Another Switch-exclusive game makes the hop to PC right now, and it’s one which I’ve been which means to play for some time. Bomb Chicken is a puzzle platformer from Nitrome a few hen incapable of leaping, however the deeply hazardous capacity to put Bomberman-esque fizzling explosives, elevating herself within the course of. The Switch model of the game was nicely obtained, unsurprising as Nitrome was one of many higher, extra prolific studios of the Flash-based browser game period. Below, the Switch model launch trailer, as a result of the PC model seems to be functionally equivalent.
From what I’ve seen of it, Bomb Chicken works loads like Bomberman as a 2D side-scroller. You can lay an infinite variety of bombs, though the fuse on the primary one in a stack determines the lifespan of the pile. Rapid laying allows you to climb increased, and laying a brief stack and transferring to at least one facet creates a defend. Bombs can be kicked, or used to carry down buttons. There’s loads you are able to do with explosives, however your choices are restricted in any other case. The hen doesn’t transfer quick, and doesn’t have any strikes past awkwardly waddling backward and forward and shoving.
There’s a 90s platformer-style try at a narrative right here. Something about an historical cursed temple linked to a fried hen chain with an addictive blue hot-sauce, however it’s all simply an excuse for enjoyable stage design and bouncy sprites. No longer constrained to little browser home windows, Nitrome’s spherical, squidgy sprites are charming. Well animated, with a lot of expressive squash and stretch results, and vibrant regardless of its mostly-subterranean environments.
The solely actual mark towards it that I’ve heard is that it’s a purely single-player game, and never massively lengthy. A pity that they don’t discover the concept of aggressive Bomberman-but-side-scrolling, however nonetheless, centered and self-contained is a distinct segment I can respect much more as of late.
Bomb Chicken is out now on Steam for £10.79/€11.24/$13.49
