Aside from this moment the right stick is never used. ![]() Another such moment is one where the left stick controls Bulb Boy and the right controls his dog, which the game doesn’t tell you and I figured out on accident by pressing buttons randomly. There is a boss fight, of sorts, at the end of the game that is the most ‘gamey’ thing about Bulb Boy and also probably its weakest moment thanks to it not being obvious what to do. I absolutely hate stealth in most games because I’m more one to go in guns blazing, but here I didn’t have a problem with it. ![]() This isn’t a huge issue as the characters control fine, if not a bit slow, although it would have been nice to have traditional point-and-click kind of controls available via touchscreen when in handheld mode.Ī few sections require hiding from monsters in easy stealth sections or taking paths to avoid enemies from catching Bulb Boy. Originally Bulb Boy was a point-and-click adventure title for PC, but the Switch port is controller-based only. I didn’t mind it so much myself and appreciated the developers doing something original. One thing that may turn some people off is the fact that entire game is played in an almost Game Boy-like green color with the occasional Virtual Boy-like red during cutscenes or deaths. The monsters aren’t exactly the scariest and there is plenty of gross-out humor to be found here involving food, poop, and other bodily fluids (specifically snot). That is honestly a great way to describe the game in general. Users on Metacritic gave the Xbox version of Bulb Boy a 7.6/10.Thankfully, that is all you really need since the characters are so expressive thanks to the charming animation which is reminiscent of Ren & Stimpy meets Courage the Cowardly Dog. He ultimately gave the game a "great" rating of 8/10 concluding that while it may be short, it was "clearly lovingly put-together" and managed to "refreshingly" make horror "cute and fun, rather than take itself seriously". Positive mention was also given to the game's final boss, which Craddock felt "offered a slightly different experience that was put together nicely". Ryan Craddock of Nintendo Life, similarly gave the Nintendo Switch version of Bulb Boy a positive review, citing its "successful mixture of ideas" which "see you doing different things as you progress through the story." Craddock also praised its "simple" controls, noting that while the lack of touchscreen input in a point-and-click style game might seem like a "missed opportunity", it meant that players would have the same experience whether in handheld or TV mode. ![]() He also bemoaned one instance where a control option wasn't clear to him, causing a puzzle to stump him for the "wrong reason". Of the few gripes Nation had with Bulb Boy, its short length was one of them. The touch controls were similarly lauded, with Nation calling the game "easy to pick up" as a result. ![]() He also praised the music, feeling that it was "appropriately themed" and helped "reinforce what's on the screen nicely". He praised the game's artstyle, positively comparing it to the work of The Ren & Stimpy Show creator John Kricfalusi calling the visuals "a lot of fun". Writing for Nintendo World Report, Justin Nation gave the game an 8/10. Review aggregator Metacritic gave the Switch version of Bulb Boy a score of 75 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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