Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons

Begrudgingly, I'm going to have to say 'no' on this one. I really tried to enjoy it, but the irritants outweigh the positives! It ended up at a point where I ended up thinking "Ah, I really don't want to play this again, I'm just wasting my own time. Doing these same annoying level patterns over and over kinda sucks, even if they are in a random order." The core idea of the game has merit, but the way it's implemented is painful. "You can use treasure to upgrade your abilities!" - Not until you can beat 40 stages without ever getting hit in 100 seconds. The whole upgrade thing is post-game mechanic. Unless you can play 40 rounds of the original Bubble Bobble without being hit a single time, it's unlikely you'll reach this point. "Complete missions to earn things!" - You earn currencies like gems which you can't actually use. Again, it's for the post-game. "There's dungeons!" - There's two dungeons, and they're kind of annoying to play. It's based around slowly clearing out enemies with powerups you obtain before you start the dungeon. "You can take items to help you!" - The items you 'take' are limited use consumable bubbles or items that let you skip floors. The skip-floor items would be nice for, say, reaching that 40th round without getting hit, but you can only take four items with you. "The levels are random!" - It's the same handful of layouts in a random order with minor differences, like thesame layout being horizontally flipped, or a couple of enemies being slightly harder versions. It has severe difficulty/balancing issues. Normal players won't even reach the point of character upgrades, and experts will be turned off by having to grind for items before being allowed to play further. Here's hoping they balance it in some way in the future, but I'm not too hopeful - it seems like an abandoned proof of concept game that they decided to ditch and just release what they had made so far.

The idea of a rogue-lite Bubble Bobble is, admittedly, a solid one in theory. Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons has cute graphics and is fun enough to play, but is unfortunately pretty much ruined by odd design choices. There are two dungeons and two castles to pick from. Castles have a set design and merely task you with navigating them before fighting a boss. You get a bunch of missions that reward you with materials and new features as you complete them, but the real meat is that the dungeons become practically endless. While this could have absolutely worked, the developers decided that the game needed to be slavishly devoted to its roots to the detriment of the entire experience. You can level up various skills, but this is moronically locked behind clearing 40 floors of the first dungeon. Doesn't sound too bad? You can only take a single hit and you have a time limit. Run out of time and, just like the classic games, an invincible enemy shows up to hound you. The majority of players won't even be able to unlock the ability to level up skills due to this. Even if you can avoid enemies indefinitely here (good f*cking luck with that), the time limit makes things a far harder sell. You can increase your time a bit by killing enemies, but it's still not enough. All of the above coupled with a stupidly high price ($40 USD for a game like this is almost as insane as locking skill level-ups behind such a ridiculous barrier) means that the game is absolutely not worth picking up. It's almost astounding how bad the devs f*cked this up.

