Blazing Beaks

 Switch
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. NintendoWorldReport
    May 21, 2019
    90
    Blazing Beaks is one of the Switch’s hidden eShop gems. Regardless of the potentially steep learning curve, the game always leads to lots of laughs. It’s best played with a group of friends to get the most enjoyment out of all the content that the game has to offer. If Blazing Beaks even remotely catches your eye, it is well worth a purchase.
  2. Nintenderos
    Feb 10, 2020
    85
    Risk-reward mechanics find a colorful ally in Blazing Beaks. This indie roguelike offers great replayability and a very fun local multiplayer.
  3. Pure Nintendo
    May 21, 2019
    85
    Blazing Beaks has a great combination of challenge and humour, with an adorable art style and plenty of surprises.
  5. DarkStation
    Jun 18, 2019
    80
    Blazing Beaks was a nice little surprise and I thoroughly recommend it for fans of the genre. It loses a few points in my eyes for a rather bland soundtrack and a complete lack of narrative. Overall, though, it’s a fun little game and worthy to sit among the others.
  6. Video Chums
    May 8, 2019
    80
    There may be many twin-stick roguelikes but very few are as enjoyable as Blazing Beaks with its charming visuals and tight gameplay.
  7. The Digital Fix
    May 8, 2019
    80
    Blazing Beaks is a lot of things, all at once, splitting focus between a rogue-lite Story mode and twin-stick local multiplayer shenanigans. Neither mode is perfect, and there might be stronger options available if you’re only interested in one of these genres, but there’s an astonishing level of replay value here, across the board. You’d be quackers to miss it.
  8. GameCritics
    Jul 15, 2019
    70
    Blazing Beaks is a good first venture into console games for Applava. This team clearly loves the twin-stick roguelike genre, and despite needing some fine-tuning, I enjoyed my time with it. With just a few tweaks, this would be a solid recommendation to fans of the genre.
  9. FNintendo
    Jun 14, 2019
    70
    Blazing Beaks can be best described as a roguelikegame that's full of mysteries and secrets, and one which works marvelously whether on a solo or multiplayer level. It also features a delightful looking art style, so its randomly-generated levels can be enjoyed thoroughly in all their glory. It's a game that works like a charm and plays like one too.
  10. 3DJuegos
    May 22, 2019
    70
    A roguelite twin stick adventure granted with a fantastic local multiplayer competitive madness. Not the best of its class, but a very good one.

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#78 Best Switch Game of 2019
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#75 Most Shared Switch Game of 2019

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
  1. JoeyPL5
    Nov 16, 2021
    8
    A charming twin-stick shooter roguelike that is only held back by its scope and ambition.
  2. Welbar
    Jun 11, 2020
    7
    A good and moderately complex game for the genre of "Rogue-lite".
    of the advantages I can note beautiful and vivid graphics, cool sounds,    A good and moderately complex game for the genre of "Rogue-lite".
    of the advantages I can note beautiful and vivid graphics, cool sounds, complex bosses and cool mechanics with artifacts.
    The game also supports up to 4 players per 1 pc, so if you have a couple of friends, you can have fun together.
    Of the minuses: A small number of bugs, for me personally there are not enough enemies and not a lot of content.    … Full Review »
  3. KilledShinigami
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    Amazing game to play with friends or at least with one friend, it really loses a bit if you play alone. The game has nice but not breathtakingAmazing game to play with friends or at least with one friend, it really loses a bit if you play alone. The game has nice but not breathtaking visuals, okay-ish soundtrack but cool rouge-like gameplay with a variety of different guns to use, artefacts to get and monsters to kill. Perks of the playable characters make them really different and change the way you play.

    At times it is too addictive and it's hard to stop but maybe it's just me.    … Full Review »
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