

They’re inspired by classic Konami properties and have unique abilities that drastically change how you should approach each match. The Premium Edition, meanwhile, adds 14 characters that are loosely categorized as Attack, Speed and Unique types. On the flip-side, his movement speed starts at zero and tops out at two. Red, meanwhile, starts at fire level five and can reach level eight by picking up fireball items throughout the game. He can only lay a single bomb at the start of the game, though, and his maximum bomb-laying capacity is two. Black starts with level five movement speed, for instance, that can be upgraded mid-match to level eight. The base game comes with eight basic Bombers - White, Black, Blue, Pink and so forth - that have slightly different attributes. The game’s complexity increases when you consider the various Bomberman characters. You can gain new abilities, too, that let you punch, lift and kick bombs that haven’t yet donated. I learned that the fireball pick-up, for instance, increases your bombs’ blast radius, while the rollerskates improve movement speed. As a relative newcomer, though, I was bamboozled by most of the items and had to slowly figure out their utility on my own. Bomberman veterans will recognize most of the power-ups and instantly feel comfortable. An “Online Manual” is listed in the game’s menu, but the webpage it pointed to was dead during my testing. Maddeningly, Super Bomberman R Online doesn’t have a tutorial or training mode. Once you’re out, you can simply pick between spectating and jumping back to the main menu. There’s no revival system and nothing like the last-chance saloon gulag found in Call of Duty: Warzone. Take damage twice and you’ll be eliminated for good. If you get hit by something, you’ll lose one of two lives and drop everything you had collected since the start of the match. Once people start collecting power-ups, though, the action quickly escalates and the screen is filled with fiery cross-shaped explosions. Players are spread evenly across the interconnected stages, so you always have a few quiet moments at the start of every match. Once the movement phase is over, the game will distribute some fresh blocks and power-ups for people to fight over. The screen flashes red, a 15-second-or-so timer appears on-screen and then, once it’s expired, some of the outermost stages are removed. The game alternates between battle and movement phases where no-one is allowed to drop bombs. The goal is simple: eliminate other players and be the last Bomberman standing. You drop bombs to remove the former, find power-ups and, ultimately, open-up pathways that expose your enemies. Each one is a classic Bomberman maze littered with a mixture of breakable and indestructible blocks. Instead, the sole offering is a 64-player battle royale that takes place over 16 interconnected stages.
#SUPER BOMBERMAN R ONLINE GRADE PS4#
There’s no campaign like the original Super Bomberman R that was released for Nintendo Switch in 2017 and PC, PS4 and Xbox One the following year.

Like Mediatonic’s smash hit, Super Bomberman R Online revolves around a single winner-takes-all multiplayer mode.
