I Am Your Beast

This game is 100% worth its pricetag despite how short it is (2.5 hour campaign, 30 minute epilogue, but a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of replayability and challenge levels)

Amazing game with plenty of challenges that are very satisfying to complete

I didn't expect anything from this game and yet... here I am writing a review. Everything about this game screams: "Developers invested Pure Love. We made a gem and want to share it". Gameplay is nice, especially for an adrenaline junkies (meant as a compliment). Music is even better, ever chapter of the story felt so empowering as you destroy enemies, sent by the COI. I would recommend this game to everyone, who's bored from long and boring story shooters. This game isn't about one specific thing, and it makes it a great game. Pink Mitten and The Beast bromance is a cherry on top. RIght, babe?

+++

The pinnacle of the apex predator fantasy with solid voice acting, addicting action, and great soundtrack.

I would give it a *neutral* rating if I could but with the overwhelmingly positive reviews for the game, I felt compelled to put a negative instead of a positive. It's not a bad game, I just don't think it is super amazing. [b]Combat[/b] The combat is fun. The gameplay loop is solid, and revolves around cycling weapons, a bit like Hotline Miami or such. However, very little that is relevant is added to the gameplay loop throughout the game, with the only inclusion that really felt significant to me was the addition of snipers. With the massive health pool, impact frames, and generous aim assist (not disableable), I never really felt challenged throughout the game, though this may be down to personal experience. Although I understand the rationale behind not implementing different difficulties, I personally would have enjoyed it. Portions of the game are locked behind reaching ratings in previously played levels or completing challenges in them. This was not particularly interesting, just pick the easiest ones you can find and be done with it. The enemies are not very varied. There are basically three enemies in the game: helicopter, snipers, and grunts. The grunts compose most of the game, and are completely lobotomized, just running and shooting at you. This would be fine, because fodder enemies are a good thing for this genre, but it is not fine when this is 90% of your game. It does not feel super replayable to me, with limited depth to gameplay compared to similar titles. This of course comes down to personal preference. [b]Story[/b] I don't think there's anything to write home about here. It's a bit like the stories in old FPS games like the old Quake titles that exist to justify the gameplay, but don't have much merit for themselves. Granted, its not quite that simple, and is paired with voice acting. The story took a bit too much of the spotlight, in my opinion, for what it actually is. [b]Visuals / Audio[/b] I like the visuals. I like this style in general, and enemies and objectives are easy to see. The audio is good, and the soundtrack is decent. The game also runs very well for me.

This game does exactly what it wants to do perfectly, it actually makes getting timed on levels fun. Any game that can make me want to S Rank a level and play it over and over until I do is perfect in my mind, the snappy combat, cel shaded graphics, the stylistic method of story telling, I enjoyed this from start to finish.

I Am Your Beast feels like an expansion of the first TimeSplitters game, weirdly enough. It's a fast-paced speedrunning shooter with quick levels focused on nailing perfect runs. Don't expect a second El Paso, Elsewhere from this, even if they share the same creator, voice actors, and musicians. This is its own game, and it does a pretty solid job of carving out its own identity. I Am Your Beast follows Alphonse Harding, a former government agent retired from the shadowy COI, after his refusal to take "one last job" leaves a squad of agents dead. The COI are determined to bring him in for more fieldwork, and they've begun hunting for him in the forest he calls home. Harding already did several "one last jobs," so he's at the point where he'd rather kill anything thrown at him than compromise. What follows could best be described as a giant game of chicken, with neither Harding nor the COI refusing to back down as more bodies stack up and more wilderness becomes a warzone. The game seems simple at first glance. Most levels focus on Harding getting from point A to point B, sometimes completing objectives along the way. You're on a constant timer, and certain actions deduct time from your current total. Killing enemies, especially with crazy weapons like beartraps or beehives, removes more time from your total. A few levels are wave-based and center on Harding holding off hordes of enemies until reinforcements run out. To encourage replayability, there are additional challenges you unlock after beating a level, like only getting headshot kills or killing no enemies. I Am Your Beast prioritizes speed and perfect runs. It only has a few guns and pieces of equipment, but they're meant to stand out with different risks and rewards. You typically carry one major weapon and one piece of equipment. For example, the assault rifle is weak, but it has a large magazine and full-auto capabilities. Meanwhile, the pistol is simple but reliable for headshots. Enemies take on the usual forms of melee-based agents, gunners, soldiers with armor, and snipers. Harding can sprint, slide, and do other moves to keep his momentum going. Health kits and herbs restore health, while armor lets him endure more gunshots than usual. To S-rank levels, you need a low enough time. This can mean doing unorthodox things compared to your usual FPS. You can aim down sights in I Am Your Beast, but it's mostly unneeded outside of the sniper rifle, and there's even a challenge designed to make you kick that habit. Auto-aim is pretty generous as long as your crosshair is lined up with an enemy head. Whacking enemies with knifes isn't as rewarding as throwing them or kicking enemies in the back. The mechanics of I Am Your Beast can take some getting used to, especially the timing and score requirements. Only a few levels need unlocking with scores, but they are required by the story, so you need to buckle down and get good eventually. The story is conveyed through radio communications between levels. Cutscenes are minimalistic but clever, making good use of the voice talent while compensating for the smaller studio size. The great soundtrack by RJ Lake sells the intense action of levels and emotional impacts of the plot. I Am Your Beast doesn't go in any particularly crazy directions with its story, but it delivers a pretty satisfying plot. After you beat the main story, you can try to S-rank the levels or move onto bonus campaigns. Challenge offers up some much tougher scenarios unconnected to the story. Support Group is like an epilogue covering the COI's reactions to Harding's rampage. Cold Sweat is like Challenge, being unrelated to the plot, but giving you an even tougher set of levels to beat. I didn't really like Challenge or Cold Sweat, but Support Group was a lot of fun. The finale of Support Group, "I Am Your Fears," was on par with the main campaign's final level in terms of sheer fun and unpredictability. You could theoretically beat I Am Your Beast in about three hours, but the replayability and bonus campaigns easily add a few more hours to the total. I was initially frustrated with the mechanics, but once I got a handle for the sort of speedrunning it expected of me, I had a good time with it. I'd recommend trying it out on sale! If you enjoyed games like TimeShifters or TimeSplitters 1, where you're racing against the clock to beat levels and overcome impossible odds, then I Am Your Beast will be right up your alley.

decent game, i only refunded because i needed my money back lmao

Game really does make you feel like a one man army, making every run feel stylish with an itch do it cleaner and faster with each run. It's a speedrunners shooter I do wish the movement with sliding was a bit more polished as sometimes sliding into enemies feels hit or miss if it will drop their gun or not. If you enjoy faced paced shooters and a need to do things fast as fast and perfect as possible to compete on a leaderboard then this is up your alley. Also if you just love an edgy protag then you have to play it, it's that Dexter season 1 level of "Cringe" edge I dearly appreciate and crave