Fuser

 PC
Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. PC Games
    Dec 5, 2020
    70
    Fuser gives its players dozens of opportunities to tamper with the beats. Rap and dance music work excellently when remixed, but a lot of genres and tracks outside of these two categories sound odd and won’t fit in well. Additionally, unlocking new songs takes way too long and requires unnecessary grinding.
  2. PCGamesN
    Nov 6, 2020
    70
    A game geared more towards music lovers than high-score hunters, Fuser still feels like an experiment – but it’s one worth keeping your eye on.
  3. Edge Magazine
    Dec 3, 2020
    60
    A music game, like a DJ, is only as good as the contents of its record crate. Fuser hasn't done enough digging. [Issue#353, p.119]
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User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. Nightmare_L
    Nov 13, 2020
    4
    The actual mashup part of this works as advertised and is really cool. You get a simple to use mixing interface where you mix and matchThe actual mashup part of this works as advertised and is really cool. You get a simple to use mixing interface where you mix and match instrument parts from different songs, and can change the tempo and key, play around with effects or even use simple arppegiator synths to add some custom tunes. It's also fun to customize your character and stage show, and it's even fun to just watch someone else make mixes in it. This can all be done at your leisure in the free play mode, which is a fantastic home-DJ tool.

    However, it is still a video game, and the game part of it is terrible. You have to drop new records on the down beats, take crowd requests and fulfill objectives within a time limit to get a high score, and it just feels very disconnected from the act of making cool mixes. Whether it sounds good or not doesn't matter, it's just about following arbitrary rules such as having to drop on the down beat, and only being allowed to drop a new part on an upbeat when the game gives you special permission. Basically, it's just not fun to play when going for scores, and you have to play through the campaign to unlock venues, clothing items and even songs, which turns into tedium.

    This issue is turned from "not fun" to actively broken by a horrible bug I ran into, where audience song requests would somehow make it so I couldn't pick new song parts. It's a baffling bug that actively fights against the gameplay, and it's borderline unplayable in this state.

    There is also the issue with multiplayer. It claims to have a competitive mode and a freeplay co-op mode, but the co-op mode still acts like a battle mode with a short set for each player, and the game declaring a winner at the end. There doesn't seem to be any way to just keep a continuous back-and-forth co-op mix online, which is an absurd thing to overlook.

    I also just found out that when uploading custom mixes to the social tab, some of your arpeggiated custom parts seem to glitch out and just plays one note over and over, which completely ruins those performances. Effects also randomly decide to not work in both the in-game mix and in exported videos; for example the Distortion effect seem to just not be activated when exporting a video file but is present in the uploaded game mix.

    Other things to point out is the really unfunny writing, with "wacky" one-note characters talking your ear off while trying to play campaign mode, your crate loadout getting messed up when making weekly challenge mixes, random textures not loading properly in menus, and of course the incredibly steep price if you want the version of the game with all the best meme mashup potentials in it.

    All in all it is a fun, unique music tool, but this feels like an early access product where the core gameplay is undercooked and in dire need of some retooling to make it not only fun, but fully functional. Until the game breaking glitch is fixed and they add real freeplay online co-op I can't recommend this at this price. If the idea of making cool mashups on the fly sounds appealing, wait for a sale. If you want a new action rhythm game to obsess over, this ain't it.    … Full Review »
  2. Jarack25
    Nov 20, 2022
    6
    It's a great game with massive potential with the only problem being that it lacks content and it isn't getting any updates. The only way theIt's a great game with massive potential with the only problem being that it lacks content and it isn't getting any updates. The only way the game could be saved is through modding, but who's even making mods for this game anymore. The only way you can scratch your itch for more songs to mix is by buying the dlc that costs more than the game itself. It would work better as a free game with massive dlc packs like the sims 4.… Full Review »
  3. Breakdown37
    Nov 27, 2020
    1
    What can say? Pretty "meh" in my opinion. I tried it and it was like "whatever"
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