Beat the Game is more of an animated music video that lasts shorter than it took to write this review, but it has astonishing animation and a player-controlled techno soundtrack.

I would almost call the title of ‘Beat the Game’ misleading, since this product hardly classifies as a game. It is more like a long and dialogue-free music video with stellar animation and an endless French style house/techno soundtrack (which is funny, since the creator is Turkish, the studio is American, and the music is Canadian).

Technically, there is gameplay, since we must hunt for music clips. Most of them only require us to scan distant scenery elements, but we also have to find some random items lying in the sand and bring them to other objects to complete the collection.
We use these clips for two things: creating our own soundtrack on the fly, which I consider the real main feature; and beating the final challenge, a short live show.

The only issue with this setup is that the playfield is extremely small and it is possible to do everything under 25 minutes. If you do not mind playing the price for this extended music clip though, then Beat the Game will not disappoint in its goals.

This game by itself is a great idea! I always wanted to see something like this... it is essentially a sequencer build into a game..Or maybe a game built around a sequencer? Whatever... something like that. There is only the problem, that there is only one "level" which will be done in under one hour. You only have to find some samples in it to arrange them in your sequencer and when you found them all you can start a little gig in a open air studio. But sadly there is nothing more to it. There are also some other items I found (like a Amiga Workbench Disk... cool!) but I couldn't find any use for them.

It would be awesome if you could create your own sequences and sounds with a drum machine and a synth! And instead of only finding sounds/samples the devs could also add virtual instruments. That would be so cool... I think the foundation is already there.

So... the game is lacking a lot. But since it's great idea, a pretty cool artistic look/design and a low price I can only give a thumb up!
If you are interested into music making, sequencers and stuff, I can recommend this game! But only for the price tag of 6,99, because it's too short right now. But there seems to be something coming. A following DLC or a content patch... since you get the message: To be continued" at the end. We will see!

If the devs are reading this: I would suggest adding the stuff I mentioned above. If it's too much, you should start a Kickstarter campaign! I really like where this could be going when I think about the possibilities...

So... my best wishes and regards to Turkey! Iyi şanslar!

Sehr strange Leider nicht sehr lang aber dafür gut gemacht

Es hat echt spaß gemahct es zu spielen und zu Streamen

You play as an unnamed character in stripey pyjamas. You wander around a limited area collecting items and using your sound recorder to point at things and record the noises. There's a mini-map which is entirely unnecessary because within 10 minutes you already know the whole area like the back of your hand. Once you've collected all the items and sounds you can then head over to the sound desk where small colourful peeps are dancing under the marquee. You play a mini-game where you have to click and un-click the purple squares to keep the music going. Then shortly after that the game ends.


The graphics and (perhaps) music are the redeeming factors of what can only be loosely referred to as a game. The developer, by his own admission, is an artist who decided to dabble at game design. The artwork can best be described as "trippy" with all kinds of weirdness going on such as flying pigs and giant skateboarding clay men. You can mix your own electronic music while you play, using the sounds you record. There are only a couple of dozen of them but you can do something with them at least. Electro music is not for me, I prefer a nice bit of classic rock, but it's interesting nevertheless.

Every time you interact with anything there's a nice little cutscene. I couldn't fathom any story, I'm not sure if there was supposed to be one, but you encounter three interesting characters along the way and in general it's certainly pleasant to look at for as long as it lasts.


There is no challenge at all, it's very easy. Suitable for a child.


I saw Steam reviews talking about one hour of gameplay and I thought they were exaggerating as usual, but I was surprised to find that it is indeed an hour. The gameplay is very basic too. There's no way I would pay full price but I might be tempted with a heavy discount just for the artwork.


This is a short review for a short game. It's not a bad game. It runs smoothly, no bugs, Linux support and nice graphics, but I just wish there was more of it. It was a pleasant hour spent anyway.

At the end of the game it says "to be continued..." whatever that means. Perhaps he's planning to add more content to the existing game? If so, better get on with it.

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The game is very good audio-visually. The design of the protagonist is very cool and the cinematics are very entertaining and eye-catching. It is a very short game, less than an hour if you go straight, although part of the fun and its approach is that you stay playing and making your musical mixes. The game itself doesn't have much; you move around a small map where you scan and capture new sounds and then make your mixes. The main enjoyment is based, on one hand, triggering and watching all those video sequences that appear when you find or interact with new objects. And on the other hand, having a good time delighting yourself with the mixing console. The aesthetics, saving the distance, have a surrealism style that reminds me of Tim Burton, Dalí, or even steampunk somehow. If you don't know what to play and you want to spend some time in an easy game that offers a spectacle, it is a good option to activate your senses. And if you like to play with music, here you can feel like you are Mr Oizo.




