History VideoGame / BPMBulletsPerMinute

*** Revolver: Good range, better damage than the basic pistol, and holds 6 rounds. Even with the drawback of single-round reloads, the revolver is a substantial upgrade over the Basic Pistol.

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: Range and Damage. Many weapons have pathetic range, unable to cross even half of a large room. Once Range is up to level 5 or 6, you can reliably hit any enemy from a comfortable distance, letting you avoid damage that much easier. Damage in contrast lets you helps you survive by eliminating key targets in an encounter quickly and reducing the number of simultaneous attacks you have to dodge, and is especially useful for taking elite enemies and bosses with more challenging attacks off the board quickly.

It released for PC via Steam and [=GOG=] on September 15, 2020, released for the Xbox One and PS4 on October 5, 2021, and released for the Nintendo Switch on September 8, 2022.

It released for PC via Steam and [=GOG=] on September 15, 2020, and will release on consoles for a later date.

* BraggingRightsReward: The Ultimate skills unlocked for a character by beating Hard difficulty with themused to be this. They're all very useful but you have to clear the game's hardest mode without their help, so... Update added new hardest difficulty, "Hellish", making them useful.

** Some floors have "Bank" room, allowing you to store up to 10 coins, as well as withdraw any number you want. This allows to compensate a run giving too little money with runs that gave surplus. Additionally, storing enough coins unlocks a bonus.
** Beating the game on Easy or Hard with a character usually unlocks starting ability for them. This makes it easier to advance to Hard/Hellish.

* BraggingRightsReward: The Ultimate skills in general, since they are unlocked by beating Hard Mode with each character once. They're all very useful but you have to clear the game's hardest mode without their help, so you don't actually need them unless you keep playing the game afterwards.

* {{Macrogame}}: Buying anything from Huginn or Muninn increases your "shop loyalty", allowing them to sell more things at once: when you start the game, Huginn will only sell two items, and Muninn will only sell one. After repeated runs, Muninn will offer three different guns and three regular upgrades, while Huginn will offer up to six items for sale and a free gift. The increase in choices and available options can make subsequent runs much easier.

* EarlyGameHell: In general, the game is at its hardest when you first boot it up. At the start of the first run, only Göll is playable and merchants will offer only the most basic powerups. Not to mention that the player will have to adjust to the game's core concept of only shooting on the beat. Unlocking new characters doesn't immediately solve this, as everyone's skills are locked until you beat Nidhogg with them on what the game calls Easy Mode; if you want their Ultimates as well, you'll have to beat the game on Hard with a character.
** The first level of Asgard is generally also the most difficult, as you have only your starting weapon and base stats. The all-important Range stat is also at zero, which means you'll struggle to hit your enemies without getting hit by them. If you can get through Asgard 2 with decent resources, you'll be well-positioned to make it through Vanaheim and Svartelfheim, which are considerably easier.

* InterfaceScrew: The extremely rare Inverted level modifier flips your view upside-down for the duration (though your UI remains in place, thankfully).

* NoSell: After taking damage, most Vanaheim enemies will start to glow, representing the fact that they are now shielded. The shield is ''completely'' impenetrable, and the enemies can still act while it's up. You need to kill them on the first shot, or dodge them until they're vulnerable again.

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: '''Range'''. Even the strongest weapon has pathetic range, unable to cross even half of a large room. Once Range is up to level 5 or 6, you can reliably hit any enemy from a comfortable distance, letting you avoid damage that much easier. The other stats are helpful, but even Damage isn't as important[[note]]Damage lets you kill enemies ''faster'', but you can always kill enemies ''eventually''[[/note]].

* ArmorAsHitPoints: Armor is added to your hit point total and subtracted first. By default, Freyr starts the game with 150 armor and no health, meaning he can't heal at all unless he finds more armor, gets the Dragon Heart shield (which regenerates one segment of shields) or gets Health Upgrades at Huginn's Shop.

** The Energy Cannon, a strange-looking rocket launcher-esque weapon, fires exploding bolts that detonate after 1 beat, but itself only fires them after a half-beat delay, has only 1 ammo in its clip without clip upgrades, and has the same Revolver-like reloading mechanism, making for a very unorthodox-feeling weapon. It has great accuracy and range by default, but deals barely any SplashDamage, meaning every bolt has to hit an enemy squarely for it to kill. It starts only being able to fire one bolt before reloading, meaning that even with clip upgrades it struggles to deal with crowds (practically every room has groups of enemies in it). To make up for its unwieldiness and drawbacks, however, it does '''bonkers''' amounts of damage that-- with a few damage boosts-- make it capable of ''one-shotting all bosses up to Svartalfheim''!

** The Charge Pistol, which doesn't require reloading but only fires a half-beat after you pull the trigger. It's harder, and stranger, to use, but they can save your butt if you're having difficulty with the reloading of the higher-end weapons.

** Double-Barreled Shotgun: Even more powerful than the Shotgun Pistol, but still lacks range and only holds ''2'' rounds by default. Also has a "two-and-a-half step" reload, where you only have to push the reload button twice, but the sound has an additional click a half-beat later even though you can shoot immediately, which can be confusing when trying to build a rhythm.

** The "energy" weapons, which don't require reloading but can only be fired on the beat. They're harder, and stranger, to use, but they can save your butt if you're having difficulty with the reloading of the higher-end weapons.

*** Auto-Shotgun: Isn't as powerful as the other shotgun weapons, but holds 6 rounds by default and is very fast to reload. It also has better range than most shotgun-type weapons.

*** Four-Barrel Shotgun Pistol: Basically the Shotgun Pistol with better range, slightly lower power, and a much faster reload, making it a straight upgrade to the Shotgun Pistol.

** The Claw Catapult, a strange-looking rocket launcher-esque weapon, fires exploding bolts that detonate after 1 beat, but itself only fires them after a half-beat delay, has only 1 ammo in its clip without clip upgrades, and has the same Revolver-like reloading mechanism, making for a very unorthodox-feeling weapon. It has great accuracy and range by default, but deals barely any SplashDamage, meaning every bolt has to hit an enemy squarely for it to kill. It starts only being able to fire one bolt before reloading, meaning that even with clip upgrades it struggles to deal with crowds (practically every room has groups of enemies in it). To make up for its unwieldiness and drawbacks, however, it does '''bonkers''' amounts of damage that-- with a few damage boosts-- make it capable of ''one-shotting all bosses up to Svartalfheim''!

*** Golden Bracelet: This guarantees that all enemies will drop at least one coin, occasionally dropping two to three. All of this quickly adds up, leaving you with hundreds of gold coins after a few levels, taking care of all your money problems for a run and letting you buy all upgrades or items that you need.