Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a glorious buffet of movement with a decent story frequently cutscene-ing you away from it. After you fully grasp the possiblities of the movement options Team Reptile provides to you, skating around New Amsterdam becomes one of the most hand and brain pleasing fidget toys I've ever encountered. You can easily perform combos of an infinite length while tricking the streets. This does not trivialize the game's challenges. BRC's combo mulitpliers are very intelligently attached to tricking on new objects instead of performing additional tricks. Completing the most difficult challenges in the game are not feats of dexterity, but of routing. I'm writing this quite a bit after completing the game, but my recollection of the narrative aspects of BRC are a servicable story about ego and the struggles of various gangs' attempts to dominate the graffiti culture of a city. I'd suggest going in blind for the story has a fair amount of twists and I fear the story is a lot less engaging with pre-knowledge of such things. My only real complaints are with BRC's combat and the abundance of it. The combat works just fine. I just didn't find it very enjoyable and the frequency with which the game prompts you to deal with the cops is annoying. Though, I'm sure they're meant to be annoying.

Reviewed on Dec 28, 2023


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