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El juego está muy bien audio-visualmente. El diseño del protagonista es muy chulo y las cinemáticas son muy entretenidas y llamativas. Es un juego muy corto, no más de una hora si no te entretienes mucho, aunque parte de la gracia y de su enfoque, es que te quedes jugando a hacer tus mezclas musicales. El juego en sí no tiene mucho, te mueves en un mapa pequeño por el que vas escaneando y capturando nuevos sonidos para luego hacer tus mezclas. El disfrute en sí se basa por un lado en ir desencadenando y ver todas esas secuencias de vídeo que saltan al encontrar o interactuar con nuevos objetos. Y por otro lado, pasarlo bien deleitándote con la mesa de mezclas. La estética, salvando las distancias, tiene un estilo surrealista que me recuerda al de Tim Burton, Dalí, o incluso algún pequeño toque steampunk. Si no sabes a que jugar y te apetece pasar un rato en un juego fácil y que ofrece espectáculo, es buena opción, activa tus sentidos. Y si te gusta jugar con la música, aquí puedes sentir que eres Mr Oizo.

Beat the Game is most assuredly one of the more obscure and unique games I've come across. Though, I think the game should called “Beat: The Game”. Conversely, I believe they intended the title to be a pun.

This game is super duper short and before I go into further detail. I think it's over priced at $10 being a 30-40 minute long game. And as full disclosure, I bought this game in an Indiegala bundle. The whole thing costing around $3 USD.

The game, for most intents and purposes, is a traditional adventure game. You collect items (or sounds in this case) and re-purpose them in your mixer to create music. All the while exploring a surreal and unique environment. Insofar as I can tell, the purpose of collecting these sounds is to perform a show for an alien species. [Insert Rick and Morty reference.]

No words are spoken throughout the game. And given the art style I don't think it's needed. It simultaneously reminds me of Psychonauts (the guy looks a lot of Razputin) with a glimmer of anything Tim Burton has done (chiefly Coraline and Nightmare before Christmas) with a touch of techno/electronic music rather than the heavy metal stylings of Brutal Legend mixed with the Pixar movie Wall-E. I'd love to see more content or a sequel or anything that I couldn't complete in the time it takes to eat lunch. But, here we are.

THE GIST
A very strange and unique game. Very abstract. Again, it's quite short so use your own discretion upon waiting for a sale or not. I would.

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Friends don't let friends drop acid and ride their bikes through the desert. . . Or do they?...

Beat The Game:
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Important News Flash for all hoverbike owners . . . in the last few weeks, the authority recorded an alarming number of accidents in the desert involving hoverbike riders and fridges! It has become a trend for people to drop their old fridges in the desert, and an even bigger trend for riders to smash their bikes into them at night due to poor visibility. And you, my friend Mistik, you missed the news flash and indeed rode into one tonight!

Beat The Game is an adventure / puzzle game where you play Mistik, a strange character who is dressed like a prison inmate and carries a holographic music mixer wherever he goes.

After the introduction cut-scene, where Mistik smashes his bike into the unidentified object, he will wake up in a surreal area. This area is basically where all the game will take place and you’ll probably familiarise yourself with it in the first ten to twenty minutes. The goal of this game is to collect all the sounds within the map, mix them to create great rhythms and put on a show at night using your music mixer to exit this section and win the game.

Mistik has another couple of instruments besides his music mixer. The first one is a sound scanner. By using this device, Mistik will be able to track sounds within the area. As soon as he identifies a sound, he will have to follow the sound with his scanner for five seconds to record it onto his mixer. There are twenty-four sounds in total to record in this game. Also, there are collectables lying on the ground for him to pick up, some of which will be needed to create new sounds. Others will be used to activate a different device, such as the Laser Mark Object.

Graphically, Beat The game looks very good; the animations and cut-scenes are very well done. I really enjoyed mixing all the sounds together and creating smashing rhythms. In terms of controls, you can use your mouse and keyboard or your gamepad, which are all responsive. My biggest complaint is the length of the game. It will be finished within an hour to an hour and a half maximum. It would have been nice to have at least a few more levels with new sounds to elevate the game further. I really like the concept, artwork, and being a DJ for a while. However, I wanted more.

Positives:
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- Nice artwork
- Smooth animations and cut-scene
- Easy to play for all ages
- Fun to mix sounds and feel like a DJ
- Fridges in the desert!

Negatives:
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- No achievements or trading cards
- Needs more content
- Very short

A great concept with nice animations and artwork. It’s so much fun to mix sounds together and feel like the DJ I always wanted to be!

6/10

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Not bad at all: Original, fun and the price is fair! If you want to try a different and interesting game with nice music, you should try this.

This game is well-made, quirky, and unique. The mechanism of finding and collecting sounds is fun to play, and the world that the developers have created is beautiful and surreal.

The obvious caveat with this game is that it is unlikely to take you more than an hour or so to complete. It's clear that the developers meant to make a much longer game; there are characters and objects that tie into future parts of the story that just don't exist. (Despite the 'to be continued', I don't expect the full game ever to see the light of day.)

It would be sad, though, to let that put you off completely. What is there of the game is well-realised and complete in itself -- the level that you play does lead you up to a satisfying end point. The mechanisms are fun, and I hugely enjoyed playing it.

My only real criticism, beyond the short length, is that there's little help in finding the sounds. They're mostly easy to discover, but I ended up spending the last twenty minutes or so wandering around trying to find the one missing sound. A hint system would have been helpful!

So, this is a beautiful, fun, and unique game. It's sad that it was cut short, but I'm happy to have played it and am glad that it was released rather than just dying in obscurity on a developer's hard drive. Don't buy it expecting the full story hinted in the level that you play, but enjoy it for what it is.