BeatBuddy è un gioco che mi ha colpito non poco.
Esteticamente è molto bello anche se di fondo si nota una certa semplicità nella costruzione dei livelli.
Ha una serie di tracce musicali che scandiscono ogni livello che, nonostante non siano tutte efficaci alla stessa maniera, sono veramente fighissime.
Il character design l'ho trovato disgustoso, la storia ignobile, skippata alla grande. Ma sono solo futili dettagli perchè il gioco è divertente. Il flow dei comandi sulla base regala momenti esaltanti, altri incantevoli.
È un gioco, comunque, rilassante, non impegnativo che regala qualche ora di spensieratezza.
Consigliato alla grande.

Ho completato tutti e sei i livelli di Beatbuddy con entusiasmo per la colonna sonora e parte integrante del gioco. Musiche bellissime. Anche la grafica del gioco l'ho trovata piacevole, colorata e curata. Lo stesso non si può dire della giocabilità: innumerevoli bug mi hanno fatto ricominciare i livelli per poter andare avanti. è un aspetto che i programmatori dovrebbero sinceramente decidere di curare quanto prima. Per il resto, interessanti i puzzle, a volte anche complicati.

(Più una prima impressione che una recensione)

Questo gioco non fa nulla in modo tremendo, ma allo stesso tempo risulta piuttosto blando, generico e non terribilmente intereressante.

Il gameplay e le meccaniche sono fin troppo semplici, mentre stile di disegno e colonna sonora sono entrambi competenti e gradevoli, ma risultano piuttosto triti.
Storia, atmosfera, dialoghi e personaggi potevano anche non essere inclusi per quanto sono irrilevanti.

A primo acchito, il gioco viaggia tra "accettabile" e "mediocre".

Che dire, potrebbe essere un gran bel gioco, ma presenta molti difetti e bug che a mio parere dovrebbero far abbassare il suo prezzo fino a 2 euro scarsi.
Mi sento di sconsigliarlo per questi motivi:
- iniziando un livello a metà dall'ultimo salvataggio spesso l'intero puzzle di gioco si bugga, le conchiglie che vanno a ritmo si fermano così come tutti i mob del livello. Bisogna quindi ricominciare da capo il livello e diventa una rottura dopo poco tempo;
- considerati questi difetti che lo rendono ingiocabile, i produttori non lo hanno mai aggiornato a dovere con dei fix.
Non conpratelo al prezzo intero perchè non ne vale la pena, aspettate i saldi, anche se un gioco quasi ingiocabile non dovrebbe neanche esistere sul mercato.

Un gioco che ricorda parecchio Acquaria, ma in nuovo entusiasmante contesto di integrazione con i giochi musicali! Lo adoro per davvero, preso non mi ricordo dove ma davvero se amate esplorare, enigmi e sopratutto andare a tempo di musica fatelo vostro!

Character design, storia, level design, sono tutti realizzati alla perfezione.
L'unica cosa negativa per me è il menù (all'inizio non ci si capisce niente, bisogna farci l'abbitudine) D:
è comunque un gioco fantastico, lo consiglio a chi ama il genere!

Buona l'idea ma realizzata coi piedi, sono un amante del genere ma il gioco è super ripetitivo e noioso e a volte frustante nonostante non sia difficile. Ci ho giocato due volte e la prima mi stavo letteralemnte addormentado sulla tastiera, potevano fare tutto decisamente meglio a cominciare dalla poverta di ide nei puzzle....poi la musica il punto forza di questo gioco è sempre uguale c'e' una traccia sola per ogni livello i livelli sono 6 e durano 1 oretta circa...ascoltare lo stesso motivetto per un ora è da spararsi.
Voto 3/10

I really, REALLY wanted to love Beatbuddy. Games that incorporate music into their gameplay are kind of my thing, and to the game's credit it does start out VERY strong. The first half hour or so is incredibly fun and inventive as you experience how the game layers beats on top of each other to create the main song of the level, and discovering each new creature and how it interacts with the soundtrack and Beatbuddy gameplay wise is incredibly novel. Sadly the gameplay fails to stay fresh for very long, relying on the same bounce pad and reflector tile gameplay for the majority of the game, which is pretty disappointing for a game that's only 3 hours long.

