This game is amazing. I just finished the game 100% and am waiting for the update. I've seen lots of complaints regarding energy and the fact that we need to upgrade characters to progress. I think it's all about patience. 20 energy takes 200 minutes to regenerate i.e. 3 hours and 20 minutes. It is also the amount of time it takes for your gift to refresh and your shop to update. If you don't want to upgrade lee, then simply pick the sumo or Val. They cap at 30. And once you're done with them, pick Ana or oni (I went with Ana cuz her dash + regular attacks give a good combo). Always check the shop for tokens. And in case you get stuck on a level use some items. The tower is a great way to earn some extra token or items and doesn't cost energy. I always save coins, gems and items just in case. Use coins wisely and don't update characters unnecessarily. Increased health + attack is the best combo for the figurines. Later on you'll unlock 50 kicks as a figurine. Try to upgrade that as many times as possible. Once you reach at least level 5 with 50 kicks, then use him and buck together. You just have to be patient with this game. It's all about strategy.

It costs 200 gems to upgrade a character. The only way you’re gonna get that many is if you pay money for these or grind the HELL out of them and there’s no real way to grind for them. Only way to earn gems is through chests that you can open once you receive 3 keys, the daily gift box (I think it’s 10 gems at most if you’re lucky enough to get gems as the gift is randomized), and/or through the daily challenges when the most is again 10 gems if you’re lucky to receive that as a reward. If you’re trying to grind for these gems, you better not use them to “continue” after losing because you’ll lose gems QUICK. Especially if you’re low or have run out of energy. C’mon guy I mean you’re already making us wait to play by limiting the energy (which I’ve learned to deal with) but then slamming us with the 200 gems upgrading system?? When you don’t even give us a good chance of obtaining them without $$$?? This game is incredible and I enjoy it very very much. I love the character selection and the fact there are a TON of levels but that gem thing man. I wanna be able to use Lee in later levels but I can’t because he caps at 20 and it’s so hard to gain gems without paying so much. I will gladly pay for the full version with no energy limits and a much easier way to earn gems but I don’t see myself spending money on gems dawg sorry it’s gonna be a no for me.

The gameplay in this is easy to get the hand of and is quite fun. For the most part it is not unlike other games in that you’ll need to spend some time grinding to get tokens for that next character which is pretty reasonable in terms of the time it takes. The main limitation for me on this game is that I have all of the previous characters unlocked from Ana and before and tokens just aren’t coming at all for the other characters I’ve not unlocked.It’s got to the point where I’m maxed out my highest leveling character and I’m reaching levels that I cannot progress past without playing previous levels on a high difficulty level way beyond my character. I feel like I’ve hit a point where unless I spend a ton of money on in-game currency I’m not going to progress any further without committing lots of time to a game that has gotten less fun due to the difficulty limitations on my character. I can’t find tokens anywhere for the not unlocked characters so i essentially hit a wall and have stopped playing for the most part. It’s unfortunate because there’s many more levels for me to beat and it doesn’t seem like I’ll be getting there without paying more than I’d like.

I’m enjoying Beat Street a lot! I’m digging the classic Beat-Em-Up gameplay and different levels of difficulty and game modes. The sprite animations are also fluid and cute for the characters, and the story is cheery, funny, and light. Good music, too! It does take a while to adjust to the touch controls, but after a bit of practice they feel smooth, and it’s a good system. Some quibbles I have are the character portrait art - The style is not my favorite. Also, I wish there was more variety to the gameplay. It’d be fun if there were more environment pieces to interact with, and perhaps alternate paths. Also, would be cool if there were mounts you could ride at times, a la Golden Axe. I don’t mind there being an energy/gem/ad system; The developers have to make money somehow. But the biggest quibble I have is the glitches I’m experiencing when ads play - Some ads finish, and then I’m left with a blank screen, with no way to click out and receive the coins for watching them. I’d love it if this bug got fixed in future versions.That said, I’m loving Beat Street for the most part. Hope it only gets better.