Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 23 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29

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  1. usersorei
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    My personal game of the year. Jet Set Radio & Jet Set Radio Future were my childhood but in my opinion? Bomb Rush Cyberfunk surpasses and exceeds both games.

    Team Reptile really outdid themselves on this and I don't think SEGA could surpass it with the new game they're working on. This is the biggest "Screw it, I'll do it myself." moment ever.
  2. MagatsuNear
    Aug 19, 2023
    10
    A complete masterpiece of modern times, a frenetic gameplay, an incredible soundtrack with a varied number of recognized artists, an intriguing story, well developed, without a doubt, this is a Must Play, 10/10
  3. JakeDaaSnake1
    Aug 21, 2023
    10
    This game is amazing! Don’t listen to the taint stranglers that come in and spam zero scores for no reason. Everything that made JSR an iconic cult classic is presented and even expanded upon here. Team Reptile did a phenomenal job with the movement (once you get used to it) which doesn’t take long, the soundtrack is catchy and funky, and the art style is amazing. If you loved JSR you willThis game is amazing! Don’t listen to the taint stranglers that come in and spam zero scores for no reason. Everything that made JSR an iconic cult classic is presented and even expanded upon here. Team Reptile did a phenomenal job with the movement (once you get used to it) which doesn’t take long, the soundtrack is catchy and funky, and the art style is amazing. If you loved JSR you will love this game and even if you haven’t played it and are looking to get into this genre this is an amazing, addicting, fun experience and a great place to start. This is truly a love letter to us long time jet set radio fans and I couldn’t be more happy with how it turned out. This game was worth the wait and I’m very excited to enjoy it much like I did with JSR for years to come.… Expand
  4. Odeh
    Aug 20, 2023
    10
    Simply the game is a masterpiece for me, I feel deeply the spirit of JSR in the game in addition to its own identity. I recommend this game for JSR fans.
  5. borbebonsales
    Aug 21, 2023
    9
    Excellent game, engaging gameplay and a well written story. It brings a refreshing touch to what JSRF once did while also keeping the things that made that game interesting. I would’ve loved to see more maps and a longer story too, but the replayability seems great up until now. The game becomes a little easy once you get around the mechanics, but it’s not so easy that you can’t lose toExcellent game, engaging gameplay and a well written story. It brings a refreshing touch to what JSRF once did while also keeping the things that made that game interesting. I would’ve loved to see more maps and a longer story too, but the replayability seems great up until now. The game becomes a little easy once you get around the mechanics, but it’s not so easy that you can’t lose to the CPU in the second half of the game.… Expand
  6. sparkk2323
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    Honestly one of the biggest disappointments of the year for me, I've been waiting for this game for years and I haven't liked it at all, it costs $40 and gives you very few hours of game play, repetitive music and several bugs or camera errors.
    Honestly for the time of development this seems a shame and should not be so expensive.
  7. CaptainGoomba
    Aug 19, 2023
    5
    Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is all style, no substance. For the positives, the visuals, music, and atmosphere make it look and feel amazing, reckoning back to Jet Set Radio. These aspects elevate game, as it definitely adds to the experience. However, its the gameplay and controls that make the game fall flat. For one, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk includes a nice gameplay loop, making you earn rep orBomb Rush Cyberfunk is all style, no substance. For the positives, the visuals, music, and atmosphere make it look and feel amazing, reckoning back to Jet Set Radio. These aspects elevate game, as it definitely adds to the experience. However, its the gameplay and controls that make the game fall flat. For one, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk includes a nice gameplay loop, making you earn rep or points to advance. Sometimes, you'll battle another crew, which you'll have to beat them in turns of points. There is an unnecessary difficulty spike, especially with the second battle. There are also platforming sections which feel out of place and tedious. Every city in the game feels the same, with locations rarely deviating. The best levels in Bomb Rush Cyberfunk are Red's visions, which offer detailed and wacky levels to explore. Additionally, rails, light posts, and objects will be inconsistent to clip on to. Nevertheless, the worst part about Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is the police combat. Police not only feel unnecessary but tedious to fight, being shoehorned into riding rails and performing tricks. The combat with police lacks too, with a barebones fighting system that doesn't work well into the BRC's moves. Finally, the $40 price tag is a hefty one at that, especially for an indie game. While I definitely want to support Team Reptile for their works, $40 is pushing it.… Expand
  8. JapAndi
    Aug 21, 2023
    10
    This game plays exactly like how I remember Jet Set Radio playing on the Dreamcast but with brand new songs that match the style of JSR perfectly, better controls (especially due to being able to run/walk as well) and with higher quality/definition.

