Beat Souls Review (Xbox Series S)

For this Beat Souls Review, we break it down with Beat Souls! A high-speed rhythm game where you have to avoid obstacles and collect the titular Beat Souls to wrack up a stylish combo and go for the high score! Lay the Rhythm Yokai to rest with awesome dance moves as you put on a killer performance!

Beat Souls Review Pros:

  • Nice pixel art graphics.
  • 576.7MB download size.
  • 1000 Gamerscore.
  • Rhythm action gameplay.
  • Optional tutorial.
  • You play as an avatar and have speakers on either side of you and it’s these Otomo you hit the beats with.
  • Obstacles will pop up and you need to avoid them whilst hitting the beats.
  • The player level is determined by the amount of exp/score you earn and unlocks new modes.
  • Two difficulties normal and hard.
  • Each difficulty shows your best score, best combo, and evaluation rank.
  • Every level is a song and has a name, artist name, and BPM.
  • You can create your own playlist.
  • Finish a level on normal to unlock hard difficulty.
  • When browsing levels the song will play.
  • You lose health when missing beats or hitting obstacles.
  • Health can be picked up via hearts on the tracks.
  • Can replay levels.
  • Each level has two bonus objectives which are full combo and no damage runs.
  • Controls – you can move left and right, jump over obstacles, and have the Otomo go left and right of you to bunch up.
  • Bite-sized levels.
  • Very easy load of achievements.
  • Visual effects settings – catch an effect, Lane effect, wave effect, and background effects.
  • 45 stages to unlock and play.

Beat Souls Review Cons:

  • Music is an acquired taste.
  • Small text in the tutorials.
  • A very busy screen.
  • The track you play on is small and claustrophobic.
  • The tutorial is split into lessons and it feels redundant.
  • Your actions are not in line with the music or serve any additional effects to the song.

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Beat Souls:

Official website.

Developer: ZOO Corporation

Publisher: eastasiasoft 

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Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!