ROBOBEAT Shoot on the beat

Every shot lands harder when it lands on the music. Fire in sync and you deal more damage and shorten your cooldowns; miss the beat and your bullets still fly, they just hit softer. There is no reload to break your tempo, and each weapon keeps its own rhythm: some fire on every beat, others want a gap between shots. Charged shots, damage multipliers and armour piercing rounds stack on top, so a well-timed volley can end a fight before the chorus does. You drop into a room, the drums kick in, and your trigger finger finds the pulse.

The custom music feature is the party trick. Upload a track in .wav, .mp3 or .ogg, trim it in the in-game editor, and the game generates beats that match it automatically. Fine-tune the beat map if the auto placement misses a spot, or build mixtapes from your favourites. You can swap songs mid-fight without interruption, so the whole run can play out to your own playlist from the first shot. The built-in soundtrack holds its own too, with plenty of tracks to unlock as you push deeper into the mansion.

Standing still gets you killed. Slide, launch into the air, slam down to knock enemies off their feet, then keep going. The world reacts too, with environments and visuals that pulse along to whatever track is playing. Enemies will not wait out your dance break, so the trick is to keep it fluid and keep it moving.