Bomb Defense

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Bomb Defense is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by Mitorah Games and was released on July 5, 2017. It received negative reviews from players.

A completely different take on the tower defense genre. Combining it with the Puzzle genre, making for a difficult game. Buy traps, bombs, turrets and walls and place them in optimal positions to defend against enemies.

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16%

Audience ScoreBased on 89 reviews

humor1 positive mentions

gameplay5 negative mentions

The game offers a unique blend of tower defense and puzzle genres, providing a fresh take on gameplay.
There is a certain charm to the game, particularly in its concept of saving kittens from goblins.
The game can be challenging and requires strategic thinking, making it appealing for players who enjoy trial and error.

The game suffers from poor mechanics, including clunky controls and a frustrating user interface that hinders gameplay.
Many players report significant bugs and inconsistencies in enemy behavior, leading to a lack of reliability in trap placements.
The tutorial is inadequate, failing to properly introduce players to the game's mechanics, which can result in confusion and frustration.

gameplay
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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47%
33%
The gameplay of the game has been widely criticized for its poor mechanics, lack of polish, and frustrating tutorial, leading to a tedious experience. While there are some innovative concepts and tactical options available, the overall execution is lacking, resulting in awkward controls and unappealing gameplay that fails to engage players beyond initial novelty. Comparisons to better games highlight its shortcomings in graphics, story, and overall enjoyment.
- “As a player, you can choose different approaches to gameplay and use a variety of tactics.”
- “For the low price, it's a casual experience if you're looking for a game to test different ways to win (usually more than one way) with puzzle/tower defense mechanics.”
- “Defend Your Life: TD costs less, has better graphics, better gameplay, better story, even though a ridiculous one.”
- “The tutorial does not really set you up to understand the game's mechanics and is simply frustrating to play.”
- “Bomb defense is an extremely low-quality asset-flip game with incredibly tedious gameplay and idiotic mechanics.”
- “While the concept and design of the game itself is innovative, bomb defense struggles in its execution with a lackluster tutorial and gameplay that quickly becomes unappealing after the initial amusement of ragdoll corpses being destroyed.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
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The graphics of the game have received largely negative feedback, with many users describing them as poor, plain, and clunky. Comparisons to other titles highlight that even lower-priced games offer superior visuals and design. Overall, the consensus suggests that the graphics detract significantly from the gameplay experience.
- “Decent game graphics and design.”
- “Defend Your Life: TD costs less, has better graphics, better gameplay, and a better story, even though it's a ridiculous one.”
- “Feels a tad on the clunky side with the controls and graphics, but overall pretty good for the price.”
- “Lousy graphics.”
- “Horrible graphics.”
- “Just not a very good game, with bad graphics, effects, animations, weapons, and gameplay.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is criticized for being underdeveloped and lacking coherence, with players noting a lack of engaging backstory and character attachment. Many feel that the narrative fails to enhance the gameplay experience, leading to a sense of boredom and confusion. Comparisons to other games highlight a perceived deficiency in storytelling quality.
- “Defend your life: TD costs less, has better graphics, better gameplay, and a better story, even though it's a ridiculous one.”
- “Backstory: the kitten seems useless; even a simple cutaway scene could have improved the attachment to this story prop. Why are goblins attacking it and not me?”
- “I'm a little confused, but that's probably because I don't know the backstory of the game. It was probably one of those games made in 24 hours for a jam, right?”
- “This game just looks boring, no story or such.”
- “Backstory, the kitten seems useless; even a simple cutaway scene could have improved the attachment to this story prop. Why are goblins attacking it, and not me?”
- “I'm a little confused, but that's probably because I don't know the backstory of the game. Like, it was probably one of those games made in 24 hours for a jam, right?”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of Bomb Defense to be excessively tedious and frustrating, primarily due to its low-quality mechanics and the need for precise placement of objects. The lack of a more efficient placement mechanism contributes to a monotonous and boring gameplay experience, making the overall grind feel unnecessarily burdensome.
- “There is no reason to require the player to place things with such accuracy; it is just maddening and tedious.”
- “Lacks a mechanism to click objects into place, which makes the process of placing anything very tedious.”
- “There is nothing incredibly hard about the game; it's just tedious and boring.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with some players finding it tiresome and headache-inducing, while others consider it the standout feature. Overall, opinions vary significantly, highlighting a divide between those who appreciate the soundtrack and those who find it lacking.
- “Anyway... the best thing in the game is the music.”
- “The music beat got very tiresome for me, and I just had to mute it to prevent my headache from developing further.”
- “Horrible soundtrack (notice how 'soundtrack' doesn't have an 's' at the end, guess why)”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability has been criticized for being plagued with bugs and glitches, particularly during key moments, suggesting inadequate quality assurance testing.
- “Buggy mess.”
- “I mean I'm sure each of the levels were tested, but the glitches when the demon smashes the kitten apparently got through QA.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users find the humor in the game to be quirky and unexpected, particularly enjoying the absurdity of a kitten model stretching and contorting in amusing ways throughout the scenery.
- “Or maybe they were left in because it was funny to see the kitten model stretch and mangle itself across the scenery?”