Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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A party-based RPG about a 3-piece band of dysfunctional friends who, upon signing up to a perfectly normal battle of the bands contest, become cursed with an unusual power.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is a rpg, 2d and jrpg game
developed and published by Deathbulge and Five Houses LLC.
Released on August 08th 2023 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 503 reviews of which 498 were positive and 5 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 4 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: macOS 10.12+
- Processor: Quad core 2GHz+
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04+
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support, 64-bit
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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Pretty fantastic RPG! I hadn't seen deathbulge comics before, so I can say that knowledge of them isn't required to enjoy the game. Although as far as I know there are *some* explicit references. The story and writing both felt unique enough to stand out amongst other RPG's to me, and the characters and world are really cool. The combat system was refreshing in a genre that usually has fun but repetitive combat, I liked working with the system (and breaking it) and enjoyed all the quirks of the combat system [My biggest praise to the entire game would probably be the bar system, a fantastic spin on status effects, and the item system stocks of all items is just so good] My only real complaints are pretty standard ones for an indie RPG, the ending felt a little empty compared to the amount of characters and quests [Most major characters get a satisfying conclusion, although with the exception of one big one the game forces you to obtain (and one small one), no side quests seem to effect the ending of the game. And while the combat system is unique, eventually occams razor whittles the combat down to simple formulas (Even with all the systems at play, Noise maxxing on IAN combined with Faye focusing on speed and briff tanking is nigh unbeatable, combined with speed measure stacking and slow measure stacking for the enemy and even the fight with the super boss was beaten on my first try) A hard mode might be nice although personally I would only want that with some sort of extra story / ending features, or maybe an epilogue. Regardless this is an incredible RPG and a must buy I would say for those interested in turn based RPG's!
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Pros: -Very unique combat system - even the ITEM system is unique! -Endearing cast with genuinely funny humor -Plenty of content... 20+ hours for me over multiple sessions for 100% -Large arsenal of skills, both basic and special -Interesting story Cons (Mostly nitpicks): -No way to pick specific measures, so (for instance) a debuff that could be easily dispatched requires more resources to deal with than really necessary -Enemies are spongy as heck, and boss fights take FOREVER -Some parts can be slogs, either because the enemies are obnoxious or the area is humongous... or both
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It’s clear how much thought and effort went into building the world the game takes place in. It’s funny, vibrant, and full of personality. The music is great, the mechanics are an interesting twist on the JRPG format, and the story was very engaging with a huge cast of great and memorable characters. I’m a fan of the comics that preceded the game, but you don’t need to know a thing about them to enjoy this game to the fullest. Highly recommend.
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This game is criminally, offensively, underrated. I bought this on a whim because I liked the style and visuals. Jesus H. Christ, that was the best whim I've ever had. All the music is incredible, the combat style is unique, and the visuals are more stylish than anything I've ever seen. If you have twenty dollars to spend on an rpg, you'd be hard pressed to find a better use for that money than this game.
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Great game! Not underrated, but not very well known. A quick list of things I liked: - The right amount of complexity for light hearted but engaging play. As someone who likes very fun, punchy RPG builds but doesn't like balancing dozens of stats and hundreds of pieces of gear (as is often the case in party based RPGs), this game has a combination of clear archetypes and mechanics that feel fun and engaging to play with while not being too overwhelming. Although I definitely had balances I leaned a bit more towards, I did multiple full team shifts over the course of the game as I unlocked new stuff, and I didn't really feel like I'd ever "solved" it. I only approached that point near the end game, and even then the final boss was a challenge. - Unique, inventive mechanics. I don't think music bar RPGs are going to be a new genre or anything, but I think pivoting your game around a small, unique mechanic that you've clearly thought about a lot and polished, and then building more traditional design on top of that makes for a memorable experience and a sense of freshness for your players, as they try to apply their genre knowledge to a new situation. Very fun idea, very cool to make builds around. - Great, unique art. I think with the current standard of what "good" game art looks like, it might be easy to say that this game's art is very simple/loose, but in my opinion it is a very refined, well tested style built on years of the dev finding his voice with webcomics. I think it's a general style group a lot of us have seen on Instagram, Twitter, or more dedicated webcomic sources if you're into them, and I think seeing that kind of art transferred to a game has worked very well for Dealthbulge. Great slapstick, great visual gags, characters that are easy to grok and fun to look at. - Pretty solid playtime for an indie RPG. I don't personally like valuing a game just based on a dollar to hour ratio, different games can affect you in different ways in different frames of time, but a type of good game experience I like to have is being able to say "Oh, I spent the weekend playing X, I can't wait to get back in and finish it". It was a good, satisfying journey that I was able to invest almost 30 hours into, and spent that whole time feeling things out about the game. Wasn't gone too soon but didn't overstay it's welcome. For $20 I thought that was great. - Funny writing. This goes back to the webcomic thing, but this is very clearly a game made by someone who has found a fair amount of success doing comedic writing. The humor is not necessarily for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. I'll say real quick that the one thing I didn't like, but is also relatively genre standard, is the amount of backtracking and wall hugging I had to do to find all of the game's secrets . I'm largely a completionist, maybe not to the point where I need every achievement, but especially with functional collectibles or upgrades I'm usually trying to get everything. There's a pretty regular cadence of hidden stuff in this game, but sometimes I reaaaaaally had to grind, checking every nook and cranny of every big labyrinthine place I'd been before to get this one little thing I missed. That was a bit of a slog. But again, pretty common in lots of games. Oh, uh, and I work in games but the title "Deathbulge" always makes it weird to bring up in conversation or try to post about on the company slack. However I still recommended it to a lot of people 1 on 1. 😅
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Frequently Asked Questions
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands received 498 positive votes out of a total of 503 achieving an impressive rating of 9.15.
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Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands was developed and published by Deathbulge and Five Houses LLC.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands. Explore additional content available for Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands on Steam.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands does not support Steam Remote Play.
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Deathbulge,
Five Houses LLC
Publisher
Deathbulge,
Five Houses LLC
Release
08 Aug 2023
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