Game Review: Bring Me Sandwiches!! Goes Free and Invites You to a Comedic and Crazy Adventure!

by Chrisanna Lazaridou on 27 April 2015 · 2736 views

It is always great news to hear that a popular game goes from paid to free with no drawbacks for the player. Bring Me Sandwiches!! has been around for quite some time and recently, apart from being updated for iPhone 6/6S, it also took a turn and became a completely free game app, available for everyone to download and play!

The only thing that changed, is that there are ads here and there, (obviously, you saw that coming of course) but it is by no means a reason to complain about.

So, let’s take a look on that hilariously awesome game, shall we?

Plot

When Earth is invaded by a giant frog-like alien named Gourmo, he makes an absurd demand to our hero, a lowly fast food employee named Jimmy Nugget, to bring to him sandwiches or he’ll destroy the Earth! Now, by the order of the US president himself, you are charged with saving the planet by bringing to the alien as many sandwiches as he wishes, with any ingredient you can find (including meat, trash, humans or even... cats) while running on the streets. The premise gets even more random and hilarious once you start playing and come across all sorts of weird ingredients (I don’t use the word obstacles because in this game, almost anything can become a sandwich). Hilarity ensues!

Gameplay

In BMS you control Jimmy and you have to make sure he gets enough ingredients for his sandwich to bring it to the hungry alien. The controls are fairly easy although a bit tricky at first.

Before starting you are asked whether you want to play by tapping or by tilting your screen. I’m not a big fan of controlling characters by tilting although it works for many players. If you choose tap controls your actions are: a) Drag and Hold left thumb to run and b) Tap with right thumb to jump.

The game begins with a tutorial that is present in many levels, in the form of governmental bodyguards that you come across in the streets, giving you advice on what to do next (important notice: bodyguards can’t become sandwiches!).

When a round begins, a small spaceship is waiting for you to give you a slice of bread to start gathering ingredients. You can’t collect them if you don’t have bread, so be careful not to go around kicking stuff and wasting ingredients this way. I actually made that mistake many times because the spaceships await you a few meters further from where you begin and it’s easy to forget about it.

The bread slices come in many sizes. With a small slice you can pick up small objects, and with bigger ones you can pick up bigger objects. Also, large objects that you will encounter, such as boxes and balls, can be pushed or used as platforms.

Once you gather 100% of the required ingredients, you bring the sandwich to the next spaceship that waits for you and it takes it to the alien monster. In every round, the monster requests different kinds of things, such as a sandwich with a cat, or more than one sandwiches. In order to complete a level with a perfect score, apart from gathering all ingredients you also have to do it under the required time, as well as not to have any drops, which means to avoid stumbling in obstacles or hostile citizens.

You can see the menu requests in the Objective Meter located at the top of your screen. Apart from the objective meter, other displayed icons include the Health display and the Damage display, which show how many times you have been hit and lost ingredients. If you get hit 5 times, it’s game over and you have to start the round again.

I mentioned hostile citizens earlier and you probably wonder what that means; well, apparently there are people who are idolizing the alien and get in your way (most of them look like hippies and that makes it even funnier). Good for them, you can include them in your sandwich which will be brought to the alien!

As you clear round after round, new elements start to appear, such as going underground and finding keys to unlocking doors, as well as finding alien spaceship parts that you need to collect.

Additional items include plenty of power ups will help you in times of need, such as the alien rocket pack that gives you a boost to jump higher, or the magnet that attracts objects that are far from you. Other than “food”, you can collect coins and that can be exchanged for lives (50 coins gives you 1 life).

Graphics & Sounds

The graphics are 2D but give the illusion of 3D and it works great, actually. The designs are funny and cartoonish, and the colors crystal-clear, lively and with a huge variety. They are not tiring for the eye and make the experience more enjoyable.

The BG music is equally fun and pleasant to the ear. It matches the comedic atmosphere and I totally recommend playing the game with sound on.

Conclusion

Needless to say, Bring me Sandwiches!! is a great game with funny twists, intuitive controls, addicting gameplay and pleasant visuals to accompany the rest amazing features. It is certainly a blessing to have this game for free so grab it and enjoy the crazy plot that it offers!