” A Gritty game thats always on beat “
This game is fantastic simple fun that takes inspirations from games like hades and hifi rush to a very different level! Hi my name is phant0m and these are my thoughts on the game Beat Slayer!
Visuals
First thing I gotta talk about is the fun and gritty art style. It’s very much a colorful steampunk base mixed with some cool color flourishes to balance a bit of dead grays and awesome brights, the character design is especially awesome since the characters look great! Highly detailed and unique, the level design isn’t as special looking though, although simple it does nothing to peak my interest, neither do the enemies which fall flat just the same.
Gameplay
The gameplay is super inspired by a mix of hades and Hi fi rush, you’ll be fighting on a continuous roguelike mode while hitting and dodging on the even more continuous beat, if you hit the enemies on beat you’ll do more damage and kill the enemies quickly which feels as great as it sounds. It’s fun and super punchy, the weapons have decent variety but I do wish there were more, the skill tree is also super interesting as it truly does make you stronger. The combat is honestly the highlight of the game for me.
Story
The story is also not bad, the game’s plot follows a simple concept, you are trying to save your brother in a dystopian world where the government is against you, it’s a simple concept, and it would’ve worked well if not for the dialogue, the dialogue loses me on so many instances. I felt that it wasn’t interesting or oftenly the characters stopped talking about important things or what I was doing currently.
Characters
The characters seem interesting and have quite a few defining traits making them interesting. But they lack any real depth making them bland in the time that i played. They do have cool designs, but not cool enough to be interesting during dialogue or story beats. Speaking of which, the voice actors do a good job of entertaining me, although most of the characters don’t sound different from regular people, they still played their part well enough to show off emotions and fun dialogue, just not heavily immersive.
Music
And The music is really cool, punky and right in rhythm with the combat and world. It’s not an amazing track but it’s good enough to listen and fight during it, there aren’t many tracks but they fill up a good amount of the game. and side note that the game is always consistently on beat, and if you can’t stay on beat they provide an assistance mode that I personally didn’t use, since I could use some rhythm.
Performance
The performance of the game is pretty good, it runs perfectly on my computer, and the controller support is amazing. Didn’t have a single issue in my several hours played.
Verdict
Anyways if you’re wondering I do recommend this game! It’s super fun, engrossing, punchy and just absolutely awesome. I give this game an 8.5/10 With super minor flaws like the story and characters, but this still absolutely skyrockets to one of my favorite roguelikes out there! Those were my thoughts on Beat Slayer! Thx For Reading! Keep doing great things! You’re good at them. Bye 🙂
Side Notes
This was reviewed on PC which contained an Rx 6750 XT powercolor, and an intel i5 13400f. I ran into 0 crashes or framerate drop issues during my playtime. also the games controller support is amazing, there was 0 problems in connecting my controller and playing.
