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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 31.7 hrs on record (30.2 hrs at review time)
Posted: 19 Jan, 2016 @ 8:25am
Updated: 5 Jul, 2019 @ 4:08am

Totally an amazing game at what it is
TL;DR at the end
Time to complete ~20hrs
Time to 100% ~30hrs
Difficulty: [■■□□□] to [■■■□□] - Pleasant, Mildy Challenging
Audience Casual - ■□□□□ - Hardcore
Genre: Brawler, Adventure
In this wonderful piece of an indie game, the awesome game design, together with the great aesthetics and soundtrack, make for a really unique experience (especially on PC), and quite an enjoyable one at that.
The only bad point of this gem is that it doesn't feature Online Multiplayer

Game Design
Very solid and straightforward, 0 complaints
You essentially have complete control over your playstyle, provided you have the parts you want
  • Megabyte Punch is essentially a brawler, but with a huge twist:
    Instead of picking a class or a character, you pick abilities and/or statistics, and all the game essentially turns around that.
  • You can collect robot parts, either by looting them on enemies, buying (with bits earned by destroying foes or parts), finding or earning them through a tournament.
  • The whole game is linear and subdivided in 6 main worlds + a few challenge worlds, which can all be revisited at almost any time
  • There are 150 different parts, with 35 different attributes (30 completely different abilities and 5 types of stat upgrades)
  • You get 4 slots to attribute your abilities to (which are bound to different move combinations), and you choose what ability you bind where, without affecting the ability's effect
Gameplay
  • Super easy to take in hand, even for a complete noob to brawlers like me
  • The great variety of enemies and the amount of possible combinations of abilities give it great replayability
  • Easy to play, hard to master
  • Super satisfying, everything either blows up, gets torn to pieces, or disappears in oblivion once you defeat it
  • Even in 5v1 and Bossfights the game still doesn't feel too hard because you always have way to take control of the playground and/or enemy-ies
  • Challenge Rooms and Tournament mode offer much more challenging gameplay, and a hell lot of replayability
Ambiance
  • Sick tracks[runesound.bandcamp.com], very pleasant to listen to, varied and they all go very well with the game, they are so good they will get you pumped up on their own
  • Neat 2.5D graphical style, very stylized and pleasant to look at, even during intense fights, and after 4 straight hours of gameplay

TL;DR
Neat unique game, packed with great gameplay, challenge, and really nice to play. No downsides other than having no multiplayer.
So good it got me happily spending 5 hours on guides
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