    Highly recommended to anyone who played and enjoyed JSR/JSRF in the past and even recommend to others who are even slightly interested in    This game plays exactly like how I remember Jet Set Radio playing on the Dreamcast but with brand new songs that match the style of JSR perfectly, better controls (especially due to being able to run/walk as well) and with higher quality/definition.

    Highly recommended to anyone who played and enjoyed JSR/JSRF in the past and even recommend to others who are even slightly interested in the game based on it's style/soundtrack.    … Expand
  9. Kitsube
    Aug 20, 2023
    10
    Este juego es increíble la jugabilidad está hecha para que no te aburras, acumular puntos para sacar la máxima puntuación es divertidísimo y cuando te superas a ti mismo en puntuación es gratificante.
    Los grafitis son uno mejor que otro siempre va a haber un grafiti que te encante.
    Desbloquear personajes para que de te unan a la crew está bastante bien hecho, para desbloquear a un    Este juego es increíble la jugabilidad está hecha para que no te aburras, acumular puntos para sacar la máxima puntuación es divertidísimo y cuando te superas a ti mismo en puntuación es gratificante.
    Los grafitis son uno mejor que otro siempre va a haber un grafiti que te encante.
    Desbloquear personajes para que de te unan a la crew está bastante bien hecho, para desbloquear a un personaje depende de cual, los que ya eran de otras crews se desbloquean ganandoles en su mayor puntuación que insisto en que es muy gratificante hace el mayor combo de puntos, pero el resto son con misiones secundarias únicas y que se distinguen entre cada una.
    En cuanto a la historia todo tiene sentido no va haber ninguna cosa que no se sostenga en otra, todo tiene sentido entre cada cosa está bastante bien hecho.
    Las batallas de crews son siempre igual pero eso no es un punto flojo por qué siempre va a ocurrir en otro mapa y será una experiencia nueva por qué cada mapa está hecho para ser distinto entre si no hay nada que se repita (excepto lo básico para hacer trucos los grind los wall runs y los pipes)
    Le recomiendo este juego a todo el mundo.
    En cuanto a la personalización, en los patines en línies las bicis y los skates los desbloqueas encontrándote los por el mapa igual que los ropajes para los distintos personajes que insisto que no son pocos.
    La banda sonora de este juego también es increíble se nota que está hecha con cariño y dedicación hay se nota bastante siempre va a haber una canción que te guste y se reproducen al azar y eso da igual por qué la banda sonora es tan buena que todas o casi todas las canciones te van a encantar.
    En cuanto al estilo gráfico tiene un aspecto de cel sading (o como se diga) que es muy característico del juego, en cuestión de si te preocupa jugarlo en switch no te preocupes corre u cómpralo si activas el modo "liberar a la bestia" te va a 60fps estables que es un gran logro de optimización. En conclusión este juego es increíble se lo recomiendo a todo el mundo y no tengas miedo a comprarlo por el motivo que sea.    … Expand
  10. Brukame
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    Don't listen to the negative ratings, they are all lying about this game. Team Reptile really outdid themselves with BRC. If you are a big fan of JSR like me and was expecting a great game with this one, don't worry, because I am 100% sure that they have been surpassed. Apart of the OST (that are absolutelly amazing, but still JSR OST is better), all the other things like gameplay, story,Don't listen to the negative ratings, they are all lying about this game. Team Reptile really outdid themselves with BRC. If you are a big fan of JSR like me and was expecting a great game with this one, don't worry, because I am 100% sure that they have been surpassed. Apart of the OST (that are absolutelly amazing, but still JSR OST is better), all the other things like gameplay, story, level design, characters, replayability, fun, secrets and details, are better in BRC. JSR is one of my favorite games of all time and witnessing a game that had even surpassed JSR, a thing that I never believed it could happen in this century, I mean, that's really something to think about it....

