Brutal Orchestra

Fun innovative presentation, story, and combat system. Wowed through and through by this small indie title. Do try it.

I bought this game right after 100%'ing Isaac, the items unlocking with game completion constantly reminded me of Isaac, which kind of ruined the experience for me initially, as those are two completely different games and Isaac is way more fun. But few weeks later I came back to it and I loved it. The game mechanics are weird at first, and require a bit of learning, but after getting familiar with them it's a blast.

Gives me Binding of Isaac vibes i like it.

I'd prefer to give a mixed review but on the whole this really is a very fun game. It's pretty, the base conceit is compelling, the gameplay was complicated enough to be engaging and surprising but not so complex as to feel overwhelming. I was really getting into it, but I think maybe I played it wrong? Spoilers ahead, but on my third run I got to the end, the Bosch character asks me to fight something but I stalled for a round or two to see what it would do and as a result I unlocked hard mode. Had no idea what was happening narratively but forged ahead, two runs later I got to what seemed like the final boss, beat it and got a cutscene that, while interesting, felt completely unrelated to anything I'd yet seen. I can't help but feel like I got the true ending without having done anything else that would have granted it the necessary context and weight. I only unlocked like 3 characters but I don't really want to go play back through it all to unlock more when I've already seen the end. Guess I should have just done as I was told?

Genuinely one of if not the best games ive ever played. This game is awesome. Can’t recommend it enough

thank you for making this