Unbeatable

Unbeatable is a rhythm-combat narrative game about a teenage band on the run in a world where music has been made illegal. To experience the animated story, you must win frantic rhythm battles with perfectly timed button presses. It stands out for the devious ways each prompt can jump around to make memorisation and musical instinct essential for success.

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Set in an oppressive city, you play the leader of a rebellious band, on the run from the government. As you move from place to place, putting on secret concerts, you are hounded by guards and the police. To escape, you must complete rhythm-action music challenges with precisely timed button presses to evade or attack. Unlike other rhythm games, you have just two buttons. However, the prompts in this game can switch tracks and directions as they move towards you. The focus here is on frantic reactions rather than rhythmic combinations.

As you progress through the songs, they ramp up in difficulty with more timed obstacles and foes to navigate. Practice makes perfect, as you can restart quickly to keep trying to complete each challenge. You encounter stages that require you to fight across moving trains to evade cops on motorcycles.

The result elevates the rhythm game with animated storytelling and simple-yet-brutal rhythm challenges. The narrative rewards success that is hard won by careful practice and memorisation of the musical patterns.

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Our examiner, Will Oster, first checked Unbeatable 3 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.