Double Kick Heroes mixes a shoot'em up with a rhythm game. You must survive on the highway to hell by killing monsters with your gundillac. Only the power of METAL can save your band!
Diving into new kinds of genres you’ve never played before can be interesting. Today I dive into the rhythm genre of games. Double Kick Heroes was my start in this genre, but it combines shooting and strategy in it as well. How did this game do at combining these into one? Read and find out.
Double Kick Heroes is a neat callback to rhythm games of the past, both in terms of gameplay, and also musical genre.
Double Kick Heroes really aims for a very specific niche of the rhythm game market. For players who love heavy metal and retro difficulty settings, this is a great opportunity to rock out to some new tracks and a fun story, then maybe create some zombie-slaying mayhem of their own to their favorite Ozzy or Motörhead track.
The idea behind Double Kick Heroes is absolutely amazing, and its soundtrack is oh so great. I really wanted to love it, considering how much I love most rock-centered rhythm games, but this game is a mess when you play in harder difficulties.
If you liked the games of the Guitar Hero or Rock Band sagas, and you have also developed more neck than Fernando Alonso based on headbaging, Double Kick Heroes will enchant you. Not only is it visually a very worked game, but the compositions of the game could pass through real themes of first level heavy metal bands. Of course, beware of its high...
