- Publisher: Coconut Island Games
- Release Date: Jan 14, 2021
- Also On: PC
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Jan 26, 2021Every day, more and more rogulikes are released, often making it difficult to figure out which ones will stand out. All of them are vying for attention, attempting to do something unique and interesting. Fortunately Rhythm Fighter feels like a fresh take on the genre, even if it doesn’t quite stick the landing.
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Jan 21, 2021Rhythm Fighter provides an interesting concept and although the beginning is overwhelming, it is an enjoyable and forgiving experience. You don’t need much sense of rhythm or direction, making it a friendly experience for many. It starts to become repetitive despite the battlefield being randomly generated, but its catchy music encourages you to pick up the game again and again.
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Jan 14, 2021Echo Games' Rhythm Fighter provides a decent, yet ultimately unremarkable roguelike experience. While it offers a lot of the genre's staple mechanics, it doesn't do much with them — Rhythm Fighter often feels like the "lesser version" of something else.
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Jan 19, 2021Bringing together so many mechanical elements to the scope and vision of Rhythm Fighter required a much more visionary developer than the one that produced the game. That’s not to say it isn’t entertaining, and there is a lot to enjoy with the game, however, it is also true that the overall experience is messy and the team lost control over what they were trying to achieve, making for something far too clumsy and clunky for the kind of precision that it needed.
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Jan 18, 2021Rhythm Fighter is a simple, fun side-scroller that is great for players who enjoy a music element to their games. While there are some issues with its Nintendo Switch control mechanics, getting to obliterate vegetable monsters with a salty fish as a weapon is satisfying and amusing. Rhythm Fighter might not be the best choice for players who have a sensitivity to flashing light and unstable motion on the screen however, limiting those who might enjoy picking it up. Rhythm Fighter could benefit from a setting that limits the screen motion and lets players find the beat on their own, giving them a cleaner combat experience, but for now its a solid niche title with a few glaring flaws.