Bunch of Heroes

This game was rated near the bottom of zombie genre coop games. Honestly... its pretty solid considering its only $5. I wouldnt spend anymore than that. But its a good mix of Dead Nation/Dead Ops arcade with some pretty okay characters.

Bunch of Heroes is just a plain shoot them all with similar tasks to be done over and over with near similar environment settings. However, the overall crux for which the game is known or even nearly playable is non-existent. There are only 9 campaigns in offline mode , the last 3 or 2 of which are improbable without a helper hero buddy. And there is no way any server is functioning at 2021 for the game released in 2011. Leaving the online mode aside, offline part of the game is as limited as some Indie demo and there is nothing much to offer besides praying to the christ to end this devilishly boring mission. From my perspective, it could still have sparked some interest had we splattered the waves of enemies with a friend but it is just Install, play and delete it as soon as possible for the sake of own's good health. Looks like these heroes are too immature to save the world and all they can do, is pick & drop a cheerleader to their respective cars. Sorry, these heroes are not qualified . Not hired.

It's over 10 years old, so have some mercy.
1) It trods along in a slow way. Some deliberate design decisions don't add up to any excitement.
2) The graphics (models, characters, etc) and art design actually hold up pretty well!
3) There is no run button; everything is sloooooooooooooow.
4) Opening crates doesn't seem random and item "drop location" seem to be fixed as well. All together it makes a very repetitive and very frustrating experience.
5) Slowness is not how alien invasions and rescuing cheerleaders is supposed to go.
6) With a zippy new engine and redone sound design it could be excellent.
7) I'm sure the game design was "You have to use your gun and think! (Because you're a bag full of lead.)"
8) That's probably what this should be called: "Bag full of lead"

I'll update this review if I ever subject friends, family, or hostages to multiplayer.

A top-down shooter that looks like a lot of fun from the outside, with its varied characters and cartoony art style. I picked it up for one of the seasonal objectives of an old steam sale and never got around to playing it again. Considering I forget what it was like, I'm going to say it was forgettable. Can't honestly say more then that.

This game plays like an early XBLA title, its missing sound effects, nothing has punch, the weapons are all trash, the objectives are extremely generic. its garbage

Dull and lifeless budget garbage game.

Terrible controls. Terrible camera. Terrible shooting mechanics.

Poorly balanced characters.

Enemies are boring.

The music is dull and gets annoying after the first minute of listening to it.

This just handles so badly in every way. It doesn't do well with sticks or a mouse. It's hard to tell when you're hitting an enemy. It's hard to figure out secondary objectives, the enemies never stop spawning so you can't clear an area and think. There isn't anything good to say about this game.

5min of this game (includes dlc characters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HBaWh5WJQQ

basic arcade top down shooter.
the game is geared more for you and some friends to play some co-op.
you kill stuff, do objectives, grab weapons, blow some stuff up, and fight bosses.
crates drop health or weapons with a set ammo that once used up you'll drop the gun and enemies drop health or energy for your special, you can also find turrets to help defend an area.
you chose 1 of 4 character (with dlc its 5+a new outfits for each of the main 4) to play alone or with upto 4 friends and they each have a different special move.
there are 3 areas with 3 maps each (9 maps in all) +1 survival map (2 with the free dlc).
the 3rd level in each area will have a boss at the end.
Missions consist of destroy object X, carry cheerleader to Y, & stand at a location for Z sec. also there is no real story outside the text on the loading screens.

Its more like "Bunch of useless weapons that have 5 ammo and you should reload it every 3 seconds while you are attacked by hordes of zombies spawn every second" or "Bunch of useles special attacks during which zombies attack you and dont die" or "Bunch of repetitive missions with no weapons near". Its fun sometimes, but there is bunch of "Bunches" i noticed...
ok... my character fell off textures in mulriplayer game...

It's a twin-stick style co-op shooter with an emphasis on multiplayer.

I could imagine it'd be ok in a lan scenario, but overall it's just too unpolished and simple to hold your attention for long.

