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The Beat: A Glam Noir Game

70% positive of 10 Steam reviews

Released: 2022
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Up Multimedia.

About the game

In The Beat you take on the role of Leo, a closeted cop investigating a murder in the gay community. Each choice you make has a meaningful effect on the story and the more drama you create the higher your score.

Tagged by players

Noir
LGBTQ+
Modern
Detective
Choose Your Own Adventure
Turn-Based Strategy
Immersive Sim
Investigation
Dynamic Narration
Thriller
Stylized
First-Person

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The Beat: A Glam Noir Game

70% positive of 10 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2022
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Up Multimedia.

About the game

Tagged by players

Noir
LGBTQ+
Modern
Detective
Choose Your Own Adventure
Turn-Based Strategy
Immersive Sim
Investigation
Dynamic Narration
Thriller
Stylized
First-Person

What players say

Recommended
Okay. I have a few thoughts about this game. Things I loved: - Very Aussie! The setting of Melbourne and the locations feel so real and visceral. - Art style! Even though it was pretty inconsistent and patchy, the mood of the art style is really lovely. - Sunrise scenes! The scenes in front of the mirror had some really lovely dialogue. Things I liked: - The overall mood of the game. It feels very mysterious and…
1.2 h played when written. 26 found it helpful.
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Recommended
This game felt like I was playing magical realism Australia-based Yakuza side-quest about a gay cop investigating a murder. 10/10 This game is unashamedly experimental but also easy to learn in terms of the gameplay loop. It took a few minutes to figure out how to do anything but once you get going, it's very intuitive and it doesn't waste your time, getting through this experience can be done in less than an hour.…
1.5 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Nope. Weird, buggy, not sexy at all :( The story and the mechanics is pretty interesting, but I don't get why they had to use this so bad looking lidar-like graphics. A properly painted 2D (as with their previous games) would fit it way better and maybe helped avoid most of the bugs.
2.4 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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