A year earlier, we played the PC version of the rhythm shooter BPM: Bullets Per Minute and were not very impressed with what we saw. Now the game has been released on Friv2Online and Xbox consoles, and in a brief review we will tell you whether it is worth paying attention to the owners of these platforms.
We talked about BPM: Bullets Per Minute in detail in a previous review. In short, this is a hardcore rhythm shooter with roguelike elements, in which players shoot monsters while trying to get used to the poisonous bright red with splashes of yellow and orange.
The friv game is built on the assets of the canceled Epic Games MOBA Paragon and in general looks quite good, except for the color filter, and even better sounds, forcing you to adjust the movements, shots and reloading of weapons to the rhythm of heavy music. However, there were some problems: including a fierce random that can send the player to the boss with only one starting pistol, and high difficulty, due to which you risk getting stuck in two initial locations for a long time.
You can read a detailed review at the link ; over the past year, the gameplay has not changed, basically remaining the same. Nevertheless, there is something to be said about the console release.
On the last generation of consoles - PS4 and Xbox One, BPM: Bullets Per Minute runs at 30 frames per second, and this is the version that is better not to get acquainted. With such a frame rate in a game where fast reactions are required, it is simply uncomfortable to be. On PS5 and Xbox Series, the situation is better - here the project holds 60 fps at 4K resolution (but does not offer other improvements), and this provides the friv game with a more pleasant playing environment.
Although in any case, you will have to fight with the controls. I have no problem with first person shooters on consoles, I am fluent in multiplayer action games with a gamepad, however, BPM: Bullets Per Minute has too intense gameplay, and often I was not able to accurately aim at the enemy using the sticks. In a shooter where the life of a (rather weak) character depends on every moment, this quickly leads to defeat, so the screen illustrating the death of the hero, I had to see much more often than in the PC version of this game.
BPM: Bullets Per Minute is not a bad shooter. You can find a certain charm in it, you will fall in love with its soundtrack, and the randomness works both ways, at the same time annoying when you can’t get cool weapons, and delighting with amazing, sometimes ultimate, combinations of guns and abilities. However, before you buy the console version, think twice about how good you are at first-person shooters. Because this shooter makes very high demands on the skill of the player.