Bomb Disposal Expert

Scene begins in a non-descript west asian country.
Time is 1100 hours local time.

Pvt. Ragamuffin: Sarge, we’ve found a bomb!
Sgt. Overcompensation: WHAT!?
*Sergeant stubs out cigar on a nearby stray dog*
Sgt. Overcompensation: I need a sit-rep, NOW!
Pvt. Ragamuffin: There’s a bomb; it’s beeping. There appears to be 4 different coloured lights flashing on top of the bomb, sir!
Sgt. Overcompensation: Good god, we need a man with nerves of steel and the pattern recognition of a precocious five year old! Get me the bomb disposal expert!
*Swelling orchestral soundtrack begins as the expert arrives*
Expert: Apparently there’s a bomb that needs disposing…
*Looks into camera, one eyebrow raised*
Sgt. Overcompensation: You’re the only one who can do it!
*Expert inspects the bomb*
Expert: The pattern appears to be Red Red Blue Yellow Green
Pvt. Ragamuffin: I hope you know what you’re doing!
Expert: Of course, I was county Simon Says champion four years running
*slowly punches in the code into the bomb to a building, tense music*
*BOMB DISARMED*

Sometimes, there’s only so far a simple concept will go. Pattern matching games like Simon Says is one of these games. There’s only so much you can do with a game where you memorise and repeat a pattern. Bomb Disposal Expert goes as far as I could possibly want.

The game places you in control of a bomb as it beeps a code at you, which you must then repeat back to it. Each time the code gets more complicated until you finally disarm it. There’s a tense musical backing, and a heartbeat sound accompanies this. It almost makes the game exciting, but it’s still just a Simon Says clone at heart.

It’s worth a look to see just how much polish you can put on a simple idea, but it won’t keep you occupied for very long.

Bomb Disposal Expert is 200 Points and was developed by Evolution Dreams Studio.

This title was 200 Points at the time of writing this review but has since been reduced to 80 Points.