NFG Summary:“City of Beats is an exhilarating rhythm-based game that seamlessly blends immersive city exploration with addictive music gameplay. With its vibrant visuals, catchy soundtrack, and challenging levels, players are sure to get lost in the pulsating beats and lose track of time in this captivating urban adventure.”

NFG Score: 100

Categories: Top-Down, Shoot-‘Em-Up
Steam Score: 86
Meta Score: 79
Store: City of Beats (Price: Is Free)
Platform: PC, Nintendo Switch
Publisher Names: Freedom Games
Support Language: English*, French, German, Spanish – Spain, Portuguese – Brazil, Simplified Chinese
*languages with full audio support
Publish Date: 2023-05-01

PC Requirements:

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: x64 Quad Core
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics card (not onboard) with >= 1GB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 3 GB available space

Description

Can you feel the rhythm? It’s everywhere in the City of Beats. Music drives absolutely everything in this rogue-lite, twin-stick shooter. Listen to the beat, get into the flow, and unleash bullet hell on the rooftops of the City, blasting through legions of hostile robots.

Don’t worry about the damage. Humans left a while ago, and it’s just us androids up here. Well, androids and robots, controlled by an ornery rogue A.I., the Zeitgeber, trying to impose its own groove on all robo-kind. Someone should do us all a favor and get out there to pull the plug, yeah?

Positive Comment(s)

City of Beats is thoroughly recommended, with its fun gameplay that flows with the music you make. There are a few design decisions that made me raise my eyebrow, but it ultimately is an enjoyable experience.85GameGrin
City of Beats cleverly combines elements of roguelike games, twin-stick shooting, and music gameplay. This is a great attempt to mix traditional gameplay elements to create a unique and enjoyable experience that reminds me of the recent game Hi-Fi Rush.82Gamersky

Negative Comment(s)

City of Beats has a lot of genres combined into one, and it may have too much going on for itself. With the game literally stopping you from progressing the way that you want to, it’s a little hindering. For the price, you may want to give it a shot. A shot. Like, just one. Don’t worry if you lack rhythm, City of Beats does sometimes too.65Gaming Nexus

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