The first thing you'll notice are how floaty the controls feel. The game (appears) to be set underwater, so that point can be somewhat forgiven, but if you're playing with a keyboard and mouse the poor controls are really put front and center. The majority of the game is based upon interacting with your environment, using keys in locks, hitting things to the beat, etc. However this quickly becomes INFURIATING when Beatbuddy simply refuses to pick up an object or swim a certain direction, ESPECIALLY in time sensitive situations. I can count on one hand the times during my playthrough that Beatbuddy picked up or placed an object where I wanted to the first time without having to click the mouse repeatedly. Another totally bizarre control issue is that Beatbuddy will occasionally just stop listening to your commands altogether and swim in completely random directions, sometimes coinciding with your mouse being over the foreground art but sometimes due to nothing at all. All this leads to a very obnoxious gameplay experience at best, and a potentially maddening one at worst. Eventually you get used to it (about 30 minutes before the end, unfortunately) but when the game throws handfuls of enemies at you at once and you're being helplessly knocked around while the game ignores mouse input, or given a time sensitive puzzle and Beatbuddy flat out REFUSES to pick up an essential piece of the puzzle in a timely manner, you can't help but feel let down.

Thankfully Beatbuddy is forgiven some of its gameplay missteps with a very charming art style, which is a 3D character model on top of very beautiful layered 2D art, although for a musically driven game the soundtrack is surprisingly mediocre, save for a few standouts. While the first level is designed extremely well in regards to introducing not only the layers of song throughout the level in a gradual and fun way, but also the creatures of the world and how they interact with you and the song, that detail seems to go out the window past the first few levels. The soundtrack becomes just the backdrop as the game progresses instead of a major gameplay element, with a few exceptions of course. The fact that the game forgoes a lot of these fun ways to introduce the song of the level compounded with the hit or miss controls and the fact that you see most of what the gameplay has to offer very early on makes the Beatbuddy segments seem like filler until you get to the next vehicle sequence, which is when you get to hear the level's song in its entirety (or as much as they were allowed to play, as the "level's song in its entirety" actually only ever ends up being maybe a 15 second loop of a chunk of the chorus). It began to feel like I was just chugging through the same old bounce pad, reflector tile and collect the gems sequences as Beatbuddy until I got to play the next vehicle segment, which turned out to be the game I ACTUALLY wanted to play.

As for the story, it serves its purpose. For a 3 hour game it does its job. The characters are all very likeable and cute, too. Their designs are pretty unique and fit the world well, and they all speak in their own style of beatbox which is pretty endearing. The game has some decent humor in the way of your companion, Clef, dismissing the very clearly falling apart vehicle you both ride in and the Prince character doing some very tongue-in-cheek villain things. Slight spoiler alert here, but the ending seems to happen all at once and with very little fanfare which is very disappointing. For a big, boisterous music game I was expecting a large boss battle with some rousing music, but the ending really comes out of nowhere and happens very quietly. For a short little music game like this I suppose it's fine, I was just hoping for more.

Even with all that being said, there's still something about Beatbuddy. I'd be totally lying if I said a few of the songs weren't still stuck in my head, and I beat it in one sitting and didn't want to stop, which is saying a lot nowadays. Maybe it was because I wanted to see what the next level was going to look like, or what new mechanic they would introduce, or maybe I just wanted to hear what the next song would be. Unfortunately with the gameplay flaws and short gametime Beatbuddy comes off as less of a good videogame and more of a really enjoyable interactive music video. If that's fine to you, by all means pick up this game. If you're really pining for a new music game, pick up this game. For everyone else I'd say maybe avoid this one. Pick up some of the greats (Audiosurf, Beat Hazard, etc.) or maybe get it on sale.

Beatbuddy... The title suggests this game is all about music and in a way it is, but don't expect something like Bit.Trip Runner, Symphony or Audiosurf here. Beatbuddy is an action adventure where your enemies produce the sounds resulting in a track for each of the six levels. The levels themselves are big and should take you around 30-45 minutes to finish. So completing the game will take you about 5-6 hours. I can tell you that that's more than enough because Beatbuddy just doesn't have enough variety to keep things interesting for much longer than that. True, it introduces new puzzles and enemies in every level that you play, like so many other games really, but for Beatbuddy is just isn't enough.

Plus, the fact that I experienced 2 game breaking bugs made me realize that Beatbuddy is a good game, but nothing groundbreaking. I can understand that a game has bugs, as long as they don't break the game but for a game that's 2D and somewhat linear it's unforgiving. Especially if it's such a short experience.
On the other hand; the levels are well made and have beautiful art so it's not all bad.

My advice to you: grab it when it's on sale.

[Rating: 65/100]

Music in this game is astoundingly good. Sadly, the level design is uninspired and the puzzles are repetitive. The checkpoint system doesn't work super well, leading to many broken event triggers.

Made it to chapter 4 before encountering a checkpoint bug that stuck me in one area of a level, and no further progress was possible.