KickBeat Steam Edition
Zen Studios · 2014 · Action, Indie, Music, Rhythm, Martial Arts
PC
Mostly Positive76% · 358 📉 Recent reviews down 62%
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About KickBeat Steam Edition
From indie pioneers Zen Studios (makers of Pinball FX2 and CastleStorm) comes KickBeat, an innovative rhythm game with a Kung Fu theme, featuring fully 3D characters and high-energy music! You can use your own music to create custom KickBeat tracks, allowing you ultimate replayability!
New Additions for KickBeat Steam Edition:
The KickBeat Steam Edition Soundtrack features tracks from a diverse lineup of artists from well known bands such as Pendulum and Marilyn Manson, to indie musicians Celldweller and Blue Stahli, to hidden talents like electronic music producer Voicians and Taiwanese rapper Shen Yi.
KickBeat Steam Edition Soundtrack
Pendulum - Self vs. Self, Propane Nightmares (Celldweller Remix)
Celldweller – Switchback, I Can’t Wait
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
Shen Yi – War Dance
POD – Boom
Papa Roach – Last Resort
Blue Stahli – Takedown, Scrape, Ultranumb
Southpaw Swagger – It’s Showtime
Pre-Fight Hype – It’s Goin Down
Voicians – Fighters, The Construct
Rob Zombie – Scum of the Earth
Styles Beyond – Nine Thou (Grant Mohrman “Superstar’ Remix)
Pre-Fight Hype & Southpaw Swagger – Tug-O-War
enV – Destination
enV – RPM
enV – Vee
enV – Shakestopper
enV – OCP
enV - Bloom
Beat Your Music mode features a set of tools allowing players to use their own music to create custom KickBeat tracks. Experiment with different types of music to create different types of fights!
We got rid of the bars, arrows, button icons, etc. that other music games rely on as action cues and replaced them with fully 3D animated characters. Instead of just seeing characters in the background moving to a preset script as eye candy while the actual gameplay takes place in an abstract 2D interface, you actually control and react to those 3D characters. That means you actually get to focus your attention on what those characters are doing! As you play the game, you're creating your own fight sequence with your button presses. We also let you get rid of all the other interface parts (such as score) if you like, so that there are no distractions from the action.
KickBeat features a full length single player campaign with beautifully hand drawn animations and a unique art style.
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New Additions for KickBeat Steam Edition:
- Six exclusive tracks from the Electronic Super Joy OST by indie electronic artist enV have been added to the single player campaign. There are now 24 tracks in the campaign!
- Advanced difficulty is now available in Free Play
- Beat Your Music mode is available much earlier in the campaign, allowing you to create your own custom tracks without having to complete the single player campaign
- Adjustments have been made to the difficulty progression, helping players adjust to higher levels of play on a better curve
- Enhanced graphics
- Customizable keyboard controls + full X input controller support.
- 42 Steam Achievements
- Stream Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud Support
The KickBeat Steam Edition Soundtrack features tracks from a diverse lineup of artists from well known bands such as Pendulum and Marilyn Manson, to indie musicians Celldweller and Blue Stahli, to hidden talents like electronic music producer Voicians and Taiwanese rapper Shen Yi.
KickBeat Steam Edition Soundtrack
Pendulum - Self vs. Self, Propane Nightmares (Celldweller Remix)
Celldweller – Switchback, I Can’t Wait
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
Shen Yi – War Dance
POD – Boom
Papa Roach – Last Resort
Blue Stahli – Takedown, Scrape, Ultranumb
Southpaw Swagger – It’s Showtime
Pre-Fight Hype – It’s Goin Down
Voicians – Fighters, The Construct
Rob Zombie – Scum of the Earth
Styles Beyond – Nine Thou (Grant Mohrman “Superstar’ Remix)
Pre-Fight Hype & Southpaw Swagger – Tug-O-War
enV – Destination
enV – RPM
enV – Vee
enV – Shakestopper
enV – OCP
enV - Bloom
Beat Your Music mode features a set of tools allowing players to use their own music to create custom KickBeat tracks. Experiment with different types of music to create different types of fights!
We got rid of the bars, arrows, button icons, etc. that other music games rely on as action cues and replaced them with fully 3D animated characters. Instead of just seeing characters in the background moving to a preset script as eye candy while the actual gameplay takes place in an abstract 2D interface, you actually control and react to those 3D characters. That means you actually get to focus your attention on what those characters are doing! As you play the game, you're creating your own fight sequence with your button presses. We also let you get rid of all the other interface parts (such as score) if you like, so that there are no distractions from the action.
KickBeat features a full length single player campaign with beautifully hand drawn animations and a unique art style.
Media Quotes
- “KickBeat succeeds as both a rhythm game and a fighting one” – JoyStiq
- “Combining slick combat with finely tuned rhythm-action fare, KickBeat was so frenetic it even managed to stir me from my early-morning half-awake sate.” – Pocket Gamer
- “The hand-drawn animation really stands out in this regard and I found myself getting absorbed by the hypnotic flow of the figures moving in and out of the combat area.” – Destructoid
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1] Kicksheet Steam Edition. Full pressure on. Valve turned off. Release the kraken! [/h1]4 found this helpful
12 years prior to Dead as Disco, there was KickBeat.
The rhythm game genre has fallen off the map since Guitar Hero and Rock Band saw plastic instruments became common place in living rooms in 2015. Released in 2013/2014, KickBeat attempts to flop together two different genres into a divisive mess with a story that is best described as twaddle. Best played with a controller, you use the face buttons, to fend off enemy attacks through a variety of inputs in time with the music. The changeable camera angles and coloured lighting are seizure inducing and create artificial difficulty by making certain inputs harder to see depending on the stage. With all rhythm games, the success of any title depends on how the soundtrack resonates with the audience and the soundtrack in KickBeat is limited although there is the option to import your own music but, this is limited by format (.mp3) and inputs are based on tempo alone. If you like rhythm games and the soundtrack appeals, there’s fun to be had with KickBeat and it’s more than just a feeble kick despite the lack of content.
Remains as the best solo rhythm game for me. Thank you.
Revisited this awesome rhythm game after a decade, still holds up well .. graphics are looking good, you would not recognize the difference if it was made today or 11 years ago This one was one of my favorites during my rhythm games obsession chapter of life .. definitely worth a try, pretty cool story mixed with little funny moments and absolutely packed with music from legends like Pendulum, Celdweller, Blue Stahli, Rob Zombie and many more
Very disappointing rythim game. Not worth both ur time nor money. Avoid
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