Release Date: April 18, 2023
A combination of a fighting game and a rhythm game. God of Rock features a roster of resurrected musicians battling for global stardom. The player's actions must stick to rhythm of the game's diverse soundtrack.
God of Rock is an unusual fighting game with rhythm game elements. It was developed by Modus Studios and published by Modus Games.
The playable characters of God of Rock are music stars resurrected by the titular mysterious God of Rock. Raised from the dead, they must battle in an arena to entertain their "savior" until only one is left.
God of Rock features a roster of unique fighters, each with unique combat styles and movesets.
Just like in old-school fighting games, battles take place on various small arenas. This game, however, requires the player to attack to the rhythm of the music. At the bottom of the screen there's a timeline with passing notes. The player must press the buttons assigned to the notes at the right time. This is how we attack, the damage depending on our timing and positioning (the closer to the center of the arena we are, the stronger the move will be).
Throughout each fight we earn points, which fill up the special move and EX move meter. The former are more powerful than usual attacks, while the latter make the enemy's music track more difficult to follow and inflict other debuffs. Once we've fully charged the meter, we can execute a devastating Super attack.
God of Rock features a story mode, in which we let the chosen musician reach stardom, as well as local and online multiplayer. The game also lets us practice in training mode or modify specific tracks in the track editor, adding and removing notes.
The colorful, cartoonish visuals of God of Rock are not only very appealing, but also clearly and easily understandable, without unnecessary clutter. The soundtrack is made up of 40 diverse music tracks.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Developer: Modus Games
Publisher: Modus Games
Age restrictions: 16+
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System Requirements for God of Rock Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-7500 3.4 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 970 / 4 GB Radeon RX 570 or better, Windows 7/8/10/11 64-bit.
Game Ratings for God of Rock Video Game.
Switchaboo: 6 / 10 by Jake Mounsey
While I adore the idea of God of Rock, in execution, it feels a little clunky. Don’t get me wrong, I had a lot of fun playing and ultimately came out with a positive experience, and I can definitely see the passion behind the game’s development. I just feel like it needs a bit more revision with its user interface and general gameplay, make all the relevant information around the note highway and cut it down from a four button highway to three.
Cat with Monocle: 3.25 / 5 by Seth Hay
God of Rock is an interesting mix of rhythm and fighting styles but it feels quite difficult to handle both styles. Outside of the Arcade Mode and Level Editor, there’s not much left as the online matches feel scarce.
WayTooManyGames: 6.5 / 10 by Krystle Lim
Overall, Modus Games had the recipe for potential greatness and it looked good in the pictures, but it didn’t taste as good as it looked. Hindered by lack of options and accessibility, too much focus on the fighting game presentation, and not enough on rhythm which is the main aspect of the game, their attempt to marry the two genres ended up missing on both. There are other rhythm games that attempts to incorporate a different genre (like JRPG) such as Theatrhythm and does so expertly, sadly, this did not.
Average score from votes.
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