KickBeat

KickBeat is a Kung Fu-themed rhythm game where you follow the music by reacting to fully 3D animated characters. Your button presses shape each fight sequence, and you can remove interface elements such as the score to focus on the action. The game includes a single-player campaign with hand-drawn animations and a distinct art style.

Game modes

The campaign has 24 tracks, including six exclusive tracks from the Electronic Super Joy OST by electronic artist enV. Free Play includes Advanced difficulty. In Beat Your Music mode, you use tools to turn your own music into custom tracks and fights; the mode becomes available earlier in the campaign, so you do not have to complete the campaign first.

Music

The soundtrack features tracks by artists including Pendulum, Celldweller, Marilyn Manson, Blue Stahli, Voicians and Taiwanese rapper Shen Yi. Its track list is:

• Pendulum: “Self vs. Self” and “Propane Nightmares (Celldweller Remix)”
• Celldweller: “Switchback” and “I Can’t Wait”
• Marilyn Manson: “The Beautiful People”
• Shen Yi: “War Dance”
• POD: “Boom”
• Papa Roach: “Last Resort”
• Blue Stahli: “Takedown,” “Scrape” and “Ultranumb”
• Southpaw Swagger: “It’s Showtime”
• Pre-Fight Hype: “It’s Goin Down”
• Voicians: “Fighters” and “The Construct”
• Rob Zombie: “Scum of the Earth”
• Styles Beyond: “Nine Thou (Grant Mohrman ‘Superstar’ Remix)”
• Pre-Fight Hype & Southpaw Swagger: “Tug-O-War”
• enV: “Destination,” “RPM,” “Vee,” “Shakestopper,” “OCP” and “Bloom”

Steam Edition features

The Steam Edition adjusts difficulty progression to help players move toward higher levels of play and includes enhanced graphics. It also has 42 Steam Achievements. Keyboard controls are customizable, and the game supports X input controllers.