Both the gameplay and in-game graphics are notably sub-standard in Boombots. The game is aimless, sparse, simple and not at all intuitive or immersive. The characters are clunky, spastic and presented in a low-grade, low-resolution format. However, suffering through the flaws does allow players access to more characters and, better yet, more animated cut scenes, which are not, as mentioned, the typical computer-generated movies commonly found in video games. Rather, the segues are well-crafted Claymation sequences with enough goofy plot development and personality to fill a small animation film festival. The sense of humor shows shades of Matt Groening's Futurama or the cheeky absurdity of Sony Interactive Studios' Blasto!, which came complete with non-stop quips and quotables from the late, great Phil Hartman.

Yet while Boombots is indeed chock-full of clever one-liners and sassy spanking fatalities, it is tolerable only for a while. Then it just becomes more and more painful, with groaner humor and repetitive slapstick. Essentially the game involves foolish mashing and banging on the controls with random, whirly-twitch effects (sometimes comical, sometimes unintentionally bizarre) and then a droll cut scene Claymating itself and keeping the gamer vaguely interested.

All in all, endurable for perhaps a half hour, perhaps more if the player is also a big fan of Claymation and/or crafty and crass absurdity and hilarity.