Slam Bolt Scrappers

I owned this game on the PS3, i think it still holds up as one of the best Tetromino style games

I felt compelled to write a review because I highly disagree with the "mostly negative" rating of this game. The idea is good and its execution is fine. The biggest problem seems to be the control type you choose. If you use a mouse/keyboard it apparently doesn't work well, but if you go with a controller there's no issues. The game is fun, creative, and deeper than it would appear at first blush. The campaign for single player is short, but it's the kind of short that left me wanting more in a good way. I haven't played this multiplayer yet but actually plan on doing so after having another friend of mine try this out and he liked it a lot as well. If anything, I want to see Slam Bolt Scrappers 2 as so much time has passed I can't imagine what cool things they can do with it. As I type this I see my play time is 2 hours, but that is absolutely wrong and I'm not sure why Steam has the wrong number. It's definitely more than that.

I don't remember where I got this game from but I hope I didn't pay full price for this as a child. The graphics are nowhere near as good as games should have in 2013 and the animations are goofy to say the least. I played enough to know that the gameplay is janky and not very satisfying. You end up doing all this work to get unsatisfying shapes, mismatched block colors, and even if you put in the effort to separate the colors of the blocks, you have your opponent there just ticking away at your blocks, ruining any attempt to have a decent looking or structured play area. It takes the effort of setting up block combos in Tetris and combines it with an annoyance who tries to ruin all your nicely set up big blocks. It feels bad to play, it doesn't look great, and it costs 10 bucks. I don't think it's worth more than 2. It feels like it's half flash game, and half mobile game. Skip this and don't look back.

A pretty fun party game. :)

This game is fun, but not alot of content. I saw and played it at PAX East 2011 and was really excited for it. Like I said not alot of content, im not an avid gamer and I beat it in only a couple hours.

fun game

Tags: Casual - Brickbreak&Pinball
Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library

TLDR: Splitscreen tetris, local co-op, couch combat game with SCHMUP elements. Akward tower building with modules that fight each other battle royale style.

This is a tetris VS game with SCHMUP elements where you hunt down small NPC for tetris pieces and combine color of pieces together to create modules for a vertical tower. Modules have an effect (e.g. fire rockets) every few seconds and the goal is to raze the foe's tower. Nobody I played this with every appreciated having to multitask the tetris with the combat. They just feel like two different mental processes that compete with each other rather than complement each other. Having to play five levels single player to unlock local co op was also an unwelcome surprise. Removed for declutlter.

I only really like the map menu. And why the hell do we have to 'unlock' multiplayer? That makes no sense when it's the only reason I got it.

waste of money

6/10
Not as enjoyable as I had hoped.

- Local multiplayer only
- Short campaign
- All characters play the same
- Unplayable with Mouse and Keyboard
- Unsatisfying combat

+ Great concept
+ Steve from Minecraft makes a cameo
+ Enemy design