Mad Rat Dead offers an entirely unique rhythm action platformer experience, one that is so good you'll want to surgically attach more ears to your body. Original, addictive and tremendously thrilling, Mad Rat Dead will make you love 2D platformers again.
Mad Rat Dead2020
Mad Rat Dead
2020 NIS America77Good
Playtime
ShortTypically 6 hours
Playable on
Available on
- $39.99
- $39.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- October 30, 2020
- Developer
- Nippon Ichi Software
- Publisher
- NIS America
- Themes
Overview
You've got one day to live and a big score to settle in Mad Rat Dead! Combining elements of action platformers and rhythm games with a cartoon-meets-punk art style, this crazy caper has you guiding a newly-resurrected rat in his quest for vengeance. Move in time with the music, smash through hordes of enemies, and rewind to escape hairy situations!
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Reception
Press78
Good- Metacritic79from 9 reviews
- OpenCritic78from 12 reviews
Mad Rat Dead is a prime example of Nippon Ichi doing what it does best between Disgaea titles: putting out weird games that about five people will play, but then those five people will happily talk enthusiastically about those games to anyone who will listen.
There’s really not much else to gripe about, save for how some of the songs are better than others, and thus having to play a boring one after a few greats can be a real drag, but otherwise Mad Rat Dead is a very fun, very well-made rhythmic platformer that I’m very glad I gave a spin. For $40, this is absolutely a steal for rhythm fans, and while the...
Overall, Mad Rat Dead is the probably the best, as well as only, "Rhythm Platformer" that I'm aware of. It has a kickin' sound track, the gameplay is smooth, the graphics are clean and crisp, and the storyline is strangely endearing. Yeah, Mad Rat Dead may be one of the single weirdest genre mashups I've seen since I played a freeware puzzle/fighting...
Mad Rat Dead blends 2D platforming and rhythm elements to create a challenging and unique formula that'll definitely keep you hooked.