[h1] 新作＋旧作移植のダブルパック　しかし… [/h1] ストーリークエスト完了・全ダンジョン50F・全キャッスル100%クリア済みでのレビューです。 タイトルは「バブルボブル シュガーダンジョン」ですが、前作「4フレンズ」のように旧作の移植もセットです。 今回はゲーム内メニューから選ぶのではなく、起動前に「シュガーダンジョン」か「バブルシンフォニー」を選ぶランチャー形式です。 [h1]旧作移植「バブルシンフォニー」について[/h1] [list] [*]AC版そのものの移植ではなく、UIといったゲーム外仕様やセガサターン版の開発会社の名前が出ているので実質Sトリビュートです。 [*]追加機能としてコマンド入力なしで「スーパーモード」「人間モード」等が使えるようになっています。 [/list] [b]問題は新作の「シュガーダンジョン」です。[/b] 正直おすすめできません。Steam版を先行リリースしたのは「実質的なアーリーアクセス」で、今後修正されると信じて、低評価レビューを残します。 一言で言えば[b]プレイヤーを楽しませるより、開発の想定通りのプレイ内容やプレイ時間を強要する要素まみれ。[/b] 全体を通して「基本無料ゲームとして企画されたものを、調整不足のままCS用にスライドした」ようなちぐはぐさを感じます。 [h2]1. 「即死」と「ランダム生成」と「初見殺し」の最悪な噛み合わせ[/h2] 本作は残機なしの即死ゲーですが、以下の要素が組み合わさることで理不尽な即死が多発します。 「ランダム生成要素あり」でありながら「初見殺し」も配置されている点です。 具体的には [list] [*]30F以上潜った深層で、開始直後にワープさせられ、即ジャンプしないと死ぬ配置。 [*]複数のワープを継ぐステージで、どこが繋がっているか色で判別不能なままタイミングが悪いとワープ先が敵と重なっており即死。 [*]似たような配置の微妙な地形違いで、段差で攻撃がずれた引っ掛けパターンが複数バリエーション用意されている。 [/list] キャッスル側の固定ステージなら「覚えゲー」として成立しますが、これをランダム生成ダンジョンでやるのは理不尽なだけです。 [strike]ホンマにその死に方で面白い思たんか？再挑戦の意欲になるミスと思たんかワレ？[/strike] [h2]2. 手段と目的が逆転したバランス調整[/h2] 強化して挑むことをウリとしているのに、バブルンの基礎能力の強化が遅すぎます。 具体的には [list] [*]「すかるもんすた」の出現時間含めた強化解放条件が「スイートダンジョン40F到達」。 [*]しかし、初期の100秒では40F到達自体が困難。 [*]序盤は敵数が少なく（6体以下）、コンボによる時間回復もまともにできない。 [*]尚、強化メニューでは序盤から強化不可能な最大レベル１でメニュー自体は解放されている。 [/list] プレイヤーとしては「クリアできないから強化したい」のに、解放自体がクリア報酬。 これでは手段と目的が逆転してます。 せめて、１つ目のキャッスルクリアで強化レベルのLv2解放はすべき。 体感的には前作のハードのEXTEND全回収かつ☆３クリアを同時達成ぐらいの難易度に感じました。スキップクーヘン４つ使った上でそう感じました。 前作ノーマルコンテニューありクリア程度でええやろ… あと自分がLv2強化解放したのはすでにラスボスに挑める状態でした。 [h2]3.残機はないわけではない(ｷﾘｯ[/h2] 先ほど即死といいましたが、残機に変わるもの自体は存在することは言わないと不公平でしょう。 バブルンクッキーというアイテムがあります。所持するだけでダメージを受けたときに自動使用。 が、やはりこれも問題点が多数 [list] [*]持ち込みアイテム扱いなので、アイテム枠を圧迫。スキップクーヘン持ち込ませろ。 [*]アイテム枠解放はストーリークエスト終了時点では[b]必要素材すら未発見[/b]。 [*]レシピ開放も結構な回数死亡しないといけない。 [*]尚、コンペイトウでの値段設定は[b]完全にソシャゲやネトゲのその場蘇生アイテムのノリの値付け。 [/b][/list] 基礎能力で体力アップ、もしくは「クッキーポケット」的な専用枠があればよかったのでは？ 勿論１個だけはスイートダンジョンの10F以下でそう時間がかからず入手可能なものばかりで開けれるようにで。 [h2]4. あまりにも不親切すぎる素材集め仕様[/h2] [list] [*]素材の入手場所のヒントがなく不親切。昨今のソシャゲでもドロップ場所ぐらいは書いてる。 [*]「銅」素材が全然出ないのに「銀」が余るなど、ドロップバランスが崩壊している。 [*]銀素材の上位アイテムレシピの解放条件が「銅素材の下位アイテム100回使用」など、過剰な回数を要求される。 [/list] 売り切りのゲームで、この制限いる？ この辺が「基本無料ゲームとして企画されたものを、調整不足のままCS用にスライドした」と感じる最大の要素。 あと、レインボーアイランドからの引用ではない「ミッション報酬以外でほぼほぼ手に入らない宝石アイテム」の存在もその辺のニオイがプンプンする。 [h2]5. 操作性もテンポも悪いUIと演出[/h2] [list] [*]そもそものメニュー類がソシャゲのUIをコントローラーで操作させるような仕様。 [*]ミッション達成、宝箱出現、次ミッション解放演出などがいちいちウェイトが長く、[b]すべてスキップ不可。[/b] [*]ステージ開始演出も無駄に長くスキップ不可。 [*]最速クリアを求める仕様の癖にステージ遷移演出もやたら長い。初代バブルボブルぐらい短くしてほしい。 [/list] 演出なんて初めの数回見たらガンガンスキップするのが周回ダンジョンゲーのお約束でしょうに。 [h2]6. 過去作からの改悪点もいろいろ[/h2] [list] [*]前作にあった0.5ブロックの高さの地形はほぼ廃止。これ自体はまぁどっちにも転ぶ。 [*]しかし、前作のパズル要素であった「敵の上半身に泡が当たらない」仕様だけ残っており、見た目で泡が当たってるのにという事故死の原因に。 [*]アーケード作品や前作のようにコンティニュー連打でエンディング自体は見られるような救済措置もない。 [/list] 本当にこれがプレイヤーにやらせたい、プレイヤーが楽しめると思った変更なんか…？ プレイ内容とプレイ時間が想定だったらプレイヤーが面白いと感じると思ってたんか…？ 即死もだけど開発者の「プレイヤーを引っ掛けれたら楽しい」目線で作ってません…？ [h1]これなら「10時間足らずで終わったけど面白かった」ゲームのほうがマシ[/h1] 巷でクソゲーといわれる作品もある程度の高難易度といわれるエンドコンテンツ要素も突破したことはありますが、ここまで「つまらない高難度」は初めてです。 突破する面白さ？与えられた理不尽分のマイナスがゼロになるだけの虚無です。 開発者は、私のこのカスハラじみた物言いは、すべてプレイヤーに与えた理不尽が返ってきているものだと思ってください。

画面和UI不像是2025年的，完全就是2005年的风格，复古不等于粗糙，复古风也可以做成很精致，但这游戏从里到外都体现一股子廉价塑料感。甚至最离谱的是这游戏还报毒，杀软疯狂弹窗，不知道这游戏到底在做什么。

Taito I love you but c'mon. Controls are very laggy and Bubble Symphony music is a glitchy mess. Refunded!

