Chris Scantleberry

Finally, the evil gameplay quirks have come to an end.

Admit it, you didn't think a patch was ever going to come out.

Well it's finally here and I for one, couldn't be happier. It was only a matter of time before Hudson would step up and release the much-needed patch to address some gameplay related issues affecting Bomberman Live. Though with the recent decline of online competitors, has the update possibly arrived too late? It seems I am one of the few actively diehard fans who actually bother with playing it throughout the week.

Much of the changes are directly related to the matchmaking and a few are actually critical to the actual battles themselves. I for one, am thankful that they've lowered the amount of time it takes to locate a match as well as adding the ability to preview matches before jumping into ranked games. Up till now, that used to be exclusive to player matches. And that new "Dangerous Bomb" combination sounds delightfully evil. Now if only they could do something about those darn quitters. Below is just a few of the improvements which the free update has tweaked:

  • Costumes come correct: If users have Bomb-Up Pack 2, but not Bomb-Up Pack 1, costume changes now save correctly.
  • No more power-up lag: Previously, due to network lag, some power-ups that had already been picked up by one user remained on the ground on another user’s screen. This is no longer the case.
  • Less waiting between matches: The in-between match timer has been reduced to 20 seconds and is now visible to users.
  • Brag for a minute: Online end of match screens now show gamerpics instead of Bomberman heads. There’s also a timer of 60 seconds for the winner to brag.
  • Over six figures of bombing: Leaderboards now show numbers beyond 100,000.
  • Know what you’re getting yourself into: Users can now preview match settings from the game lobby.
  • 1 bomb + 1 bomb = dangerous bomb: Kicking two bombs together now makes dangerous bombs more often.
  • Plunder some more: Scavenger can now be turned on for the “Plunder Isle” level.

    Care to take a guess what I am off to play now??



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