| Rating: | 5 (1 votes) |
| Played: | 10 times |
| Classification: | Music GamesRhythm Games |
Tap Road Beat is an amazingly compelling reactive game focused on rhythm. It's a game played at breakneck speed: neon lights fly by, the music pulses violently, obstacles arise non-stop, and the ball shows no signs of slowing down. The game is inspired by Tap Road and has a lot of rhythm features similar to Geometry Dash. This makes the gameplay experience feel like so much more than just evading obstacles. It feels like you are trying to dance in step with the speed of the music.
Tap Road Beat controls are extremely, extremely limited. Players just need to click their mouse or tap the screen to toggle between the two neon lanes.
But the main challenge is speed. The ball goes super fast and the obstacles come up so fast that your brain doesn’t even have time to absorb them. Sometimes you’ve just round a tight corner, only to see two additional obstacles popping up right in front of you – right on the beat.
The most unique element in Tap Road Beat compared to many other endless runner games is its music. In Level Mode you can feel the beat in nearly every motion you make. When you lane change in perfect rhythm the gameplay feels tremendously fluid. But if you, say, miss the beat by a few counts, everything suddenly descends into chaos. This gives the game a unique sense of flow. On some stages you’ll find your hands moving intuitively to the music rather than just reacting to what you see in front of you.
This mode is for gamers who love seeking big points. It's a long track, the tempo is a little quicker and if you make one wrong move you're back at the start.
This setting feels like when you try to concentrate on a musical remix that is really fast-paced. The pressure escalates the longer you play, but that escalation is also why it’s so addictive.
Endless Road Challenge is almost entirely reliant on reflexes, whereas Level Mode is significantly more rhythm-dependent. Each level has a different structure, its own unique music, and a set of obstacles that exactly match the song that accompanies it. This is exactly the kind of setting that differentiates Tap Road Beat from the original Tap Road. It feels much more like a proper rhythm game rather than just evading obstacles.
The game's looks, with its neon motif, are not particularly original, but the way it merges lighting effects with speed and music creates a wonderfully mesmerizing aesthetic. Everything is always moving, illuminating, shifting and changing - thus it’s almost hard for gamers to look away from the screen.
The game also features a nice amount of unlockable skins for the ball and the course. The personalization possibilities aren’t vast in scale but they do give enough of a real purpose to keep gamers coming back for more after every playtime.
Another big standout is the soundtrack. The game has Geometry Dash - like tunes, which is electric, intense and packed with explosive drops. If you like this sort of music, you will find yourself easily caught up in the game's rhythm.
Tap Road Beat isn’t mechanically complex, but it knows just when and how to put the pressure on to keep players captivated for just one more stage. It’s a very special rhythm that is really distinctive – the feeling of having to dodge stuff while running to the rhythm.
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