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• gamedeal user

  Dec 5, 2020

  To be clear, I like Ponpu as a game. I really do - it's a fun little Bomberman clone with its own mechanics involving bouncing bombs off stuff that make it easy to pick up. The only problem is that it appears to be a straight console port off either the PS4 or Xbox One and doesn't have any options for PCs whatsoever.. and this can render the game unplayable depending on what your system is like. First, the game only runs at 1920 x 1080. If you have an ultrawide screen, the game will render in such a way that half the UI is offscreen. Same goes for multiple monitors. There's no resolution options at all. I don't so much care that it doesn't support ultrawide, that's fine. What I do care about is that it's unplayable on an ultrawide screen and the response from the developers seems to be "We just won't support any of that". Second, the game doesn't have a Vsync option, and by default will run at several hundred FPS more than it needs to. This can lead to a heavy load on your GPU, not to mention screen tearing. The developers have not mentioned when (or if) Vsync will be added. It sucks that this has to be the case, because again, I like the game, I just wish I could play it without having to replace my monitor.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 5, 2020

  After some time with the game and almost being done with the story mode, I'm pretty mixed, but more on the negative side. Ponpu is clearly inspired by that of Super Bomberman for the SNES, and it does a good job of making the idea unique: A game with different kinds of characters with different bomb abilities, a beautiful, yet wacky art style that ties in well with the goofy music backing the game, and overall a fresh take on the Bomberman games. However, at times I found the redundancy of the story mode really sank in and made the game pretty boring: Walk around, blow things up to get rainbow feathers, kill enemies, get the gold key, move on- three normal levels and one boss, each stage. After the first three bosses, I was expecting some sort of change to how to advance on the levels/the challenge of beating the story. Yet all it did was change the look of the level, the look/difficulty of some enemies, and that's about it. I do really enjoy the bosses, though, and I think Purple Tree did a very good job of making some nice boss fights in the story. Multiplayer is a completely different story: I could imagine it being fun with friends after a short amount of time, but after that, much like the story, it just felt very repetitive with no endgame besides being 1st place/achievements. I think multiplayer could improve through the use of more powerups to your bombs, or even more game types for multiplayer. It just feels very stagnant, besides the random levels in each game you play. Overall, I want to love Ponpu, I really do, but for me it missed the mark on keeping the fun/attention consistent, and at times I would find myself getting bored running around the story mode and doing the same thing over and over. There was a lot of consideration into designing this game, it's very clear, but the game itself doesn't do itself justice and lacks replayability and overall longevity.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 3, 2020

  DUCK GOD WILLS IT!
• gamedeal user

  Dec 3, 2020

  Ponpu is NOT a very good bomberman successor. It isnt really a very good anything else. First off, it looks beautiful. I love the clean, kinda gross art style and world setting. It looks and sounds wonderful! But thats about it. Less than an hour in, I fought two bosses. Each level was just boring. You didnt do anything. There were no incentives to explore. there were no reasons to do anything besides race to teh finish line. Placing bombs feels awkward because they plop down in front of you. Its on a grid system that you cant really see all that well so I was getting harmed because I couldn't compute placing my bombs, not walking on teh spikes and being aggressive towards enemies, which are all kind of boring. Maybe later levels introduce any powerups at all? Any bonuses or reasons to collect these feathers? I just don't know why I would keep playing. Side note, not a world ender but something that really bothered me. No Vsync. So I had little screen tears when the background scrolled. Which is most of the time. I was really looking forward to this, I was disappointed. Refund requested before I waste too much time. I'll spend my steam credit on something I'll actually enjoy.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 4, 2020

  Up too the 2nd world, its good straight forward fun, controls took a bit to get used too but once i had them dialed it was all good. looking forward to taking turns on this bad boy with my nephew
• gamedeal user

  Dec 4, 2020

  Love the graphics! Had good fun with my kids, will definitely play more this weekend. I can highly recommend this gem, especially if you are a Bomberman fan
• gamedeal user

  Jun 7, 2022

  It's like bomberman... but like... its really not that fun... i thought it looked cool. but... valve... gabe... im sure you can tell from my review... that this was not the case... my sister and i were playing... and the whole time i looked like this: :| thats how bored... valve... gabe... gabe newell... help....
• gamedeal user

  Sep 22, 2023

  Played great on the steam deck! However I would only recommend purchasing for the multiplayer (duh). There isn't enough of a single player experience to merit buying.