Umihara Kawase Bazooka! Review (PlayStation 4)

Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! is a fast-paced action game where the player’s goal is to clear the screen of enemies by performing skillful combos with their Bazooka and an extraordinary fishing rod.

Pros:

• Cartoon/Anime style graphics.
• 958.7mb download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Can rebind controls.
• Two game modes-challenge mode or battle mode.
• Online leaderboards for each mode.
• How to play section with an explanation video.
• Challenge mode has 3 game types-single player, friend mode(2-4 player co-op), and rival mode (2-4 player can hit each other).
• 22 characters and a random character button.  Each has a handful of color variants.
• 3 assist/control options-beginner, semi-auto, and technical.
• Four game worlds. Each has nine levels and a boss fight.
• Gameplay-use your fishing rod to grab items and throw them at enemies to kill them.
• Action shooter gameplay.
• The time-each level is timed and any leftover time is carried over to the next level.
• Score-every 50k gets you an extra life.
• Coins-collect the level goal amount to pass the level.
• Enemies have weak points.
• You can use your rod to stick the walls and ceiling.
• Lure enemies to stun them and catch them to then use them as a bazooka.
• Bazooka-posh way of saying ammo for a gun to kill enemies.
• Chain (combo)-kill a load of enemies in one bazooka and get a score bonus but also a chain ball which when used will continue your chain.
• When playing against other players you can still stun and capture them to use them as a bazooka.
• Online play-rank, casual, or private room options.
• The private room uses a passcode system.
• Local play modes-battle Royale (lose all health and be eliminated) and star match (collect the most stars).
• Really easy trophy list. Mostly it’s trophies for playing as each individual character.

Cons:

• Really small text in places.
• No actual tutorial.
• Easy to miss the how to play section.
• No in game help.
• Annoying knockback that takes an age to finish.
• Repetitive gameplay loop.
• Sounds like the same music over and over.
• Can’t change options in-game.
• Cold opening.
• Jumping takes a lot of getting used too as it feels rigid and awkward.
• Only four game worlds.
• Single-player only for online so you can’t take any local players with you.
• A private room always needs a passcode and you get no game settings.
• Just the one game type.