MyGaming catches up with South African developer Open-Reset to discuss the future of game making in the country, as well as their upcoming side scrolling platformer, Bounty Arms.
Touch Arcade - Kerosene Games knows how to make a visually-gorgeous game; Bounty Arms [$4.99] is proof of it. But graphics never make up for the rest of a game’s short-comings, and when the shine of the polygons wear-off so does the hypnosis. Sure, Bounty Arms is gorgeous and resides with a charming art-direction, but not much more than that.
GIZORAMA - What happens when a development team creates a three-dimensional, side-scrolling iOS game about a funky trio of intergalactic bounty hunters? In Bounty Arms’ case, nothing good occurs. Kerosene Games’ title is an incredible concept that was ruined by shoddy gameplay mechanics and a forgettable story line.
Bounty Arms takes place on an unnamed planet where the player can take control of three bounty hunters: Goober, Flux Helix and Drake Mass. Each character is one dimensional, stereotypical and predictable. Their goal is to take down the evil mastermind Vengard who also is as interesting as watching grass grow. The story feels as if it was inserted as an after thought.
Pocket Gamer - The march of progress for mobile gaming has moved at such a pace that it's easy to take games like Bounty Arms for granted.
We almost forget that not so long ago phones were capable of playing nothing more complicated than Snake, and here we are with a third-person platform-shooter boasting almost console-quality graphics.
