“When the Bomb Goes Off” by Tom Sennett is a black comedy collection of microgames and maybe the darkest interpretation of WarioWare-like gameplay I’ve ever seen.
Let’s get one thing straight, I don’t really care for WarioWare, it’s gimmicky game play was not enough to get me into it, but When the Bomb Goes Off essentially uses the incredibly simple and fast paced microgames that WarioWare is known for and adds in a horrifyingly, bitterly hilarious element. No matter what, if you succeed or fail, the bomb goes off, and where do you want to be when the bomb goes off? Well, I want to win a game of hop scotch before I die and that’s exactly what this game wants me to do as well.
It’s not only the bomb that creates an entertainingly anarchic design to the game. It’s simple, stick figure art style and Scott Joplin instrumental enhance the brutally comical experience to no end. Since it’s short and fast paced replay becomes addictive.
There’s one particular game I can think of that is impossible to beat, let’s just say that it has a spikey ceiling and very mean turtles. So I have no idea how to pull off 100% on that game, but that doesn’t stop me from trying…over…and over…*sigh*…
Great Game!
…Anyways, Zeno Clash has also been released and because of my low end PC’s inability to run anything beyond DOS…and I don’t have a mouse…I probably won’t be playing it for a little while. Also in non-indie related news there’s a debut trailer for Katamari Forever out (Katamari being one of those games that is so unique I can’t stand not spreading the word), look into it, it’s Japanese!
