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Quick Look: Slam Bolt Scrappers

Jeff and Alex see if this hodgepodge of puzzle game elements is worth the sum of its bolted-on scraps.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Mar. 29 2011

Cast: Jeff, Alex

Posted by: Drew

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Slam Bolt Scrappers

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Now leaving the whole quest thing, the game looks pretty damn fun!

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Congrats

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SLAM!

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oh balls

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Edited By TheKing

Late night Quick Look. 

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kinda confusing looking

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Game is $14.99 not $9.99

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lack of online multiplayer is a real negative

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Seems like a ton of work just to play tetris

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Looks like a mess.

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This seems like a neat little game.

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@thoseposers said:
" kinda confusing looking "
It is confusing for the first few minutes but once you figure out what you're doing it's not that bad.
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The creeps look really annoying.

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Also, it's a bummer that they didn't do a four player game. When I played this at PAX there was four of us and it was crazy

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Bomack reminds me a little too much of the dude from Trash It on the PS1.

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I have a code for this but I'm wondering if I should use it or just trades it away. Just doesn't seem for me.

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Remove the melee and I'm in. Tetris with more of a point and competitive focus seems cool; I suck at Tetris but it's fun to play. Kind of a fan of Tower Defense too, just don't want to mash buttons to attack/respawn; in fact I could live without the avatar all together, it'd make the game more bare-bones but probably faster and more playable.
 
All hats however... should have a distinct and unique function.

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The end of this Quick Look is just great.

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I got wrecked at this game at PAX, looks neat though.
 
Also what happened there at the end? :P

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FIGHT!!!

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@Musou said:
" YES?  Edit: Shit that was lucky "
You're lame.
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Edited By Ronald

The big thing is not to do what Jeff did and try to make perfect matches while your base is getting hammered on.  Also, this game just looks odd.

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Does Alex work for giantbomb or screened? Sometimes I can't tell anymore.

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i was really liking the demo until the part i needed to kill those things to get the pieces

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It should be 5 dlls for what you get.

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Jeff, Alex, do you have some unresolved issues that need working out? 
 
Wouldn't a bro hug fix all of this?

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Is it me or does this look really dull?

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Alex is in the quicklook? 
 
Ugh... I dunno if I can handle his awkward, bad attempts at "fitting in" after this long ass podcast.

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I just like the throwdown at the end. "Friend."

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@MordeaniisChaos said:
"Alex is in the quicklook?  Ugh... I dunno if I can handle his awkward, bad attempts at "fitting in" after this long ass podcast. "

Alex was fitting in with this crew long before Giantbomb existed.
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The character selection screen reminds me a lot of Super Smash Bros.

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I can see why they where confused at first since there's a real lack of indicators. That said, once you get it it looks really fun. Too bad it doesn't look like there's any online.

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@danimal_furry said:

" @MordeaniisChaos said:

"Alex is in the quicklook?  Ugh... I dunno if I can handle his awkward, bad attempts at "fitting in" after this long ass podcast. "
Alex was fitting in with this crew long before Giantbomb existed. "
Yea, he was "there" before Vinny and Brad were, ironically enough. (not counting Gamespot)
 
Was really interested in this game from when I first saw it. The concept at least looks neat.
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Alex, you're making it hard to stick up for you against the haters after such a terrible QL from you, even jeff started to sound a little tired of your random and dumb comments.

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@Zabant said:
" Alex, your're making it hard to stick up for you against the haters after such a terrible QL from you, even jeff started to sound a little tired of your random and dumb comments. "
God I hope this is sarcasm, and that you missed jeff's.
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I did not like this game at all after playing the demo.

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Best part was the fight at the end! LoL

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Seemed rather easy to understand, but Jeff sure had a hard time explaining it...

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This seems like such a weird mash-up of concepts. I appreciate trying something interesting, but I don't know that it works here.

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Amazing end, friend.

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Well after seeing this QL, the game definitely makes sense but really doesn't look like it's going to be very fun due to having to try to do so much by yourself. Even after that game seems a bit one-note so might get dull after a while.

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This game looks kinda tedious, but the 'rage' some of you are throwing at Alex is just shameful, what's wrong with you people?

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Lamo

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This is a lot like a game for GBA I had a long time ago. I forget what its called though.

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@MistaSparkle:  I had that game too and it was a ton of fun. Totally forgot what it was called too.
 
Oh wait. It was Fortress.
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The bigger problem with this only having local multiplayer is how long I figure it'll take to explain all the different mechanics in place beyond the basic controls. It'll keep you from seeing what actually matters and what doesn't before you have friends over. XP

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I'm still not sure what's going on here.

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Do the blocks turning into stuff remind anyone of Team Buddies?

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Friendo

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I'm not your friend, buddy! I'm not your buddy, guy! I'm not your guy, friend!