Backbeat
March 15, 2023
Stephanie "Watts" Watson, an aspiring bassist, bounced from audition to audition never finding music that really resonated with her, that is, until she discovered the magic of funk. Caught up in the groove, she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to take on art school darlings La Tormenta at the …
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76.7
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Graphics
65.0
Gameplay
70.0
Story
75.0
"I found the mechanics hard to pick up, and even though the stages have multiple solutions, the patience and juggling required in later stages ended up pushing me to the brink. Other than how the dialogue exchanges work, I do …"
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75.0
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35.0
"Fun, funky, and more challenging than it can look, this fresh take on a puzzle game simply does its own thing"
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65.0
Gameplay
78.0
Story
72.0
"Backbeat stands out among puzzle games for its attractive graphics and constantly pulsing, funky soundscape, but most of all for its impressive depth of mechanics. Juggling phrase lengths, bar markers, alignment, stagger, solos, and special moves – all in interactive …"
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