Announced as part of the Triple I Initiative showcase, Brain Jar Games finally unveiled a release date for its rhythm based 3D beat-em-up. Coming out into Early Access on May 5, Dead as Disco, hopes to continue its viral rise and take one step closer to seeing the vision realized in less than a month’s time on PC.
Along with the release date announcement also came a new trailer for Dead as Disco, which showcases some of the major focus points of the game.
Fight to the Music
Obviously, as with any music game, the soundtrack can be just as important as even the gameplay itself. Dead as Disco promises over 30 tracks with original songs, licensed tracks and unique covers. Including covers of party staples like “Maniac” and “Final Countdown” among others. However, the songs not only serve as a backdrop to the action on screen, as they are instead a rather large part of what occurs inside of it. Since the main gameplay loop involves trying to have each punch, kick, or slam land on the beat.
What makes Dead as Disco work so well is that the developers did the hard part of already making the action go along to the beat, leaving it up to the player to decide how close they want to match it. Giving you the freedom to use main protagonist Charlie Disco as the conduit in creating your own violent music video. Then take that creativity a step further by adding in your own music and either dropping it in and playing or completely customizing the song to the beat.
Early Access Features
While the full game promises seven idols (the game’s bosses), the early access version will have four big fights at launch. Featuring the punk rocker Hemlock, AI Pop phenom Arora, guitar god Dex, and rapper Prophet. Defeating each boss unveils a bit more of the main story and also unlocks their special moves for eventual use. Bosses also feature their own skill trees as well.
Charlie Disco may already look cool, but players can customize the main character however they desire by choosing hairstyles, outfits, and accessories. The Encore music club can also be restored as you discover collectible items throughout the main campaign and piece together the story behind what happened to Mr. Disco.
If you can’t wait until the early access launch on May 5, and are intrigued by Dead as Disco, there’s a demo already available on Steam that features 13 songs, a short snippet of a campaign level, and also the game’s infinite mode and does have the MyMusic addition as well. So, players can use the two modes together to fight to any song they want, which seems like the perfect way to deliver a knock out and rock out at the same time.
