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- Awe Interactive
- Awe Interactive
- Awe Interactive
- Awe Interactive
BPM: Bullets Per Minute
Released On: Sep 15, 2020
74
7.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
74
54% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
43% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
74
54% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
43% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
After many tries, I did eventually find my way to and through the final boss, and all I wanted to do was do it again. I suppose in a lot of ways, that’s just the nature of roguelike games. They often offer a near bottomless replay value thanks to the “structured but random” structure of the format. This combined with the joy of bobbing your head along and clicking when you do so makes the experience a ton of fun and feel great. The quantity of content isn’t huge, but for $20 USD, I certainly think it is well worth the money.
The bastard child of DOOM, Devil Daggers and Tetris Effect, BPM: Bullets Per Minute is one of the most pleasant surprises of the year and a game I’d thoroughly recommend to anyone with a hankering for something different in the FPS genre. Just don’t expect an easy ride. Even on Easy.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 74 User Ratings
7.2
62% Positive
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
22% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
16% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 74 User Ratings
7.2
62% Positive
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
22% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
16% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
BPM is a brash, earwormy delight, aimed at the heads of Doom fans and lapsed Guitar Heroes alike.
BPM: Bullets Per Minute is an old-school shooter with a twist, adding in roguelike mechanics as well as rhythm-based gameplay. Jump, dash, shoot and reload to the beat to advance through a host of monster-filled levels, collecting keys, coins, equipment, and stats to try and get through the seven stages that constitute each playthrough. The gameplay is fun, fast, and frantic, it looks good and sounds great, with a perfect heavy-metal soundtrack, though there are a few flaws. A lack of enemy variety, particularly bosses, as well as level variety starts to show quickly.
This is a fine calling card for the Derbyshire developer: far from flawless, but clear proof that this new hybrid has a bright future ahead. [Issue#350, p.102]
BPM: Bullets Per Minute is a fun shooter with some interesting ideas but with a difficulty curve more akin to trying to ram yourself through a brick wall. If you're a fan of the roguelike genre and rhythm games, provided you can get past the annoyances, then this could be a fun time killer.
The few times that the RNG in BPM: Bullets Per Minute actually managed to put together a set of weapons and abilities that allowed for significant progress, the game shined, but it's just not worth the hours of suffering failed runs and mistimed shots. To borrow the game's own 90s shooter comparisons, playing BPM is like diving into Doom on Ultra Nightmare before learning how to play an FPS. The fun is still there, but it's buried under so many roadblocks and complications. The frustrating end result is a game with a great idea that bungles just about every part of the execution.
Very innovative mix of rhythm, fps and rougelite elements feels awkward at first but as you settle in to the mechanics you will find yourself the star of a drug inspired metal music video. Reload, dodge and fire to the beat in an insanely satisfying hyper-stylized fast-paced action experience that will really get you in your flow state. Cannot recommend it enough! Each successful run is at most a couple of hours but the replayability is very high; I have dumped nearly 100 hours into it and keep coming back for the pure joy of the games carefully tuned and well polished basic mechanics.
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A fun arcade rhythm game that took a dozen or so tries for me to get the hang of, and then two days to beat with one of the playable characters. I don't the point of trying to beat it again, but I still occasionally play it as a warm up for playing something else. Also, music's banging.
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The graphics are (deliberately?) oversaturated and washed out, even after adjusting the settings. Everything is just slightly different shades of one color.
Range on weapons is a joke. Starting pistol isn't a gun it's a **** club. If your enemy is out of melee range your bullets vanish.
Neat idea, poor execution.
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Summary BPM is a rhythm-action FPS rogue-like where you must shoot, jump and dodge to the beat of an epic rock soundtrack. Delve into a randomly generated dungeon where one missed note can lead to your death. Gain game-changing abilities and loot powerful weaponry to defeat your ancient enemy: Nidhogg.
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Sep 15, 2020
Developer:
- Awe Interactive
Publisher: Awe Interactive
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