Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy

Moby ID: 34648
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Description

Blast Works is a cross between a side-scrolling shooter mixed with a bit of Katamari. The main objective of the game is to destroy as many enemies as you can, collecting the pieces of the destroyed enemies to build onto your ship to make it more powerful.

There is a main mission mode with over 15 different missions or players can play non-stop with a Marathon mode. There is also a level editor and a ship editor as well, letting players create their own levels with as many or as few enemies and create their own ships, along with their own special weapons and bullet spread pattern.

It can support up to four player simultaneously and players have the ability to go online and trade ships and levels and show off their high scores. Can be played with the Wii remote and Nunchuk along with the classic controller and players can unlock TUMIKI Fighters, which served as inspiration of the game and where most of the game mechanics are borrowed from, once the game is completed.

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Average score: 76% (based on 25 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 6 ratings with 1 reviews)

It's a Shmup-A-Thon!

The Good
Blast works offers everybody a chance to make their wildest shmup dreams come true. Simple to use editor can be used to create everything from your ow ships to your very own bullet patterns. These editors give you unlimited possibilities when it comes to making your own quality shmup. Even if you don't want to work on your own items in the game, you can always go to internet and download creations from other people.

The Bad
This game is pretty much only for those who are interested or really love shmups. The single player campaign is also really short so if you aren't interested in making your own items or downloading other peoples creations, this game is not for you. Limited space for the downloads and your own creations can be too little if you get really in the mood for creating or downloading items. It's not really too big of a problem but it forces you to delete some stuff every now and then...

The Bottom Line
Basically Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy is a create your own shmup kit that offers fans of the genre a possibility to create any kind of shmup they want with the games easy to use editors. The game also comes with a small single player campaign, mostly to make people used to game mechanics that the game uses. (These mechanics are NOT used in every level that you find on the internet) Thankfully you can also download levels from the internet. There are many high quality levels in there that probably deserved to be their own games. The packet is a quality product but may appeal only to those who are fans of the genre.

Wii · by Sonikku225 (185) · 2010

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Game added by Big John WV.

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Game added June 19, 2008. Last modified February 14, 2024.