The Bouncer (US release Impressions)

Just out of curiousity,..

How long is Bouncer supposed to be anyway?

- dm
- what\'s in the f\'cking box?

btw, thanks for your impressions Ryu.

I agree with Unknown, I\'ll probably rent it, finish it, and if I like it, buy it later on when it comes down in price.

The Bouncer is supposed to take you about 90 minutes to beat if you skip all the cut scenes and just play through it while the cut-scenes add about another 40 minutes to the game.  As for the shortness of games, that all depends.  In RE, I could beat that game in under 3 hours, but rarely did I ever hear people ***** about it because it was just so damn good.  It all depends.  If it\'s a game that gets boring after 5 hours, but it\'s only 5 hours long, then it\'s perfect.

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Originally posted by RichGUK
Yeah what a shame, I was really looking forward to this title esp since im a big fan of streets of rage style games.

Uhm.:rolleyes:
Yeah, its a super cool game!

A "Super cool" short game?

I\'ll rent. Not buy.

The length of time spent playing a game doesn\'t make it good or bad.

If you actually enjoy the storyline you can get over repetitive gameplay.

I was sick to death of Summoner when I was about half way through it. But I kept playing it to finish it and get the entire story revealed.

The graphics are are amazing, but I didn\'t find it as boring as ryu did.  I also skipped though the cut scenes just not to spoil it for myself.  Anyways..the concept is very simple, but what do you expect from a beat em up game.  If you do have the money to blow..then by all means go ahead..but by that I mean you probably must have a large savings account or probably could make it up in just 3 or so hours of work.  And besides..this month there are two other games worth waiting for so dont feel like your missing out if you decide to buy the bouncer ^_^

The Bouncer is supposed to take you about 90 minutes to beat if you skip all the cut scenes and just play through it while the cut-scenes add about another 40 minutes to the game.

Thanks Ryu.

Now for the rest of you.. um, what the hell are you expecting (in length) from a beat em up? Was Final Fight 35 hours long? Exactly. The longest beat em up I ever played was Guardian Heroes. Which also happens to be my favorite. And that game took roughly 45-60 minutes to beat. Yes, it had lots of replay value, but it wasn\'t a 20 hour long game. Maybe the criticism Bouncer has received was due to its hype and expectations. I expect nothing out of this world but a nice looking beat em up.

Another beat em up which I enjoyed was Sword of the Berserk on DC. The gameplay was repetitive but I still enjoyed going through it. Hack, hack, slash, kill 10 enemies, hack, hack, slash, another 10 enemies, etc. I\'ll see how Bouncer is this coming week.


- dm
- what\'s in the f\'cking box?

Xbox fanboy\'s new argument to the Jaggy free great games is "They are 5 minutes long"