I pre-ordered this game, what the fuck was I thinking.

That's not fair, I know what I was thinking - I don't play MyCareer so the microtransactions don't affect me even though they're absolutely criminal.

No, I play 2K for MyTeam and most importantly MyLeague. MyLeague... works. Mostly as intended too. I think it has added too much micromanagement but you don't actually have to engage with it so that's fine.

No, where this game falls down is PLAYING THE DAMN GAME OF BASKETBALL. I'm not a pro. Not even close to it. But in previous 2K games is was able to run plays, make shots and play defence. I have no clue what they did to this one but I hate every minute of playing the game. Hell, I even tried playing with a full team of 90-overall players - nah didn't help. I see people on the 2K sub reddit saying this has the best gameplay yet and I don't get it at all. It'd be real cool if it was fucking possible to make an open layup - is that too much to ask?

Anyway, that's my gripe. Also how about having some non-shady business practices 2K you absolute ghouls

This was kind of what I was looking for from Super Bomberman R but now replaying this, I think I had rose-tinted glasses either way.

I do enjoy the core gameplay and I feel like a god when I manage to kick a bomb and stop it just in time to trap an enemy. But at the end of the day, it's overly repetitive and brutally punishing at times.

I will die on a hill that this game was excellent in it's time. Hell, the fact i managed to beat the game and enjoyed the shit out of it as a kid is testament to that. But now less fun to play 20 years later.

I'm extremely curious about whether Bomberman can turn itself around or another studio can pick up the core gameplay loop that this has left behind because there may be something here and I think there could be a market for an innovation. Or maybe game design has just moved on and games like this have been left behind forever, who knows.

I popped this on intending to quickly check it out and see if I could relive some nostalgia. Accidentally played the whole thing, woops.

I really like this game. I absolutely have nostalgia glasses and am blessed to remember all of the nonsensical hidden esoteric bullshit, I can't imagine trying to parse this as a first-timer.

But I'm gonna live my truth, this game is great, it's probably a big stupid idiot move by me that I haven't played the 3DS remake, I should fix that asap.

Also first time finishing the game in under 3 hours and getting bikini Samus at the end, go me I guess?