If you ever worry that one day you might have to help someone defuse a bomb from a remote location and only have a phone to communicate, or find yourself in the remote location with nothing but a bomb and a phone, then this game can help you prepare and develop a sort of peace of mind in your long-distance bomb-defusing skills. Or, if you simply want to test your communication skills with your friends and family while having a fun time, this game can help you do that too.
Easy to Learn, Hard to Master
When you put on the headset, you are instructed on how to navigate the joyfully colored bomb using the DualShock 4 controller. Once the simple controls are mastered, anyone can play this game. The fun of it is in the virtual reality and the way that wearing the headset recreates a similar remote location situation where neither couch person nor headset person can see what the other is seeing. The game will test your ability to speak clearly, quickly, and without the need to repeat or explain again, otherwise the bomb will explode and one of you will “die.”
Let?s talk about that death, though. I was expecting and hoping for some sort of earth-shaking fiery insanity. What really happens is much less exciting, but perhaps more realistic. The screen just goes black while you hear an explosion noise. Maybe this symbolizes that death from a bomb held in your own two hands would be quick and uneventful. I was disappointed, however, because the fun of this game is in pr...