After Megabonk’s incredible launch last month, the game has quickly become an indie sensation, giving players countless hours of content thanks to its addictive gameplay loop and simplistic design. For a solo-developed project, Megabonk has achieved something truly impressive in its first weeks of launch.
However, after the most recent update that introduced a few game-breaking mechanics, the first million point record run was officially logged on the leaderboards, causing some players to quit the game entirely. As madsol on Reddit puts it, “I hate that the game has just become run around in a giant circle for 6+ hours,” while faerko claims they’re “not playing until next patch.”
Megabonk Current Build Has Players Divided Over Future Updates
Some Players Enjoy The Current Build, While Others Want Significant Changes
Megabonk has released a few updates to the game since its initial launch, introducing a fully expandable map, fixing some early broken mechanics, and altering specific abilities and/or effects to make the game more fun. One of the biggest changes at the root of the above issue is an update to Noelle that allows her character build to deal absolutely absurd amounts of damage.
The update resulted in the leaderboards being flooded with Noelle record-breaking runs, with the current top Megabonk score breaking a million points. Fans on Steam have noted record-setting runs that last hours, claiming that things are “getting out of hand.”
While some players hope for a Megabonk patch or update to remedy some of the issues with the current meta build and potential exploits, others argue that nothing can be done, and these record runs are a result of the game’s core design.
It’s debatable if anything can actually be done to address the current methods used to top the leaderboards, but developer vedinad has been very responsive with updates to date, leaving fans hopeful.
Megabonk Leaderboards Are Only A Small Part Of The Game
Not Everyone Cares To Play For Top Megabonk Scores
Ultimately, not everyone who is playing Megabonk is going to care about the leaderboards or rankings at all, but for a select group of players, the current state of things is incredibly frustrating. Players became locked in their preferred meta builds before the most recent update and are resistant to changing things up, while others embrace the new updates.
Notably, Megabonk has seen a slight drop-off in popularity over the past couple weeks (via SteamDB), though this cannot be entirely attributed to the latest patch or any specific gameplay changes. Whether a new patch might bring players back into the game is unclear, and as of this writing, there is no official update planned for Megabonk.