Bomberman Act: Zero

by Konami

Product Features

• Survive through 99 stages as you try to escape to the surface
• Scramble for hidden items including speed, bomb, and armor power ups
• Evade looming bomb blasts from a new tension-filled perspective
• Choose from the classic one-hit, one-kill gameplay style, or utilize a new life bar and item system for more aggressive gameplay
• Earn multiple achievements in single and multi-player modes to increase your Gamer Score

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GSM06I
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 29, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,771 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Bomberman: Act Zero recreates Bomberman, keeping the fun gameplay but adding a modern look and dark storyline. Deep within an experimental underground facility, humans are imprisoned as test subjects and trained to become soldiers. Equipped with armored battle suits, the subjects must fight for survival and eliminate each other to determine who will become the Ultimate Human Weapon. As Bomberman, your objective is simple: destroy your opponents before they destroy you. Up to 8 players can engage in frantic battles for survival online through Xbox Live and earn points to become the ultimate weapon on the World Rankings

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Puzzle Game Gone Wrong, September 2, 2006

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Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bomberman Act: Zero (Video Game)

I loved the original Bomberman games. It was a great strategy game - you had to set up bomb patterns to blow out walls and destroy enemies. Then came the XBox 360 version.

I was really looking forward to a fun, engrossing strategy game that I could play for hours on end. I don't mind "dark" games so choosing between a male and female somber, realistic looking robot didn't bother me much. You can choose from a few colors to "highlight" their metallic outfits as well. Then you head onto the playing grid.

Suddenly the game is far less fun. I realize it's about grids, it's about thinking out your moves since you can only move at a certain speed. You have to try to lure your opponent into a trapped location so that you can blast them into oblivion. However, because of the camera angles, the unnecessary excess graphic items and the darkness, it tries to seem more like a first person shooter. The slow pace of your character, instead of being a normal part of the strategy, now seems unnecessary and annoying. You can't always see what you're trying to do.

Maybe the sound could have been the saving grace - but if anything, it makes the game far, far worse. The incredibly tinny, robotic voice that gives you a status at the end of each level is perhaps the most annoying voice I have ever heard in a game. It almost makes you want to deliberately lose, so you don't have to hear the winning commentary.

The irony is that usually we only buy games we really expect to want to play and replay. We rent the rest so that we can review them thoroughly, play through once, and then send the game back again. We thought this would be a keeper - we were told it'd be a lot of fun - but as it turns out we had to force ourselves to play it.

If you're a fan of the Bomberman series, then there are numerous games from before the XBox 360 which are great fun to play and replay. Get your hands on those, enjoy them for the fun puzzle worlds they provide, and avoid this misguided latest version.

Not recommended.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a god awful game!, September 1, 2006

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A. Warner (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bomberman Act: Zero (Video Game)

I won a copy of this game in what now has turned out to be the worst contest ever. There is no reason this game should be on the 360, the graphics are not in any way "next-gen". The new dark look is pretty ridiculous and completely unnecessary. I enjoyed the old bomberman games, they are fun and light, in their own blowing-up-other-people kind of way. This game is needlessly serious. As for the gameplay, it feels like wading through level after level of randomly generated and arbitrarily more or less difficult nonsense. Plus, there is no way to play multiplayer on one xbox. Why?!
Please don't buy this game... they might be tempted to make a sequel.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bomberman Act: Zero X360, April 28, 2007

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Re Re (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This is the worse Bomberman game ever. Don't buy it!!! There are only battles with one arena. The stages are setup so you fight one person on the first round, two people in the second and so on.