Tick Tock Bang Bang Reviews

[h1]Rating[/h1] 6/10 [h1]Intro[/h1] It feels like Superhot, but without the polish of that game. Just like Superhot however, it's super short, perhaps even shorter. But considering it's super cheap on a sale, I can't outright not recommend this game. [h1]Positives[/h1] + Decent replay value. + Steam Workshop support. + It's basically more Superhot. + Good aesthetics and graphics. [h1]Negatives[/h1] - It's shorter than Superhot. Which was short to begin with. - Time doesn't gradually turn from slow motion to real-time and vice-versa like Superhot.

Dejobaan doing what they do best: [strike]cloning and iterating[/strike] innovating like a beast! This is [strike]basically Superhot[/strike] a revolutionary new time manipulation mechanic with some elements of their own Drunken Robot Pornography mashed in, and a smattering of high-speed vehicles for good measure, [strike]somehow encapsulating both "cheap knock-off" and "better than the original" philosophies.[/strike] There is, strictly speaking, [strike]more[/strike] a wide variety in the form of all the robots, turrets, lasers, jump pads, cars, rockslides, the infernally aggravating kamikaze dummies, and perhaps most notably, a level editor AND custom robot builder. On the flipside, you get to deal with some weird inertia with the controls, a ridiculously short-range taser shot when out of bullets, lack of replays, extremely uneven difficulty curve, detonations that obscure your view of incoming threats for way too long, lack of melee function, and just generally vaguely stiff-feeling gameplay. To be clear, I don't dislike it, this is more of a thumbs-sideways, but judging by achievement ratio to playtime there's about an hour and a half of campaign in total and I don't like it enough to keep playing. The presesnce of level and robot editors is a great idea to be sure, but I'd have to really love the base gameplay to invest the time in building and exploring new content. [strike]For about the same campaign length as Superhot, you only have to pay a third of the price. That being said, if Superhot had a level editor there'd be little reason for this to exist.[/strike] Despite my feelings on it, it's an amazing new concept!

Not good if you're looking for anything but a shoddily-made SUPERHOT clone. I thought this would build further on Drunken Robot Pornography since it's a mod of it, but it's hands-down worse. Sure, more things were added, but even making your own levels you can't use this game as a superior version of DRP for the following reasons: -Time distortion is not optional. -You're stuck with the new gun, though it wouldn't be so bad without time distortion. -Instant death not optional, it was hardcoded into this game even though it's optional in the arena editor; what I don't understand is why instant death was added in the same way jetpack was removed, by having it ticked by default in the arena editor. -Even small titans will cause severe lag and sometimes crashes, let alone the massively complicated ones that worked perfectly fine in DRP -All the new things you can stick in a level cause huge perfomance drops, literally all of them. At least for me, the game becomes painfully choppy from 5 drones, 5 humanoids, 20 cars, or any water. Unfortunately, the main menu so happens to have about 30 cars. I don't know why this game runs so badly when it's just a simple modification of a well-performing game.

Clearly inspired by SUPERHOT. It's definitely not as good as the original, but it has some original elements. This game is less combat focused and more bullet-hell. Totally worth the 99 cents on sale.

[h1] DISCLAIMER: This is a first impressions review, and NOT a full review [/h1] [quote] PLEASE NOTE: I recommended this game with some exceptions, overall if the game did not live up to just a tiny expectation, I would not have recommended it at all, so please read the review carefully if you are thinking of buying/playing this game [/quote] Tick Tock Bang Bang is a game developed and published by Dejobaan Games, LLC The game offers some nice graphics, although some ugly glitches here and there, it is pleasant all the same Tick Tock Bang Bang overall, however, is an okay game to play, and it does get boring if being played for a long time, but is an okay-ish to meh action game and to play in short bursts [h1] RECOMMENDED :) [/h1] [b] REVIEW SOURCES: [/b] [list] [*] None

SuperHot, but no story and more mechanics (I think? I've never actually played SuperHot). Some levels take a fair amount of skill/planning/practice, but I think that's part of what makes it fun.

I like a Reckless disregard for gravity and Drunken Robot Pornography, publishers previous games (Not my weird fetishes). But this game really isn't anything special. It reuses assets and the style from DRP, which isn't the best for the central slow mo mechanic. Things don't look better in slow motion for this game, the animations aren't detailed and there are some projectiles, like homing rockets, that you can't dodge or deflect if you are positioned wrong BEFORE they launch. On top of that, the game is short, my time (1.9 hours) is me playing the game through one and a half times, with only 2 or 3 memorable levels.

A foreword: For the sake of brevity, I'll write a summarized version of my review here on Steam. Here is the link to the longer form of the review, as well as a description of my reviewing mindset. http://pastebin.com/QeuQUmRD Gameplay: Impossible to not compare to Superhot, but does enough different to stand apart. Various gimmicks and hazards that wouldn't be out of place in Drunken Robot Pornography really enhance level variety. Enemy design is pretty good, bosses are big and very reminiscent of DRP's. Biggest problem is the length of the game. 8/10. Story: The entirety of the story is told in the trailer. Graphics: Definitely a Dejobaan game visually, which I really do like. Ran at a perfect 60FPS with everything on max on my GTX 760. 5/5. Sound: Not really much in the audio department at all. Music is very sparse, mostly ambient. 3/5. Overall scores are: 8/0/5/3; 8.0/10.

+Some unique original levels +More SUPERHOT as the game is clearly 'inspired' by it +Game works fine, controls fine +Level creator/workshop support -Boring aesthetic -Very bland sound design, practically no music -Pickups/powerups are incredibly boring and just solve the level automatically -Final level is overly long compared to every other level before it -Very short game -Reused assets from Drunken Robot Pornography -Zero story and even the premise alone removes all sense of urgency (You're doing hollywood stunts)

Short review for a short game: If the levels in Tick Tock Bang Bang were trimmed down by half I'd recommend this more easily. It seemed every few levels surprised you with an interesting or clever design, the other half were dull or repetitive. Tick Tock Bang Bang could use some music, the strange ambient water trickle and other sounds that slow or speed up with you are eerie. Don't buy this looking for a Super Hot clone (and definitely not a clone that is super hot) because you won't find it here. Buy this if you'd like a quick casual game or another 100%. I'd rate this as neutral but that's not an option.