Funny but repetitive.

That's the best summary I can think of for Bunch of Heroes.

The game is an isometric/top down type of co-op shooter where you defend a town from aliens.

I got bored after 15 minutes, maybe because I played alone. But I can't recommend this game, it's just kind of useless to play alone and there's no plot, except to progress in being a hero and killing aliens.

Artwork is nice and fitting for the comical tone of the game.

Meh. 5/10

Don't buy it. Unless its on sale for under $1.00. There's not much to it. You just run around and get zerged on. No new content. Gets old real fast. No replay value. its worth about $0.99.

I was one of those fools who picked this game up during a christmas sale where they gave out free stuff for achieving things in games you owned. I miss those days even if they were shameless reasons to make you buy games.

This game has bad reviews for a reason. I wasted hours trying to get that achievement and never did. It was impossible to keep enough people together and my biggest issue was the exponetially increasing respawn rate.
die once, 20 seconds, okay, 40 seconds, um, alright, 80 seconds, seriously, 160 second, what the, 320, ARE YOU KIDDING ME.
trust me, after multiple attempt for one silly achievement it getss annoying.


The game has little depth, boring combat and was barely worth playing even with good friends. don't ever buy this crap. Even if it's free.
well, maybe if it's free and you want to punish yourself.

As basic as it gets and not exactly managing to charm me. Not at all bad, but lacking anything special about it. If you can: try a demo or otherwise only get it on discount and if you plan to play with friends.

I believe I picked this up in a bundle of some description. I gave it a shot, but this game's interesting ideas are let down by poor controls, dodgy graphics and boring, clunky mechanics.

The best part was to be the co-op aspect... but no. Get Alien Swarm or Left 4 Dead to experience a good co-operative game.

Not recommended. Another game I wish could be removed from my Steam Library.

One of the least polished twin stick shooters around. Avoid this game if you can. It's not even worth it when it costs a dollar or two.

The game has poor shooting mechanics, and a very bland and repetitive style overall. Good concept but terrible execution overall.

Do not buy this game. It's a janky, laggy, messy console port with a TON of issues. I got it on sale for $2.50 and I regret every penny. There are flash games with far, far better execution and stability, go check some free game site for them.

Wow. This game is terrible. Ganky controls, and no possible way to chat with co-op players without voice. Add no ability to regenerate health and exponential backoffs for respawning (literally leading to 1200+ seconds between respawns -- 20 minutes; literally, I got up and made dinner while waiting to come back) and you have a ass-blasting bowl of terrible called "Bunch of Heroes".

It's not worth wasting your $2.50 or the 20+ minutes you are going to spend trying to get the steam achievement.

This game sucks!

0/5

I purposely bought this for the Steam Holiday Achievement metagame, and so far it has annoyed me endlessly. I'm not going to review this because the way it handles keyboard and mouse camera movement literally makes me sick to my stomach via confusing and sudden top-down camera whiplash. So essentially, I spent $2.50 on digital ipecac. But I will say that the hour I spent playing survival mode for the achievement indicates that this game is not worth the nausea at all. Don't Buy This, Not Even For An Achievement.

Christmas achievement doesn't actually get awarded. No health drops from enemies and there's no other health regeneration system. Respawn timers double on every death, meaning you're easily waiting for several minutes as the waves progress.

On top of it all, the game does absolutely nothing special and I've personally played at least a dozen flash games that do similar things but better. Don't buy this game.

This game requires more then a X1600 to play properly. It barely runs on my X1800. Also the steam achievements, or atleast some of them, are completly screwed up. I hope Ill enjoy this more when im back home on my desktop...

Finally got home to give it a try... 12 years later hehehe.
Although it runs just fine on my desktop, it's still a dissapointment. Its just 3x3 simple and short co-op maps. Although simple, not so easy at harder settings. If you got some friends to play with than maybe buy the mega pack. For the price of a single copy, else youll regret it HARD!

I mean a game that has an achievement for just watching the credits AND doesnt award the achievement when you do says enough....