Billion Beat

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It sounds and plays almost as bad as it looks. I would love to play a punch out clone that doesn't look as ugly as this.

This game is OG. If you're not advancing in the game it's because your skills aren't good enough. Keep practicing and get better, and the game will reward you. Chicken out and the game will mock you. It's basically Punch-Out!!! upgraded with a modern take. Definitely recommend.

I can't recommend the game because the menus don't respect the players time in the slightest. Resets are an extreme slog. I don't care if the developer has a massive hard on for you not giving up and being a quitter. If I want to lab fights give me access to a reasonable system for resets. If you lose it takes about a full minute to restart the fight with the agonizingly slow speed of the menus all while text slowly prints out mocking you. I love punishing games but the secret to that is having quick resets on death/failure. Billion beat does not have that. I have finished plenty of games far more difficult than Billion Beat. But the menus are an absolute pain that kills my enjoyment.

It's like Punch-Out, if Punch-Out was a shoddy flash game on Newgrounds. The art style is kinda cool. It's got some attitude. I like that. But I don't like the gameplay. Sorry.

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out !!!!1111

[code][i]"Dodge first, THEN attack; don't just mash the buttons dammit!"[/i][/code] [b]Billion Beat[/b] is fantastic- it exceeded my expectations- but it has a flaw I'll get into. I wouldn't say it's for everybody; it definitely has a target audience with the characters, how they presents themselves and the choice of... well... quite literally everything. [h1]--What Makes Billion Beat Great?--[/h1] [i]TLDR: The mixture of the gameplay, music, and art all makes you feel like an absolute badass when you land good combos. It's brutal, it's gratifying, and most of all- it's fun.[/i] [b]Billion Beat[/b] seamlessly mixes the classic Punch-Out gameplay with RPG Elements; pair this with the blood-pumping music, the animation style and the distinct personalities between each opponent, and you have yourself a SOLID game. [h3]The General Gameplay[/h3] Each battle, you have to knock down your opponent 3 times, more often than not, they change up attacks to keep you on your toes and get you laser focused on their animation to avoid getting hit. You can block enemies to stop their rapid combos prematurely, or if you're feeling brave, just dodge each attack individually. Alternatively, You may want to counter them by hitting them as they're swinging their fist towards you. This is tricky timing to get down, but man, oh man, does it feel great when you land it. The feeling you get when you counter an attack that would've killed you, and you hysterically slap the smirk off their face? That feeling is unmatched, and I often found myself getting into the game trash talking them as I beat the hell outta them. [h3]The RPG Element[/h3] After each successful battle, you get experience for the respective hands you used in the battle. This experience levels up the hands and grants you Upgrade Points to spend on a skill tree/ flowchart sort of upgrade system. It's thematically fitting as the flowchart fits nicely in a hand outline with each finger corresponding to an upgrade(damage, strong damage, counter damage, etc). These upgrades matter too- It's much more impactful to do 60 damage on an enemy compared to a mere 30. [h3]Difficulty, Dialogue, Audio[/h3] The games difficulty settings is also something worth mentioning. I haven't tried Easy, but I beat the game on Normal, and tried a bit of Hard Mode; these are wildly different, as the character you play is tied to the difficulty. At first this might not sound too different, but the Normal Mode character quite literally has 2 extra arms. Which- as you might expect- comes in handy during a fight. Hard Mode has the speed at which enemies recover after attacks, much faster and I was forced to use some mechanics I hadn't even touched in Normal Mode. This is great though- it's awesome that Hard Mode isn't just "extra stats" and you're forced to think differently. The dialogue/animations/actions are- at times- ridiculous, hilarious, and sometimes flat out offensive to some, but it gives a certain charm to the whole game and the characters. Really lets the player know just what type of people you're fighting against. The music is super fitting; it's some mixture of house, hip hop and electronica. It never failed to get me in a fighting mood. [h2]--My Criticism--[/h2] [i]TLDR; The UI/UX could use improvement; Not the actual battle UI, just the Menu/dialogue/confirmations. It all feels sluggish, and there's more downtime between matches than preferable.[/i] [b]Billion Beat[/b]- as stated above revolves around pattern recognition and countering/avoiding them with good reflexes as it occurs. This in itself isn't bad, it actually makes it feel incredibly gratifying when you overcome tough opponents. The issue that I'd like to bring attention to is how slow- sluggish the menus feel outside of battle. I timed it a couple times; against an enemy that doesn't have any dialogue at the start, the time it took me to try the battle again was a solid 45-50 seconds of me pressing the "Z" button to confirm and wait for dialogue to finish. This issue becomes [i]super[/i] prevalent towards the end where enemies are throwing out attack patterns where one screw up will result in you losing the match. This can all be easily fixed if there was a quick restart button- or better yet if the menus reacted a bit quicker to each button press- let us skip through dialogue. This is a big issue because of the game's "trial and error" loop that you'll inevitably find yourself in. [h2]--Conclusion--[/h2] Definite recommended buy. It's an incredibly enjoyable experience even with the criticism listed above. It would be awesome if the game got an update to address it, but ultimately- in my 8 hours of playtime- I still had a blast regardless. [i]EASILY[/i] worth the price. [spoiler]Related to the store page, This game's description has more alliteration than my English class and I respect the hell outta it.[/spoiler]