Tape to Tape Reviews

Very, very fun. Completely worth it even at full price. I can already see myself playing this for countless hours

Epic High Octane Cartoon Hockey Gameplay Incoming! At first I was lost and wondering how I could even score a goal, let alone control a shot or setup a play. But with grit and gusto, run after run would yield more experience. I unlocked more companions, learned how to harness special abilities, and increased my main character stats, From miserable, to acceptable, to dare I say becoming good, I unlocked every achievement and had a great time! The animation and art is fun, the writing is humorous (particularly the npc names), and the commitment to development is continual. The game suggests that you use a controller of some sort, but did it all on a keyboard and got up to some pretty high input gaming. If you are unlike me and have friends, you can even play this game with them! BONUS HOCKEY Honest high recommendation for hockey and sports gaming fans, this was great value

Fun game, satisfying arcadey hockey like old school NHL. Mechanics are simple but effective, different special moves are a nice touch, and managing them on your team is interesting. Only disappointment is there's not a whole lot to do yet. Would like to see some different game modes or campaigns.

I like the hockey gameplay, feels fluid enough but still has tons of fun gimmicky abilities. It's the right mix of scratching the hockey itch while the learning curve isn't so steep you get frustrated.

Tape to Tape is a silly game. Throwing your stick and dropping people is funny every time you do it. Powerups remind me of the old 3 on 3 NHL Arcade for Xbox 360 and NBA Jams, but have some synergy with each other and you build your team similar to the way you build a character through powerups in Hades or other roguelikes. The weird style works well with the animations and it gets hilariously chaotic sometimes. The hockey gameplay reminds me a lot of the old EA Sports NHL games before they introduced the hit stick and you still shot with the buttons. I really enjoy it so far, definitely worth checking out

Absolutely braindead teammates, they just follow the puck. I can't pass to anyone for a cross because there is never anybody there. While the opposing team's players are actually positioning themselves and pulling complex maneuvers, your players are just chasing the puck.

Awesome game but its too short and kinda mid, could use different modes like endless or actual seasons.

Not a great roguelite but a very fun arcade hockey game. There is hardly any hockey games on steam so this is a nice addition.

Addicting and great hockey gameplay. Reminds me of NHL Hits from back in the day

It's honestly mind-blowing to me that we can still get sports games like this in the 2020s, cheap and frustrating AI, half baked mechanics, and limited replay value. First, the AI is way too unbalanced. You will dominate the game in shots on goal, time on attack, pass interceptions, and hits, and still somehow lose the game 2-1 or 3-0. The opponent goalie is way too strong, how many cross crease one-timers do I have to shoot in one possession, just for the AI to score on a lazy floater from the blue line that my goalie (whos usually in a bad position because the AI is terrible) helplessly watches fly past him? How many times do I have to poke check the opponent on defense until I can actually get the puck back? Why does the AI get frame-perfect body checks the moment one of your players touch the puck? If I had a quarter for every time the AI scored on a double tap deflect goal, I'd have enough money to hire a bigger dev team for this game. Your teammates are also another sore spot. They will go out of their way to make the game worse since the AI takes awful angles to loose pucks, rarely recovers defensive poke checks, and refuses to body check (more on this later) unless you put a powerup on them. Why are my teammates constantly skating towards me instead of taking a good offensive position to prepare for a pass? Speaking of passes... they are AWFUL. You can point your control stick or d-pad towards any teammate, and randomly your player will instead choose to fling the puck forward or at an opponent, ending your possession. The passing logic (if there is any) makes no sense, I've lost count on the amount of times I wanted to pass to the side and/or slightly behind me and the pass goes nowhere near where I aimed. This game could really use icon passing or some sort of improved logic. I don't know how many times I've said "I didn't aim my pass there!" when playing the campaign mode. The roguelike aspect of the game is okay, but it sometimes really hinders the hockey game underneath. Not being able to select any superstar teammate I want after I unlocked them is pretty crappy; I think choosing from a random pool of powerups can provide enough variability, but seeing the same 4 stars on rotation after I've unlocked all of them makes the game feel stale. When the run finally starts, I immediately feel a sense of dread looking at my benchwarmers since most of the time since their stats are abysmally low. Event spaces, while useful at times, are not often worth taking due to the potential downside most of the events give. It's much more useful to take a talent or raw stat boost over an event that sometimes provides a pure positive. I really REALLY want to give this game a chance, but I can't help but shake that weird feeling I get when I play any retro-like sports game with cheap AI. I don't want to get people the wrong idea though; for the casual couch co-op with friends (which is how I discovered the game), this game does enough to keep people entertained for a 40-60 minute session. Once you start to scratch a little further under the surface, however, the game's ugly underside really starts to show through.