Foamstars Review - Time To Lather Up!

Did you ever just have the urge to drown a bunch of knock-off anime characters with foam in a giant bathtub? Yeah, me neither, but that’s what we get with Foamstars. For whatever reason, Square Enix decided that it needed a non-lethal, casual, online-only shooter to compete with the plethora of other online hero shooters and battle-royale games on the market. How does it compare to the competition? Well, it definitely stands out, but not necessarily in a good way.

Bubble Trouble

When I first saw Foamstars advertised with scantily clad women playing in bubbles, I assumed it would be a more adult-oriented take on Splatoon. However, after playing the game, I realized it’s more like a crossover between Splatoon and Overwatch. There also really isn’t any adult content or themes in the game, despite it initially seeming like it could go that route. A couple of the girls are in gym attire, but it doesn’t get any riskier than that.

At its core, Foamstars is a third-person hero shooter; it’s very similar to something like Global Agenda, albeit in a simpler and more condensed form. Currently, there are eight characters to choose from in Foamstars, each with a different main weapon and set of skills. 

The weapons are pretty standard class, mimicking shotguns, rifles, pistols, and missile launchers, except they shoot giant, slow-moving balls of foam. For the most part, skills are what you would expect as well. Most characters have a movement or defensive ability and some type of bomb. For example, Agito can move underground quickly and throw an exploding Shuriken, while Soa has an aerial dash and bomb. There are some exceptions to this rule, such as Tonix who has a turret and a homing bomb (surprise!), but overall none of the characters are that complicated to figure out.

In addition to their standard weapon and normal skills, each character also has a Superstar Skill that needs to be charged up. These really set each character apart and can be completely game-changing if you