Beat Slayer Review (PC)

It’s the laser beams that get me most of the time. I know there’s a color change that signals when they are about to fire but I often have my hands full with dozens of robot enemies, all ready to launch their own attacks. Often, I only spot the beam when the screen flashes because Mia, the character I’m controlling loses some of her precious health. So I do my best to focus on the laser’s origin, a fixed emplacement that typically spawns with the second opponent wave. I dash around it, keeping to the beat as much as I can, to clear some space and then launch a flurry of kicks and axe attacks. I could also deliver an Ultimate but that feels like overkill considering that this is just one enemy. Once it’s down I turn and face the melee group that quickly closes on me. Mia enters Tanzrausch while dealing with them, becoming a blur of robot-destroying attacks. Unfortunately, I whiff a dash and she’s out of the flow state, scrambling to move away from a series of area-o...