If you weren't satisfied by Bubble Bobble 4 Friends, which was essentially a puzzle game borrowing Bubble Bobble mechanics and lacking the frantic arcade action, seemingly targeted at a younger audience... You'll likely be disappointed by Sugar Dungeons, which seems like the same kind of thing. I'll always have a soft spot for this franchise but I'd rather see it grow with its audience. (Okay what I really want is a new Rainbow Islands game... One of these days...) However, it does come with Bubble Symphony, which is awesome. Probably not worth it at full price but maybe on sale.

I am happy to support any Bubble Bobble please consider making a Rainbow Islands remake :)

I feel terrible whenever I'm forced to give a negative review to a franchise I love, but here we are. The overall feel, difficulty, and crafting leaves me feeling that this was a game originally intended for mobile where you could either grind or pay your way through, but was then decided near the end of the development cycle to just put it on PC as a premium game instead all while forgetting to remove the mobile trappings. You're given 1 life where you're only 1 hit to complete each area, power-ups ([i]especially the coveted single use extra life cookies[/i]) require grinding extensively for a ridiculous amount of crafting materials, and any meaningful upgrade is only possible very late into the game where you won't really need it anymore. The dungeons have very little pattern variation and also a very strict timer that takes more time and effort to refill by any meaningful amount than you'll most likely be able to replenish unless you get a room that makes it fast and easy to create a large chain. I do appreciate that it tries to reinvent itself with rogue-like gameplay elements and encouraging you to pick and choose your battles by making combat optional, encouraging you to only fight when you see a possibility to create a large enough chain to be worth it - but these opportunities are seldom and overall the game just doesn't feel fun or fair in comparison to Bub's past adventures. The real treat here was the inclusion of the arcade game, Bubble Symphony, which is easily my favorite game in the series besides the NES Bubble Bobble Part 2, and in my opinion, would've been worth the price of admission alone. However, Taito dropped the ball here as well and the game is littered with a handful of noticeable and annoying visual artifacts that aren't present in other ports of that game such as Taito Memories for the PS2. Hopefully Taito revisits this title to fix where this game went wrong so I can change my review.

Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons is a really good evolution of the Bubble Bobble formula! It's a super fun game and I cannot stress that enough. The game features both dungeons and castles, dungeons being closer to the original Bubble Bobble arcade game in a sense where it's level to level, while castles are an entirely new mode where you explore room from room (the castles were 100% the highlight for me, and I wouldn't mind a game that was JUST those if I'm being completely honest). The game has a really good difficulty to it. It starts out pretty easy, but then after the tutorial missions, quickly starts to get really hard, dare I say harder than the originals. There are a lot of very unique gimmicks this time around as well Whether it be brand new enemy types, ice physics, breakable blocks, etc. The game always felt like it had something new to throw at me near the end. However I do have to express my feelings towards the things I was not a fan of as well. For one, there are only two worlds, which was very disappointing, because most of the new stuff happens in the second one, and the game left me wanting more after the final boss. While yes, the dungeons are there and can be endless, the layouts feel about the same as one another, and I didn't feel much variety at all after a while in those. I feel as if the missions were a little too grind dependent also. Most of my time was grinding the dungeons just so I could complete enough missions to do the castles, or unlock a skill that I needed. (or even be able to craft cookies which work as your lives in this game because normally you can only take one hit). It felt like while there was a lot of play time because of this, there wasn't actually too MUCH to play if that makes sense. Like I said, the castles are by far the best part of this game in my opinion, and they both feel amazing, so when I found out the second one was the last one, I was a bit disappointed because that one did so many cool new things that Bubble Bobble has never really experimented with before, but as quick as I got to it, it was over. I want to state that I didn't even unlock everything that Bub could even do before I got to the end. Which I guess this game's focus is replayability, but it's a bit hard to want to replay it after the ending since I had to grind those stages to death to even GET to the end of the game, and I feel like I've seen everything at that point. EDIT: in the soundtrack, there's music for a 3rd dungeon, and two other Castle themes, however I didn't get any kind of mission to unlock either of these if they even exist in the game currently, so take that with a grain of salt. Overall, I still say that I recomend this game, but only if you're a huge Bubble Bobble series fan like I am. There are a lot of surprises, such as some characters appearing in the MAIN Bubble Bobble series for the first time (like Woolen, Liber, etc.), and brand new gimmicks as mentioned earlier. However I do have to say that if you're picking up this game, to get it on a sale. I do not feel as if it was a 40-50$ game, and I was expecting a lot more. The problem isn't that the game is bad, it's that it feels like it ended as soon as I was getting to the really cool brand new stuff, and I do hope that they add more content to the game in the future because I feel as if this game could really benefit having more stages and / or game modes. Bubble Symphony was a fun bonus though!

苦行 未強化の状態がかなり長く、アイテムでストックするためデフォの残機は常に1 これらの仕様のせいでかなりのリトライを強いられますので シリーズ愛好家でも正直オススメできません