Plasma Puncher – Pummel the Immune System into Submission

<p>Many people claim that our bodies are a temple&period; What happens when that temple is filled with angry micro-organisms intent on making us sick&quest; Well&comma; that’s where the gameplay of <em>Plasma Puncher<&sol;em> comes in&excl; <em>Plasma Puncher<&sol;em> is a new action brawler with a cellular focus&semi; you are the last white blood cell charged with defending against an army of microbes bent on invading the bloodstream&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Plasma Puncher<&sol;em> reminds me immediately of the film Osmosis Jones&comma; but only in the setting and overall idea&period; Tomatotrap Games has created a colorful action game that gives you full control over a white blood cell that fights microbes using his fists&period; Taking down amoeba one punch at a time is hard work&comma; but thankfully there are power-ups and upgrades to make things easier&period; Instead of progressing from level to level&comma; punching amoebas and protecting the body from viruses&comma; the goal of <em>Plasma Puncher<&sol;em> is to destroy the Spherical arena you are walking on&period; By defeating waves of enemies you can charge your power bar&comma; allowing you to utilize a special attack to damage the surface&period; Damaging the surface depletes the Mother Microbe’s overall health&period; Once you deplete its health&comma; you can enter into it&comma; fighting the core and defeating the Mother Microbe once and for all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;124889" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-124889" style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-124889" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;01234736&sol;Screenshot-01&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;Plasma Puncher&comma; Tomatotrap Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-124889" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Plasma Puncher&comma; Tomatotrap Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Killing enemies allows you to collect &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bluish” particles&comma; which charges your power bar&period; However&comma; killing enemies also releases golden particles&comma; which are used to purchase upgrades for your character&period; As you progress through waves&comma; you can also acquire cosmetic hats that change the way your White Blood Cell looks&period; Combat is pretty fluid but is very challenging as you have no idea what you will face from wave to wave&comma; requiring a bit of trial and error&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Plasma Puncher<&sol;em> is a fun timewaster&comma; but it is fairly repetitive&period; It has multiple difficulty levels for people who find themselves eager for a challenge&period; As you progress you also can unlock a Hardcore and Time Trial to push your limits even further&period; There honestly isn’t much else to the overall mechanics of <em>Plasma Puncher<&sol;em>&comma; but it works as a fun waste of time&period; There are plenty of achievements to go after if you find yourself interested in getting them all&comma; and the main game is somewhat fun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;124890" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-124890" style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-124890" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;01234958&sol;Screenshot-03&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;Plasma Puncher&comma; Tomatotrap Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-124890" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Plasma Puncher&comma; Tomatotrap Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The problem that <em>Plasma Puncher<&sol;em> runs into is that it’s most fun mechanics are power-ups and late game combat&period; The problem with that is&comma; the Power-ups are few and far between &lpar;unless you spend valuable golden particles on them&comma; thereby eliminating the ability to get permanent upgrades&rpar; and the enemies can be unfair in the way they move and attack&period; Some attacks are practically unavoidable&comma; while some enemies can fly out of your reach&comma; making it incredibly frustrating&period; There were many times that I played through an entire wave&comma; only to take unfair damage from the last &lpar;or second to last&rpar; enemy and have to start the wave all over again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Plasma Puncher<&sol;em> seems like a flash game that was sold on the Steam Store&period; It is fun for a little while&comma; but there’s not enough substance to it to really set it apart from the other games in the genre&period; I like it&comma; and there are other people who will too&comma; but it doesn’t have what it needs to make it great&period; There is no real storyline&comma; no progression beyond the upgrades&comma; and no change in scenery beyond different enemies&period; Beating up microbes is fun&comma; but eventually&comma; it does get a bit boring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A PC Review Key for Plasma Puncher was provided by TomatoTrap for the Purpose of this Review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;