LISTEN. WATCH. SHOOT. VIBE. Simply put, 64.0 is an easy-to-understand rhythm game that lets you shoot something. That âsomethingâ may be just a bunch of colored squares referred to as âguysâ, but hey. You can shoot something! Nevertheless, this title can be a source of joy for at least a couple of hours and if you put enough energy into it, maybe a lot more. Basic rules Letâs unwrap this gem of an indie game. What is it? Itâs an arcade title with extremely high difficulty and one simple premise. Shoot the bad guys and let the good guys live. You win by surviving the level for exactly 64 seconds. Easy enough, right? Any more details? I hear you ask. Well, bad guys are squares with the same color as your background and good guys are squares with different colors. You gotta pay attention which direction youâre firing your weapon, because shooting a good guy ends the game. Fear not though, there are not many directions in which you can fire your weapon. There will always be only four directions at a time, though some levels alter which keys you need to press. At its core though, 64.0 allows you to shoot left, right, up and down, which makes WSAD and directional arrows default way to play. Sometimes though, the game throws in some spanners in the works mixing up the gameplay. Flashing lights, tilted maps, multiple squares that need to be hit at the same time or even a white blanket covering nearest space to your shooting square, that renders all of the âguysâ close to you colorless. 64.0 is very demanding and itâs difficult to describe how truly challenging the levels can be. I advise to treat them all as an adventure though. Your first playthrough might take around 15 seconds but donât worry, tankfully the game is not created in a way that will actively disturb your gameplay or make it unnecessarily harder with each attempt. No. You are put into the same map every single time, it is not procedurally generated. Itâs not random. Each time you get the exact same line of squares coming your way in the exact same order. It is a rhythm game for a reason. It has to fit the song playing in the background. Worst case scenario the map will be flipped and that annoying stream of 4 bad guys will come from the top instead of your right. This means that everything can be completed if you put enough heart into it. You just gotta figure it out and make no mistakes as you play. Simple as that! Make it your own 64 Customization is this gameâs highest selling point. Iâm not even joking when I say that everything in this game can be adjusted. Sure, it requires you to delve into game files, but the game creators rebel rabbit have prepared all the files and instructions for you. Literally without any knowledge about programming you can edit the colors, controls, effects and even entire songs to fit your liking. All with simple commands written into text files. I may be challenged in that regard, but to me it was somewhat mindblowing that I was making a direct impact on how the game looks and behaves by simply editing text files prepared by the developer. All that customization sure does help as the game, in my opinion, looks rather bleak by default. Muddy colors that despite being completely different, somewhat blend into one another. I believe such shades were chosen to combat all possible colorblindness issues, but it didnât strike me as welcoming. Fear not, it takes around 3 minutes and voila! Your own chosen colors are now represented in the game. Personally, I have picked more vibrant and striking colors, but youâre free to choose whatever you please. Just a note tho, stay away from picking the same color for every type of âguysâ. It does make the game unplayable. Community adds depth Simple as can be, 64.0 contains 8 levels + an endless mode. Depending on your skill level, those can all be completed during one monstrous 2-3 hour run, or last for about 20+ hours. Maybe even longer if youâre dedicated enough but just canât stop failing. Itâs the Super Hexagon or Super Meat Boy of rhythm games. You either try long and hard enough to succeed or drop it the second it starts getting annoying when you canât reach the finish line. All in all though, 8 levels does not seem like much and if I am to be brutally honest, it really isnât. Tankfully, there is more depth to it if youâre willing to try. Remember when I said that you can customize songs to fit your liking? Yeah. 64.0 has an entire workshop full of player made maps, all with different soundtracks to accompany you in your adventure. Some are better, some are worse, but thatâs how it is with Steam Workshop. What matters is that you can truly browse through thousands of songs and pick the ones you like the most and spend that little bit extra time in 64.0. Fun that is basically free I have to praise this game for how many hours it took out of me before writing this review with how incredibly simple it is. Throwing it into Steam Workshop was a great decision which greatly prolonged my gameplay and it definitely will extend yours if you simply give it a chance. 64.0 costs close to NOTHING and the -50% coupon for it can be found in cereal, it is so common while crafting badges on Steam. For what it gives, the price tag of 3 Euros is basically a steal. Youâd be missing out a lot if you got as far as to read the entirety of my review and not give this game a chance. In all seriousness, please do give it a shot. 64.0 is fantastic and it is cheaper than a cheeseburger.
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