I went back and finally finished unbeatable. I got it on launch, played about halfway through the story then stopped for various reasons - not because the game though, I actually loved it from the start, warts and all, it was just… all the other stuff happening at the time.

It’s messy, janky and overambitious at times but also full of heart in a way that really makes for a special experience if you resonate with the game.
Story mode as a whole was a pretty great, even if it… I’m not going to write “fell apart” in the final stretch since it wasn’t that dramatic but it did lose me a bit. I get and appreciate what they were going for but it didn’t really work for me as well as it could due to focus on the least interesting part of the story as the main narrative device for most of the finale. The final musical number was cool though.

I did warm up towards this part after letting it stew for a bit and I still love the game despite the stumble. It might not be perfect but I’m honestly at a point where I’d rather embrace imperfection of something worth experiencing than glide through something ideal but without anything to say. It was well worth the money and time I put into it and I can’t be any happier about that.

Even if the story mode wasn’t as strong as it was, there’s always the arcade mode - plenty of great music to play there too!