Gnomber

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Gnomber is a single player action game. It was developed by LisiSoft and was released on April 28, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Gnomber is a rogue-like action game, where you use different bombs to blow away your enemies and combine them with perks to become overpowered. The game physics allow you to knock enemies into each other or walls, use the knockback from your explosions to throw projectiles and eliminate enemies in creative ways. Place the bombs strategically, kite your enemies, lead them into your explosions, deci…

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65%

Audience ScoreBased on 17 reviews

humor1 positive mentions

optimization3 negative mentions

The game has a fun and unique concept that offers enjoyable gameplay.
The art style and humor add charm to the overall experience.
There is great potential for the game to evolve and improve with future updates.

The game suffers from significant performance issues, especially during late-game scenarios with many explosions.
RNG mechanics can be frustrating, as players have limited control over the upgrades they receive.
Visual clarity is poor, making it difficult to distinguish between enemies and background elements, leading to unfair gameplay.

optimization
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The game's optimization is criticized for significant performance issues, particularly during late-game scenarios, leading to lag and crashes when using powerful abilities. While the core gameplay is enjoyable, many players express frustration over the need for improvements to ensure a smoother experience. Until these optimization problems are addressed, some reviewers hesitate to recommend the game despite its appealing concept.
- “Overall a good game; hopefully optimizations can be worked out to fix the explosion effects that make the game run slow.”
- “Major improvements to the optimization that don't make the entire game break, lag, or even crash when you have powerful bombs.”
- “Fun and difficult, but poorly optimized for late game.”
- “Still a great game; I got a 30-plus minute run, but it took an hour to play because of performance issues.”
- “Until the developers fix the abysmal performance issues, I can't recommend that anyone purchase it, which is unfortunate because I love the concept of being a bomb-happy gnome blowing up hordes of enemies.”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Gameplay is criticized for its significant balance issues, particularly with large bombs and bomb forces, which detract from the overall experience. Reviewers suggest that major mechanical adjustments, such as removing walls or altering item drop effects, are necessary for improved playability. Despite some engaging elements, the lack of polish and optimization undermines the fun factor.
- “Gameplay is pretty much as follows:”
- “I did also have some troubles with gameplay balancing.”
- “It needs massive work on the mechanics and balance to be remotely playable, including but not limited to: either the removal of the walls (loop the map instead, so go far enough left you end up on the right again) or to disable the effect of item and XP drops to go outside the walls/pass through the walls.”
- “This becomes especially problematic when you have large bombs, or if you build any bomb force. Bomb force is a huge trap; it has a negative impact on player gameplay and almost no upside.”
- “It needs massive work on the mechanics and balance to be remotely playable, including but not limited to: either the removal of the walls (loop the map instead, so going far enough left you end up on the right again) or disabling the effect of item and XP drops to go outside the walls/pass through the walls.”
- “It's more involved gameplay doesn't make up for the lack of polish, optimization, and fun factor that the game had.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is praised for its charm and humor, complemented by solid animations and art, contributing to an overall enjoyable experience.
- “There's a lot of good stuff, and the game is full of charm, humor, solid animations, and art.”