Bomberman Touch
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Well, it’s Bomberman, and it’s on an iPhone (or iPod Touch), but I can’t really recommend it. It’s very no frills: no multiplayer, and boringly-conventional single player Bomberman. It’s still got the innate quality of simply being Bomberman–it’s no Bomberman Act Zero debacle–but there’s no compelling reason to have it on your iPhone.
Controls are equal parts cool and frustrating. The big bomb in the bottom right is what you tap to drop bombs, but you just touch and drag nearly anywhere else on the screen to indicate the direction to move. Slide your finger left, Bomberman moves left (not specifically toward the place you touch, just moving in the direction you slide). It’s smart not to limit you to a lot of buttons you have to tap, but it breaks down when you try to make slight movements and it misinterprets them.
It’s well produced for a iPhone 2.0 “launch title” so it stands out from the pack of sillier and simpler games, but I expect it will quickly be forgotten when more real games are released. If you need to try it for yourself, you can find it here (iTunes link).