About Bizarre Heritage:
Bizarre Barber is such a singularly unique and strange combination of experience and aesthetic that the sensation I got from starting it reminded me of my first play of Katamari Damacy. At the time of that game’s release, its individual vision and gameplay mechanics were both odd in combination and presentation, as well as not yet accepted as a series or institution of gaming history. With BB, those mechanics are simple enough to pick up and play, but challenging to master and physically demanding as a work out. Your hair chopping will get you moving in all directions and trying different gestures in the space. This is all while surrounded in an environment that is very immersive by way of presentation in spite of being only forward facing and on-a-rail-of-sorts. The subway, and funky, alien entities riding it receiving the haircuts creates a colorful diversity punctuated by sound design like the metro if all its sound was produced by Cardi B. All elements make this one of the most New York-feeling games that I’ve ever played, as strange as that may seem. If you’re down with vibrant, whimsical, weird stuff, check this out. The game starts off easy but difficulty does ramp up as you progress, the levels near the end can get quite intense indeed So it’s both easy to get into but should be challenging to beat. I was streaming when playing so I went through it without trying to maximize my scores, so basically I rushed it, trying to get better ratings would obviously give you more play time. Kids can play it if you pick seated mode in the settings. Otherwise some things can be quite high up! This did have me bang my controllers together a bit, my own fault as the scissors don’t force that, but then it does get fairly hectic so hard not to!