    Thank you Team Reptile, thank you for creating this amazing piece of art!!!!!    … Expand
  11. MattTheReviewer
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Absolute blast of a game, great art style, great maps, great soundtrack, cool story and soo much fun to play. If you liked Jet Set Radio I bet you´ll like this too
  12. fishyperil
    Aug 22, 2023
    8
    In game development, as in any art form, the innovations and essence of the products exists in a collective feedback loop. In gaming, some works define entire genres and so we get games labeled as "Metroidvania", "Souls - like", etc. It's pretty clear that Bombrush Cyberfunk could be considered a "Jet Set Radio - like". It just so happens that this particular niche hasn't seen anyIn game development, as in any art form, the innovations and essence of the products exists in a collective feedback loop. In gaming, some works define entire genres and so we get games labeled as "Metroidvania", "Souls - like", etc. It's pretty clear that Bombrush Cyberfunk could be considered a "Jet Set Radio - like". It just so happens that this particular niche hasn't seen any meaningful innovation or even any successful release since basically Jet Set Radio itself.
    Bombrush Cyberfunk might not be a revolutionary genre defining game, but it is very fun and basically the first competent Jet Set Radio inspired game ever. Its art and music are well done and the game itself captures the essence of what it was going for well. The core gameplay is an immediately noticable improvement over Jet Set Radio, as should be expected from a game releasing 20 years later. Outside the improvements to the core gameplay (movement and controls), there aren't many meaningful alterations to the gameplay systems introduced in Jet Set Radio, but considering this is a game from a small team in a genre completely starved for new entries, the fact that they made a fun new game that captures the same spirit should absolutely be considered a success. I'm enjoying it a lot and hope that it will be successful enough for the team to make a sequel, one in which they will hopefully be able to take everything they learned while making this game and evolve the gameplay into uncharted territory.    … Expand
  13. Chastizer
    Aug 28, 2023
    8
    Jet Set Radio had a massive impact on my childhood. Irreversibly changing both my music tastes, and world view. Having also played Lethal League I always felt that if any studio were able to capture the same magic JSR had it would be Team Reptile. To say I was insanely excited for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk to release is an understatement.

    I have played it to completion, and I'm happy to say    Jet Set Radio had a massive impact on my childhood. Irreversibly changing both my music tastes, and world view. Having also played Lethal League I always felt that if any studio were able to capture the same magic JSR had it would be Team Reptile. To say I was insanely excited for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk to release is an understatement.

    I have played it to completion, and I'm happy to say that it scratched the JSR itch. The movement and trick system, while not insanely technical, was fun. Exploration was light, but always kept you looking out for areas to graffiti, collectables to obtain, and the little challenge high five guys. The music is, of course, phenomenal. Once again irreversibly changing my music tastes for the better. The visuals are exactly what you'd expect of a game inspired by JSR, they scream Sega Dreamcast and I love it.

    I've seen a lot of people complain about "combat" but to be quite honest I never had an issue with it. There are very few instances in which you are forced to fight the boots on ground police and the other encounters with them in vehicles and such felt pretty fleshed out. I see and understand what people are saying but I'm under the impression that non-forced encounters with them were supposed to be an annoyance to avoid rather than confront.

    I do have a couple of gripes with the game. The first of which is the story. I really dig the concept but I wish a couple more of the characters were fleshed out, or more importantly, the relationships between these characters. Tryce and the main character have an unshakable bond by the end of the game, but you never really get to see how that bond was formed. Sure they're in a crew together with a common goal, but you never really get to see like a moment that they share. The other and biggest issue I had with the game was the bugs I encountered during cutscenes. The game just REALLY seems to hate cutscenes. During several different ones the screen would just turn black and I had to mash through the rest of the cutscene and look it up on the internet. This unfortunately happened during the final two cutscenes in the game, the latter of which the game crashed completely. I played on the Switch version so it could be a hardware issue. While this is something to be wary about at the time of this review, I anticipate this will be fixed eventually.

    Overall I think it's important to keep expectations in check when playing games like these. This isn't the new JSR game, it's a game developed by an indie studio inspired by JSR. If you go into this game with wild expectations hoping it surpasses what came before, I think you will be disappointed. If you are looking for a game that is a love letter to a beloved franchise, I think you will be pleasantly surprised.    … Expand
  14. Epsilonz
    Aug 30, 2023
    7
    I recommend, even if overall it was nice, but I'm a little disappointed.
    8/9 hours to finish the story, a nice tribute to JSRF. But there are still a few things missing.
    The designs are less iconic, especially for enemy gangs. There are none who have the style of the Immortals (the mummies) or the Noise Tanks (the robots) or even the Poison Jam (the fish cosplayers). For the level    I recommend, even if overall it was nice, but I'm a little disappointed.
    8/9 hours to finish the story, a nice tribute to JSRF. But there are still a few things missing.
    The designs are less iconic, especially for enemy gangs. There are none who have the style of the Immortals (the mummies) or the Noise Tanks (the robots) or even the Poison Jam (the fish cosplayers).
    For the level design it started very well (the first 2/3 maps are really cool) but the last ones are really forgettable.

    AND damn, sometimes the cam can trigger you a lot, I raged about the last boss because the cam changing angles at the worst times, and it was not difficult at all.. just horrible to play.
    Its the same for some levels i will keep silent here for no spoilers

    As for the story itself, it's pretty predictable. Afterwards we don't play for the story as a priority.

