Brawl Busters Review
Reviewed By Dave Hill
Publisher: Rock Hippo Productions & Weezor
Format: PC
Release Date: Out Now
An interesting leap in the games industry has been the increase in the free-to-play, micro transaction model. Brawl Busters is a prime example of this business model, offering a full game to play for free but giving the user the option to boost your stats with different items with mini charges.
Brawl Busters is an online MMO based around fast paced, cartoony action, where your character can take the form of one of five classes. Rather than the usual sniper, tank, or soldier classes, you are given the option to play as a blitzer, a boxer, a firefighter, a rocker and a slugger with their descriptions below:
Slugger – Armed with a bat and some baseballs their swing is deadly. They’ve perfected the art of long range attacks which makes up for their slow speed during combat.
Firefighter – These busters turn up the heat, literally. Blast enemies with flames or toss detonating grenades. Although this class has the slowest movement speed they make up for it with high HP and special defensive abilities.
Rocker – Never doubt the power of music. Rockers wield an electric guitar that shoots out lightning. Considered one of the most balanced busters this class has the widest range attack. Slap foes up close with your guitar or strike at a distance.
Boxer – Equipped with a handy pair of boxing gloves that glow this class uses a one two punch for knocking enemies out flat. Boxers have the fastest attack speed and the lowest HP.
Blitzer – This class has the highest attack power. Blitzers’ mighty strength enables them to strike the ground inflicting heavy levels of damage to all opponents within distance.
The single player mode for Brawl Busters is a good introduction to the game, but by no means the meat and bones of it. It really comes into its own once you hit the multiplayer aspects. In the multiplayer modes you can either work in a team to fight off hoards of zombies or compete in a giant deathmatch.
The action in Brawl Busters is like something out of the loony toons, its fast paced with alot of bright colours and, what can only be described as, zany effects. Within the game, as you successfully strike opponents or objects, you can get special attacks, ranging from conventional bomb blasts to a weapon that plants cardboard boxes on anyone around you. Its manic, and childish, but it is good fun.
The only negative thing I have about Brawl Busters is the fact that the client does seem a bit unstable. Using it on several different machines, it still managed to crash on a frequent enough basis that I was unable to get myself lost in the game. It’s an unfortunate affliction for a game that otherwise is great fun to play.
Overall: 6/10
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