Beam Reviews

I really like the fact that you can rotate your camera at different places, which adds so much depth to the levels! The music in the game is stunning and the visuals are really good. The dialog between the marble and the captain is very funny and reminds me of the portal series.

I can highly recommend Beam to any platformer fan out there. The game eases you into it relatively smooth, but becomes challenging pretty quickly. The level design tries to mix down-up or horizontal movement with cleverly placed objectives (visible in the background) or new obstacles (bridge collapse, for instance). The combination of the light beams with the crystals is an interesting concept that so far keeps on shaking things up. Backed up by the gloomy environment of the crashed spaceship which you try to escape, Beam will undoubtedly provide you with hours and hours of nail-biting, fun, exciting gameplay. Go check it out!

[h1]It's bouncy![/h1] This reminds me of Portal so many times. The humor is there, the look and feel is just right. Controls may pose a challenge, if you think that you can learn everything within the first 5 minutes. Just dive in and get comfortable with the controls over time. Yes, you will probably fail 1-2 times but not too often. The game doesn't start at 100% difficulty. Hence, you have a chance to make progress and be prepared for more complexity. The game gives a good tutorial-like introduction and is somewhat noob-friendly. For a puzzler, I very much like the fact that levels and parts of levels are not too open so that you cannot run into the wrong direction for too long. The level design seems thought through in this regard. Depending on your position, you may get a good grasp of where you have to [strike]go[/strike] roll in the current level. I'm very much looking forward to playing this through and updating this review.

32 hours of game play reflects more my inability to play but its still quite a long game and I enjoyed exploring the world before me. The gameplay was actually pretty good and the level of skill required to navigate the various obsticles is a challenge, but if I can do it then well, maybe you can too. The mazes were frustrating and I spent far too long in those. The puzzle elements were satisfying to solve. I found use of the yellow, red, green, purple beams gradually introduced as the levels progressed helped with the learning the mechanics. So, I enjoyed BEAM and happy to finally finish it. This is a very different kind of puzzle game than anything else that I have played and glad I played it. Thanks to the devs. Recommended. EDIT: Now onto chapter 3 and its super difficult but I keep coming back to try to progress further. Its got me hooked. Finally, after an epic battle, I have completed BEAM 100% and feel exhausted. Looking back, one of the most memorable moments was being chased by the underground tunnel boring machine grinding through the rocks and me only just keeping up infront to jump my way out of a certain messy death. Brilliant. Thanks. This coincides with my 20 years of service on the Steam platform. Happy anniversary to me

[h1]Now you´re thinking in [strike]portals[/strike] ... ähhhm ... BEAMS[/h1] [i]"Is it going to take loooooong?"[/i] If you wait for Portal 3 ... maybe, if you´re looking for your next challenging experience, no, you found it! I can´t point my finger on it, but I have so strong portal-vibes with this game. So if you liked Portal, Beam might be your next game. Instead of portals (and funny sticky gluey fluids) you have beams, emerging from kristalls with varios colors. Each color have its own unique capabilitys you can activate temporarily. And also instead of trying to kill you, the AI´s job is to save you from a collapsing starship, while you are rolling around in a mobile rescue pod, called MARBLE. What´s not kind of an easy task, because your charakter is an impulsive chatterbox. And thats the foundation for a lot of the humor in the game. Technically, the game have very good graphics for a title in this pricesegment and is fully dubbed on a professionel level and have an awesome soundtrack! I had no bugs so far, just one time, I glitched in a box and exploded. But I have to admit, I was very hyperactive with jumping and pushing stuff around, so, no hard feelings. Beside that, no crashs or breakdowns (except my mental breakdowns probably :D ) [b]Only 2% are smart enough to finish this game!!!!1!11einseinself[/b] Yeah, I liked to mobile-game-clickbait a bit, but believe me, this game is not for the faint hearted. If you have to think in portals in Portals, in Beam, you have to think in beams BUT also you need good controller skills, good timing and a very high frustration tolerance. So, if you are looking for a hardcore challange with good graphics and a good sence of humor, this is your game, enjoy! :)

If you are looking for your next challenge, you have found it! In this platformer, you manipulate light beams with different properties (bouncing, sticking ...) to escape a spaceship wreck - together with your intelligent escape pod MARBLE. The dialogue between these two is simply hilarious - Definite Portal Vibes! While challenging, the game is super fun and rewarding - the hidden collectibles alone are must see. Behind the scenes footage and interviews with the developers. I have not seen many games that had these before. The graphics can compete with many of today's AAA games, and when you consider that this is a new indie developer, it's really impressive. If you like Portal, a challenge, and charming indie games - This is a must buy!

Something different and something good Beam is. Reminds me of the experience I had with The Ball, Marble Madness and various other games out there. As for issues with the game people mention the controls being a problem but it is false. It is just all about learning a different control set. Simple as that. As for graphics it isn't anything amazing but that is not the selling point with this game. Finally in regards to what I paid for this game I paid $10 and change during the Steam Summer Sale or around that time and well what I have played so far has been fun but as for recommending it to buy well let me say I recommend you get it and then decide in 2 hours whether or not you want to keep it or get a Steam refund. I decided to keep it. That decision was made long ago when I got my hands on the demo.

Great new take on the Puzzle genre - lot of fun! Great graphics and very clever story/tasks... Highly recommended!

The gameplay is easily explained: You roll a ball, you spray fog towards lightbeams with different properties and you navigate through the levels. But from the very beginning you notice that it's not as easy as it sounds. Not only do you have to time your jumps and the fog correctly, you also have to find you way through the levels. Which should be easy in a 2.5D game, right? Not quite, as you can also rotate the camera at certain points. This adds lots of depth to the levels and makes the game much more complex than it seems at first. All in all it's a fun puzzle platformer with a small touch of metroidvania!

The game takes too much precision, which is very difficult with a keyboard and mouse. After about 10 times of doing the same load over and over....you finally succeed only to have your pod explode on structural failure....then guess what....start all over again....blah! After hours of play, still on second level...blek! You can't save your progress, a bitter failure for a game this difficult.