Berzerk: Recharged

This is another solid entry in the Recharged series, though I've never played the original Berzerk and can't say how it compares. For this game, you go from room to room fighting robots. You have a laser gun and a dash ability, and-- if you stay in a room too long-- a bigger robot, Evil Otto, will show up and attack you. Evil Otto is invincible, and will kill you on contact. The arcade mode is apparently endless, so you just play to see how far you can get, while the game also offers the usual mission levels we see in the Recharged series. While the mission levels in other games have tended to have varied goals, in this one you are only tasked with killing all the robots on each level. I liked it, and finished all the achievements. I definitely recommend it if you've enjoyed past entries in the Recharged series, and I hope they will make some more.

kind of something and fun

I have a very fond memory of Berzerk on the Atari 2600. The sound effects were pretty cool, as well as the death animation. Evil Otto was terrifying to me as a 6-year-old. This recharged version is nice remake in my opinion. It plays a bit differently than the old version, but it's good. I recommend this game, because it is very fun. This remake was way overdue.

This is not the way to update a classic. Boring and uninspired. I usually like the recharged games, but not this one. The perspective is weird and the type of artwork just does not fit the game. The trademark robot-taunting is also missing which is an unforgivable omission. The solid concepts of the original game are barely visible in this remake.

Fun modern take on the classic Berzerk game. Much more difficult than the original, but in a good way.

100% the best atari recharged game, a little repetitive to complete all challenges and achievements but for the first berzerk game in 30 years it's very good and i hope this isn't where atari leaves berzerk either

Yes, I would like recommend Berzerk: Recharged for everyone.

not the same as the og arcade version but still fun

I like it. It's quite different to Berzerk, though. The addition of the twin sticks and rapid firing bots makes it a lot more like a modern bullet hell than Berzerk but at the same time there's still something Berzerk-y about it. I do like it. The power ups are OK, although I never feel like I'm being allowed to totally let loose - I feel like it could do with something super powerful to really kick things off and up the pace to ridiculous levels and send adrenaline into orbit. I found the rail gun to be horrible, though, it's just a really slow underpowered power up that feels more like a power down. The robot voices are a bit of a let-down. They just sort of fade into the background and should have really been more of a highlight, since *everybody* loves the robot voices from the original. It was an odd decision to let them fall into the mix imo. Berzerk Recharged has good graphics, very clean. The music is good, but the firing sound get repetitive. Walking around holding down fire just means you're listening to the same sound effect for most of the game, over and over. Gets annoying. It's a fun little maze shooter, but I prefer the indie game Die for the Economy (also on Steam) for modernised Berzerk action, as it's more faithful to what made the original so much fun. Like someone else here said, I wish they'd included the original game as a separate game mode, but as it is you have to go in with the expectation of a new, Berzerk-themed modern twin stick shooter game, rather than a modernised Berzerk. If blasting robots in a maze is your thing you might enjoy this? It's alright and I've been having some fun with it.

So, while I originally had a thumbs up review for this game, I had to switch it to a thumbs down. Why you ask? Because when I redid my desktop PC, I found out that the game does not do cloud saves and I lost all my progress. This is inexcusable for a steam platform game in this day and age and worth thumbing down strictly for that. "original review": So, first thing out of the way.... this game does not play like the original Berzerk as it feels more like a run & gun in the vein of Robotron or Smash TV. All negative reviews are understandable from that regard. With that said, it is a fairly enjoyable game with tight dual stick controls. If you can get it on sale, it is a worthwhile purchase; as long as you know what you're getting into beforehand.