Fuser Reviews

Fuser is ranked in the 83rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
IGN
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Nov 19, 2020

For a few brief moments Fuser reinvigorates the glory days of social music gaming and in the right hands can be effectively be an instrument of music creation, but outside of the campaign there's little for the rest of us to do.

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77 / 100
Nov 10, 2020

Fuser feels like a natural evolution for Harmonix and, scoring system aside, lets players take control of the music more than ever before.

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8.8 / 10.0
Nov 20, 2020

Combining elements from multiple songs to spin your own creations delivers a special kind of magic

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8 / 10
Nov 24, 2020

Fuser's core mashup-making mechanics are compelling, but they're best enjoyed as a creative pursuit rather than a challenge-based game.

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Nov 17, 2020

Fuser lets you become a DJ from the safety of your own home, without having to deal with a global pandemic or 24-year-olds with jaws swinging like saloon doors. Its pricy entry point may be a turn-off for some, but when you’re enthusiastically bopping your head to a mash-up of Amy Winehouse, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Pitbull, you can almost forget that it wants to charge you $1.99 for Evanescence. It’s a fun time with tons of replayability, that will deserve a wider audience than the niche crowd it’s poised to appeal to.

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6.5 / 10.0
Nov 6, 2020

Fuser does what it says on the side of the box, but there could have been a more compelling foundation to keep you going past the point where it feels like you've done it all. Which, in this case, can be quicker than a lot of other rhythm games.

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80 / 100
Nov 8, 2020

FUSER is to DJ games what Guitar Hero was to guitar games: an enjoyable experience with a good music selection. But here you'll find a way more rich, deeper gameplay, and a very exigent one. Start playing FUSER it's easy, but dominate it needs a lot of time. The good part is, whatever discs you throw to the mix, you're gonna love the sound...

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TheSixthAxis
Top Critic
Unscored
Nov 6, 2020

For the moment, despite my DJ diva heckles being raised to the highest point, I can say it’s pretty good.

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8 / 10
Nov 6, 2020

For pure musical fun, there are few games in 2020 better than Fuser.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 6, 2020

Fuser is a fun game in its campaign and festival mode, with a multitude of customization tools as a reward for our best sessions. In addition, in free mode it can be an excellent tool to believe we are the best DJ ... in our neighborhood.

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4 / 5.0
Nov 6, 2020

Arguably and oddly enough, Fuser is at its best when it focuses more on creating music and less on being a traditional rhythm game.

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9.5 / 10.0
Nov 6, 2020

Fuser is as exciting as it is creative, with plenty of options to make music through different genres. Harmonix has made a colourful and enjoyable game, and I can't recommend it enough.

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7 / 10
Nov 15, 2020

Fuser is a weird little thing that has fantastic moments turn into awful ones at the drop of a beat. But when the awful moments are still incredibly fun, does it really matter? If you don't take Fuser too seriously, it could be one of the best rhythm games out there.

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6.5 / 10.0
Nov 6, 2020

Fuser has a great roster of music that can, at times, be a joy to mix together. However, the game has too many tools and throws too much at you that makes it a stressful and oftentimes frustrating experience.

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9 / 10.0
Nov 9, 2020

FUSER is all about player creativity and freedom. It's less focused on technical recitation of precise button presses and more on how in the groove you can get yourself. For decades, Harmonix has been harnessing the power of music and delivering a feeling of super stardom to players. FUSER puts that directly into the players' hands more than any game before it. Even with a PS5 and next-gen games in hand, I can't turn the music off. If you yearn for the days of the plastic instrument revolution, just without all that junk taking up space, FUSER will put you as close to the stage as any music game possibly can.

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85 / 100
Nov 6, 2020

Fuser is a wonderful title that will appeal to anyone looking for a good time with great beats. Whether you're spectating a user-created set or making your own beats with the base soundtrack of 100 songs, there's no better time to spin the disc and get the house poppin'!

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Dec 5, 2020

You're a DJ splicing the drums, bass, melody and vocals of your favourite tracks in dizzy new ways in this latest from the makers of Guitar Hero

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8.8 / 10.0
Dec 9, 2020

Harmonix shows once again why they are very good at what they do - making fun rhythm games.  Fuser is a fantastic music creation tool that is a ton of fun to play. Online battle modes are fun, when you can find people to play with. Fuser is something I will be playing for quite some time, if only to try and get five stars for all the campaign missions.

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8 / 10
Nov 6, 2020

It takes some practice and deep breathing exercises, but getting into Fuser's rhythm is worth the effort. You can become a pro DJ without really knowing what you're doing.

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9 / 10
Nov 9, 2020

Fuser is, frankly, a staggering technological achievement. The game takes the act of making music, an incredibly challenging thing to accomplish, and practically trivialises it. You don't need to have any kind of prior knowledge to make meaningful music with this title. The game walks you through everything with a perfect learning curve and near-limitless flexibility. It remains to be seen if it will court a large enough player base to confirm its existence, but as it currently stands, this title is yet another unexpected jolt of inspiration for the rhythm game genre, which even just a few years ago looked all but dead. Between the brilliance of rhythm titles in VR and now Fuser, the future is bright indeed.

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