
Rarely did I feel that gameplay was unfair however, as, with time, you’ll start to get into the flow of how the dungeon works. The game itself, though simple to play, can be difficult to conquer. Before starting a game, you can also choose which track to start on, whether you want the playlist shuffled, or even have the same song repeated. Take a look at your inventory and you’ll see blips in a bar under each weapon this tells you how the weapon shoots its projectiles and the tempo it does it at in relevance to the currently played song. Even your own weapons react to the music. Elements of the game respond to the beat of the music, such as hazardous obstacles and deathly projectiles. The title has a playlist of twelve tracks, each one is pretty catchy in itself. Play around to see what suits you best.Īs the name suggests, Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon revolves largely around music. Perhaps you want one weapon shooting in front and the other at the back, or maybe you prefer shooting in a cone shape. One cool trick the tutorial doesn’t tell you is how you can change the shooting style by clicking A, B, or Y. You can swap between your collected shooters by using the L and R buttons for the left and right hand respectively. If you want to get through the dungeon alive, you’ll want to use your non-standard weapons wisely as they all come with a limited amount of ammo.

My favourite is probably the Spitfire which spews a rapid spread of projectiles similar to a flamethrower. The Time Bomb, for example, shoots a single projectile that explodes into many after a set amount of time. You’ll also have the opportunity to collect even more weapons, each with different abilities. Use the left stick to move and the right stick to shoot your weapons.ĭuring exploration, you’ll be tasked with many challenging rooms where you’ll either have to destroy an onslaught of robots or collect a specific amount of keys to proceed you’ll be scored based on how quickly you complete the room and if you can do so without receiving damage in addition to how many rooms you complete and enemies you defeat. You begin in an empty room where you pickup your starting weapons: the Laserpistol and the Syncopistol from there you’ll explore the procedurally generated dungeon in search of Dr. It’s up to you to enter the Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon to smash some bots and save the only hope for music and dancing in this twin-stick arcade shooter. Dysko’s newly developed Rainbow Laser… unfortunately he was kidnapped before completing this most excellent weapon. There’s only one way to stop the perilous machines, and that’s with Dr. Of course, you’re bound to discover underground venues where the beat goes on whenever anything is outlawed. Earth is ruled by evil robots from another dimension who are hell-bent on outlawing music and dancing. Nintendo Switch digital copy provided by Thalamus Digital Find out the results in our review, after the break! Join us in the Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon and find out if this title has caught the beat or is as dated as cheap disco.

Dysco, has mysteriously vanished… how totally not groovy! What’s worse is that the world’s greatest musicologist, Dr. like the ability to add your own tracks to the soundtrack and a vintage text to speech engine based on a whitepaper from the first disco era! The game also features a super groovy soundtrack from various talented artists.Some may say you can’t kill disco, but in this dystopian 8-bit world, evil robots sure are trying. It's also got some slick features that you don't really need. Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon has all of the features you need, like Easy Mode for players who only want a moderate challenge, Reduced Flashing and Image Fine Tuning for photosensitive players, Extra-Easy Mode for players who don't want to be challenged. Each 101 room dungeon is randomly generated from an ever-expanding pool of hand-crafted challenging rooms. As you dual wield your way through the dungeon you'll be mixing a unique musical experience. Each weapon you pick up automatically fires to its own rhythm and is synchronized to the game's music. Every action, every laser blast and robot explosion, happens according to the rhythm of the music.

Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon is part twin stick-shooter, part rhythm game, part dungeon crawler.
