Blow It Up Review: Explosive Fun or Just a Fizzle? Find Out Now!

by Jim Smale · Published February 25, 2025 · Updated February 25, 2025

Get ready to dive into our Blow It Up review for PlayStation 5, where we’ll break down everything you need to know about this explosive title. From its familiar Angry Birds-style gameplay and voxel-like graphics to its unique mechanics and characters, we’ll cover the highs and lows of this engaging game. With fast loading times and an array of destructible environments, “Blow It Up” promises hours of entertainment. Curious if it lives up to the hype? Read on to discover our detailed take on this thrilling game and find out if it’s worth adding to your collection.

Blow It Up Review Pros:

Chunky voxel-like graphics.
368.4MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Angry Birds style gameplay. You throw bombs at structures to hit all the enemies.
World map level select, freely roam around, and choose the level to play.
Earn coins to open up new parts of the map for new levels.
Hot explosive barrels and the like to get more destruction.
You can see the aiming arrow before firing.
Uses the same control scheme as Angry Birds.
The soundtrack is just remixes of well-known nursery rhymes.
Fast loading times.
You get X amount of throws, which are represented by hearts.
You can replay levels.
Full physics system in play so structures can fall in on themselves or lean.
You can choose to explode your character whenever you want or have him just hit walls.
Rescue and use different characters who have unique abilities.
Earn Bronze, Silver, and Gold trophies per level that show on the world map.
When you unlock a new character you get a playable tutorial on how to use them.
I found that the game got a lot more entertaining the further you get as the levels are better designed, and having a stable of characters makes it more a satisfying endeavor.
You can blow up elements throughout the game world and find secret areas.
Every part of the map has hidden coins.

Blow It Up Review Cons:

Cannot view or edit the controls.
No way to zoom the camera in making it hard at times to make structures and enemy placements out.
If you press pause as the level is finishing then the game will lock up.
Level difficulty is up and down constantly with some really tricky ones early on.
Very little replay value.
Doesn’t offer anything like online or offline leaderboards.
The play area looks like it’s a 2D space but it’s 3D where objects can fall forward and back making it very hard to know what’s going on.
There is no reward or incentive to try and use the least amount of bombs to clear the level.

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