    On the good side: the music is very good, the gameplay is worthy of JSRF. Graffiti are more interesting to do. it's nice for cel shading. I really like having the choice between rollerblading, skateboarding or BMX. And the phone is a very good idea (the tutorials are text messages, the map is an app and you choose your music on it) more immersive than if it were in a menu.

    If you are counting your pennies, I would advise waiting a little before buying it until it is a little cheaper. Because it ends really quickly for 40€.    … Expand
  15. Musclemarch
    Aug 22, 2023
    9
    A great game with so many fine details paying homage to JSR and JSRF. The controls are fluid, which is my only complaint about those other 2 games. Lack of any indie/rock music is disappointing but that’s just a nitpick. And more varied cities would have been nice.

    I have no idea what that 0 rating review is talking about. How can you look forward to this game and expect something    A great game with so many fine details paying homage to JSR and JSRF. The controls are fluid, which is my only complaint about those other 2 games. Lack of any indie/rock music is disappointing but that’s just a nitpick. And more varied cities would have been nice.

    I have no idea what that 0 rating review is talking about. How can you look forward to this game and expect something different than what it is? This was never going to be anything other than a bigger scale jet set radio. And for people complaining about the price tag? This game has been more fun for me than nearly any AAA $70 game this year.    … Expand
  16. mitchferal
    Aug 30, 2023
    2
    Bought it for the Switch at launch, a good reminder of why I dont buy games at launch.

    The bad stuff: - controls are mushy, and ill-defined. A powerful sensation that pushing the same buttons in the same places rarely yields the same results - I'm not thrilled with the Switch's controller, I've mostly used a playstation over my gaming life, but I rarely feel in control of this game. -    Bought it for the Switch at launch, a good reminder of why I dont buy games at launch.

    The bad stuff:
    - controls are mushy, and ill-defined. A powerful sensation that pushing the same buttons in the same places rarely yields the same results - I'm not thrilled with the Switch's controller, I've mostly used a playstation over my gaming life, but I rarely feel in control of this game.
    - the tutorial is brief, and discusses none of the skills that make traveling around easy or interesting. There are small additional teaching asides scattered around, but none of them are presented as such, and I had long gone to youtube to find help before I located them.
    - I'm told the music gets good, once you acquire more of it, but in the early stages, it is monotonous to the extreme. Combined with the extremely limited emote sounds from your character, the game is a dreary soundscape.
    - It's a remarkably empty feeling space that you end up playing in. Just acres of flat, barren space, with a handful of npcs loitering around; this probably isnt as big a concern if you jive with the control style, but I didnt, so I spent a lot of time traversing these wastes with one of two songs playing.

    Good stuff:
    - I like the art style
    - the youtube community support is genuinely outstanding, and someone is around to help explain basically everything in the game, already. Heck, there were a lot of good guides night of launch.

    This is one of the worst purchases I have made as a gamer. It bummed me out enough to make an account to offer up a somewhat differing opinion than the going dialogue, just bc I would have LOVED to know about how washy the controls were, and how maddening the early stages would be because of it. Would have saved me 40 bucks. Maybe it will save you!    … Expand
  17. Jamesfix
    Sep 3, 2023
    9
    The game I once loved has been revived.
    A little rough, but this is exactly the game I loved. Sega, you're next.
  18. Woomette
    Sep 6, 2023
    10
    Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a wonderful tribute to the electric Jet Set Radio franchise. BRC is familiar to JSRF but also innovates in all the places that count. Do not let these negative reviews sway your decision. This game is worth the money and will give you a fun 10 hours of gameplay and a nice casual experience to come back and enjoy whenever you want

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#64 Best Switch Game of 2023
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#17 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2023

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Vooks
    Dec 12, 2023
    90
    Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a brilliantly niche title. Apart from Jet Set Radio 20 years ago, it seems no one has attempted to capture this kinda 90s/2000s skater-graffiti counter-culture in a video game since. And I'm glad that Team Reptile did, because Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is just what I was hoping for! Fully sick!
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  2. Gamereactor Finland
    Nov 2, 2023
    50
    It's colorful and fun, but there is no long-term appeal.
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  3. TouchArcade
    Oct 11, 2023
    80
    If you enjoyed Jet Set Radio, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is the game for you. I wish it did a bit more to stand out, but we don’t really get many games like this, and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a polished and straight up fun experience with an amazing vibe and superb soundtrack. It is held back by some technical issues on Switch though.
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