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- E10+
- Eidos Interactive
- E10+
- Eidos Interactive
- E10+
- Eidos Interactive
- E10+
- Eidos Interactive
Smart Bomb
PSP
Released On: May 10, 2005
45
User Score
Available after 4 ratings
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
45
5% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
37% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
58% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
45
5% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
37% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
58% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Smart Bomb will make you alternately hate and love it. You’ll swear, curse, kick and scream, and come back for more. If you’re up to the challenge, Smart Bomb will give you one of the best puzzle experiences in years.
The game exists as a way to take a bunch of little games which could have easily been momentary distractions at work or the like (think Flash game level of complexity, only not nearly good as some of the better Flash games you've played), tied together by a lame premise and sold as a retail package.
Even though each puzzle is explained before it gets tough a few stages down the line, there are still a few that are a little too complex for their own good (as if the game wasn’t frustrating enough already.) [Aug 2005, p.96]
The biggest thing that make this game get such a low score is non-responsive controls and framerate issues will make you want to slam your precious PlayStation Portable against a brick wall.
Everything about it is low quality, from the music to the terrible cutscenes.
My advice to the developers is next time, skip the shaking, the timers, and the laughable cinemas and spend more time polishing and testing. [June 2005, p.101]
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Summary Smart Bomb delivers a tense gameplay experience as players are faced with a series of fast paced, challenging 3D puzzles based around diffusing sophisticated AI bombs. Gamers are faced with a series of bomb modules split into tiers and each tier must be disabled to unlock the next. As a tier is disabled the player moves closer to the det...
Rated E +10
for Everyone +10
Platforms:
- PSP
Initial Release Date: May 10, 2005
Developer:
- Core Design Ltd.
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
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