Review - Bumblepig
- Details
- Category: XBLIG
- Published on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:38
- Written by Ellis S.
Developer: Kindling Games
Website: http://kindling-games.com/
Platform: XBLIG
Price: 80MSP ($1)
Size: 54MB
Have you heard the buzz? They told us it would bee impossible, that it would happen when pigs fly. Well, it's happened. Bumblepig is here!
Born from what I can only guess is a science experiment gone horribly wrong, the idea of Bumblepig is quite surreal. You (before mentioned pig o'bumble) go round picking up pollen of different primary colours and thus pollinating flowers of the same primary colours with it. As you do this money will come from the flowers, from 1c to 25c, depending on how well you have done in that level so far. Levels speed up with the rising of money and at the end of the level you get a ribbon based on your performance. With the money you have collected you can go and buy new hats for BumblePig. As I said, very surreal.
Looking past the surreality, you'll find that Bumblepig has 15 levels at 5 different 'gardens', with each level also having a night-time option that makes the game mostly black and white except for the nearby area surrounding you. There are also many hats to buy, meaning that this game could last you a very, very long time. Also, the levels aren't that easy to get the Blue Ribbon(the highest one) in after the first garden, so it may take many hours of playing to get all of the Blue Ribbons. If anything, however, I can see this being a flaw of the game as the latter levels could easily become a grind for money and ribbons.
The gameplay is simple to understand but as I've said, difficult to master. The latter, '25c' parts of the levels are some of the fastest gameplay I have ever witnessed, and I mean witness. It's so fast that my poor reactions couldn't keep up with it most of the time! The soundtrack is one of the better ones I've heard on the XBLIG marketplace. A different piece of music plays for each garden. It sets the initial slow pace and mood of the levels, and as the levels get faster so does the soundtrack, and thus, so do you. The graphics are quite basic, but then again there's no need to for them to be any more advanced then they already are. The pollens and flowers are clear (as are, weirdly enough, the hats), and you can always tell where you need to be aiming for at any given time.
In conclusion, this is a good game. The gameplay is enjoyable and unique, and it isn't too easy (if anything, maybe too difficult). Don't come into this expecting a relaxing game, however, as the latter parts of the levels are so fast that if you blink, you may miss them. I can only recommend that you at least try out the trial.
Trailer
Bumblepig was provided for review by Kindling Games
