TerminX]

IMO these reviews are fucked, but I'll save the conspiracy theories for another time.

It's not a bad game! 7/10. It has obvious bugs and some of the dialog is pretty bad, but giving it 2/10 is ridiculous.

[Hank]

Marphy Black, on 29 January 2016 - 01:35 PM, said:

As the Steam Spy author has warned, sales data for products is highly inaccurate during the first several days of release. You should wait a few days before a reasonable extrapolation of even the first day's sales numbers becomes available.

Don't forget this also neglects GoG numbers on which the game has also launched.

Speaking of GoG, they have a sale on for Bombshell Deluxe edition. Irrespective to critics, I've got the game, downloading all this as I write this.

[zwieback]

ouch!

[oasiz]

Gotta agree with Richard here, while it's not perfect, I've played soo many shittier games over the years.
It's good fun and personally I wouldn't see any reason to give it a lower than 6 as a score.

What reviewers do point out are true to some degree but the scores are just very weird considering that many total code flops with awful graphics manage to get 4/10 already
Some very negative bias going on here..

Oh well, there is always that build game

[Jenz/Amaka]

I'm surprised with the scores. I found it enjoyable until I reached a point where I can figure it out is it bug or did I miss something obvious.
Gameplay is bit repetitive but badass sound effects and music saves it for not being boring to play.

Takehiko, on 29 January 2016 - 12:56 PM, said:

Anyone play it? Is it buggy as hell? Since they use Gameworks I don't think performance is good, but still have some doubts. At least they have some nVidia money.
Not to mention that community won't be getting Duke 3D betas and everything because Gearbox won. It's like Interceptor love to tease things just to ruin everything later. Wish I didn't read that thread.

I have GTX960(OC) and this game runs smooth as butter. Only thing that totally wrecks performance is Nvidia's Ambient Occlusion.
Huge difference compared to RoTT.

[Mr. Tibbs]

oasiz, on 29 January 2016 - 02:42 PM, said:

Gotta agree with Richard here, while it's not perfect, I've played soo many shittier games over the years.
It's good fun and personally I wouldn't see any reason to give it a lower than 6 as a score.

What reviewers do point out are true to some degree but the scores are just very weird considering that many total code flops with awful graphics manage to get 4/10 already
Some very negative bias going on here..

Oh well, there is always that build game

It's getting absolutely hammered. According to Opencritic, Bombshell is in the bottom 2% of all games they have on their service. Do you think reviewers are being extra negative because of the 3DR association or the price?

[brullov]

I'd like to play co-op in this game. I think it would be very fun to play with friends, to kill bosses, to upgrade together etc. As for the game itself, I am very impressed about what was done in one half of the year by so small team. (I played it in April 2015) Love the design and music. Shelly looks very beautiful and cute, weapons are so old school. By the way, I don't understand reviews which say "Boring weapons", what is wrong with them? The mighty punch and bombs give a lot of fun emotions for me. I will give 8/10, some of the animations are not as good as they should.

[LkMax]

Damn, even LGR's review was negative, and he seemed to really try liking the game. Judging by the video though, there seems to be a bias in the other sites indeed, this game gave the impression that it deserves a 5 or 6 tops, but 2 and 2.5 seems a bit low even for that.
On a side note, that menu shake gave me motion sickness

[HulkNukem]

I think this is alright; 2/10 is pretty fucking low. Kevin Vanord is a really picky reviewer to add.
It runs smooth; I've had no bugs so far (only an hour in) and the music is great.
Didn't find the menus hard to navigate like reviews said, however I do find switching weapons and switching powerups a bit cumbersome, but that's something I'll get used to.

[Mblackwell]

Er, the bugs in this game for the most part aren't really something I wouldn't normally expect in a new release, particularly from a smaller developer.
Performance is great, and the damn game even runs on Linux under Wine.

Perfect game? No. But 2 should be reserved for straight up broken shit. This game is a 7/10 for me, and with patches could be bumped higher. Someone that didn't really get into it would probably still reasonably rate it a 6. I'm not sure what these reviewers played but it's not the same game I downloaded, I guess.

[randir14]

I've played it for a few hours and I agree the reviews are bullshit. This reminds me of DNF's release with all the bandwagon hatred giving it ridiculously low scores. Bombshell is a 6 or 7 for me.

[Steve 64]

I'm sure Bombshell well it better reviews down the line, BombShell barely came out today it needs time for it to be played, im sure the devs are working really hard to fix the game just give them time to fix it, Im just going to wait for bombshell prequel and get both at the same time.

[Hank]

Demon Duke, on 29 January 2016 - 04:17 PM, said:

I'm sure Bombshell well it better reviews down the line the game barely came out today it needs time for it to be played, im sure the devs are working really hard to fix the game just give them time to fix it, Im just going to wait for bombshell prequel and get both at the same time.

Hear hear, I played for only one hour, suck with the controls, so I actually need more practice to 'win' on a PC, damn I getting old


Meanwhile, I love the soundtrack, it rocks .