''Unbeatable'' (stylised as either UNBEATABLE or unbeatable) is an upcoming

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developed by D-CELL GAMES and published by Playstack. The game received support in 2021 when its

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was funded in 15 hours, along with a demo/proof of concept ''unbeatable: hite Label' which released new stages weekly during the duration of the

Synopsis

The game takes place in a fictional setting where music has been outlawed and a fascist agency known as H.A.R.M. (Harmonious Audio Reduction Maintenance) seemingly enforces laws prohibiting music as a result of some unspecified disaster. The player controls Beat, a mysterious vocalist who not much is known about, she spends her time thinking up new songs for the band to play and fighting the occasional cop. She plays in a band with Quaver the guitarist, Treble the keyboardist, and Clef the percussionist. Beat's sister, Rest, leads H.A.R.M. and has Poco and Apoco as her right hands.

Gameplay

''unbeatable'' has two different methods of gameplay, an exploration mode in which Beat can explore the areas that she finds herself in, play baseball, serve drinks, and write new songs. The player can play

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s for each of these activities, while talking with locals and completing side quests. The other major gameplay type is whenever you are performing, ''unbeatable'' uses 2 buttons to control the upper and lower tracks, which are used when Beat plays music or gets into brawls with local law enforcement. The demo currently supports four difficulty levels, Beginner, Normal, Hard, and Unbeatable. The progression is structured that the adventure gameplay is set on preparing and writing songs for concerts as well as exploring or fighting cops, and the rhythm gameplay happens in the concerts that may also be busted by police.

Songs

The game's soundtrack will be released in two forms: one of an album titled "ALBUM" which will containing all the vocal tracks and their acoustic versions, which would be all the music that the in-game band "UNBEATABLE" would have written diagetically. The other album, "unbeatable st will have both the vocal and acoustic tracks as well as the background music and other tracks being the proper soundtrack. The ''unbeatable'' demo arcade mode has 16 songs currently playable (italicized songs are no longer in the song rotation and are not playable), most of which were previously playable in the 'white label''demo:

Development

''unbeatable'' uses an anime-inspired art style, with 2D sprites placed into 3D environments in order to create a contrast between the characters and surrounding environment. In an interview with '' Creative Bloq'', art director Andrew Tsai said "these really lavishly animated characters and these very overtly 3D plainly shaded models that kind of stick out a little bit" he would then go on to say that the game is "not hiding the fact that it has 3D environments and not at all trying to blend the characters within them." The game went through many stages and it's artstyle developed over time. It can be seen in the differnaces between the original 2018/2019 trailers, the 'white label''demo, and the 2025 demo. Originally funded in a

back in April 2021, ''unbeatable'' has released a proof of concept called ''unbeatable: hite label', a demo for the full release, and 12 Songs on

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Reception

''unbeatables demo received positive reception from both players and

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. Anthony Franklin II, from ''Vice'' said that the game was a "a pretty good time," and wrote comedically about the game's unbeatable difficulty. Stacey Henley from

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praises the 'vibe' of the game and comments that ''unbeatable'' is "A game that, where so many others just didn't have enough, seems to have more." Oisin Kuhnke from

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wrote that ''unbeatable'' "has the best hook of any game ever" and is currently positioning the game as their future game of the year of 2025.

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External links

* {{Official website, https://www.unbeatablegame.com Upcoming video games Windows games PlayStation 5 games Single-player video games Indie games Rhythm games Playstack games Kickstarter-funded video games