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Beatbuddy – The Verdict

Beatbuddy – The Verdict

I always find it a shame when a game you were looking forward to just doesn’t live up to the potential you saw in it. I’m talking about Beatbuddy, the game I played at Rezzed and fell in love with. But that was only one level that was playable at the show and sadly the final game just doesn’t match up with the brilliant snap-shot of it I played. By no means is it a bad game, it just goes from being an almighty and truly amazing experience…to being simply an amazing game with a few aspects that got to me.

Great Music, Not so Great Dancing in Latest Beatbuddy Video Blog

Great Music, Not so Great Dancing in Latest Beatbuddy Video Blog

I think that I’ve already established that Beatbuddy has caught my eye thanks to the brilliant fusion between the music and the gameplay. I have to say that the game really wouldn’t work without the awesome beats of the songs that have been written for the game with some of the music coming from Austin Wintory who composed tracks for Journey and Monaco. The latest video blog from the team at THREAKS features Austin and some other great tunes, along with some slightly disturbing German dancing.

Beatbuddy Preview

Beatbuddy Preview

If I had to choose one game from the Rezzed event as my Game of the Show, it would go to Beatbuddy without a doubt. I suppose that Sir You are Being Hunted might have rivalled it, but I didn’t get to play the quintessentially English game. Beatbuddy though was something else.