Muse Dash
This is a temporary WARNING review as the game is currently unplayable for many users. The last update introduced many bugs which make the game literary unplayable for many players and unpleasant to play for others. It came out on Friday and there was no fix nor any sort of communication from the devs since. The least they could do is to rollback to a previous version and at least apologize, but there is nothing.
The biggest issue being that you can’t play ANY levels, you just get stuck on purple screen with music in the background while no inputs register, you must force close the game to get out.
– Real player with 289.2 hrs in game
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Great introduction to rhythm games, easy to start with but there’s a lot of challenge as well. Basically, just tap the keys to smash the enemies to the rhythm of the song.
At the base price, this game is a steal. If you like the basegame, get the DLC, you won’t be disappointed.
I definitely recommend unless the weeabooish graphics and music are totally not your thing. Personally I think the songs are mostly bangers and the girls are cute. And Rin is the best girl.
– Real player with 173.6 hrs in game
Melody/心跳旋律
I love it.
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
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gud
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
Giraffe and Annika
“Making happy memories with cat ears girl! ヽ(=´▽'=)ﾉ”
[1] Intro
Giraffe and Annika. This is a 3D rhythm puzzle adventure by atelier mimina. At the time of the first announcement, the publisher was UNTIES, but it appears that the publisher was later changed to PLAYISM. The background of this game is about Anika, the girl with cat ears. One day, she woke up and found herself on the mysterious starlight island(Spica). What adventure is waiting for her?
[2] Game Experience
– Real player with 16.3 hrs in game
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It’s okay for a game about drowning. I died probably a thousand times playing through the story, and can remember almost every individual instance that didn’t involve drowning in shallow water because I couldn’t find an object or surface to climb onto. Most of the non-drowning deaths were memorable in how brutal they were as game concepts, like being immolated when straying too close to insta-kill volumes like fire or crushed to death by falling boulders. So…definitely not a kids game?
In fact, I really grapple with the question of who I would recommend this game to. Not to kids, it’s too difficult. Not to srs gamerz, it isn’t difficult enough. Not to rhythm gamers because there isn’t enough of that content. Not to adventure gamers because there are no requisite adventure features like quest logs, maps, or a compass. Not to achievement hunters because the achievements are actual (“beat the game within 4.5 hours”) burning (“cleared every hard rhythm game on S rank”) garbage (wait until Dec. 24 or 25 for a Christmas achievement!). There’s also no combat, which is a plus for me, but… not being able to fight back isn’t fun either?
– Real player with 12.2 hrs in game
MUSYNX
TL;DR:
Pros:
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+ Base game is very cheap - still has decent song selection
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+ For novices and masters alike - People that say this game is easy do not understand the scoring system
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+ Awesome visuals, well placed notes and keysound system making for super satisfying gameplay
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+ All quality of life features and adjustments expected from a good rhythm game included (offset value, 3d and 2d visuals etc.)
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+ Vast amount of musical genres
– Real player with 979.0 hrs in game
If you’re looking for good rhythm games on steam, your options are pretty limited and this is a great addition to the current library of them.
This review is from the perspective of a Beatmania IIDX 10th Dan and experienced Pump It Up player (s24/d24), who also plays other rhythm games (SDVX/Taiko/Miku/Ouendan1&2/Rhythm Heaven/Groove Coaster, etc), so hopefully that will help somebody give it more perspective, if you don’t know what any of the things I wrote above means then don’t even worry, I’ll explain more below.
– Real player with 36.2 hrs in game
Time Leap Paradise SUPER LIVE!
This 3D simulation concert and PC benchmarking tool features 1 anime girl and 2 girls as backup dancers singing and dancing with a choice of 2 Japanese songs with vocals and lyrics in the free to play base game. With the Encore Pack DLC, it features up to 5 anime girls with further customization options to feature any of them in a solo concert or group dance concert of 3 characters, 10 additional songs and additional costumes and headgear with fanservice. The frames per second(FPS) counter and score given to your computer will be shown while playing and at the end of each concert performance.
– Real player with 3.8 hrs in game
Time Leap Paradise SUPER LIVE! is a simple in which you pick a character and back-up dancers, their outfits, the music and backgrounds and then leave them to dance.
Pros:
-Cute characters and dances on offer.
-It’s free
Cons:
-No real point to it, gets boring rather fast as there is no objective in mind and a limited set of characters, songs, etc without buying the rather costly DLC.
Overall, if want to watch an anime character dance for free, go for it. Otherwise rather save yourself the download.
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
Akihabara - Feel the Rhythm
A Tetris-style rhythm game? Seems good.
I’ll try to explain the gameplay as well as I can:
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You have four tiles falling down, and a vertical line moving from left to right.
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If you press up when the vertical line is over a tile, that tile will turn into the tile showing in the top left corner of the screen.
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When you connect four tiles (or three/five depending on the difficulty) they disappear and you gain points.
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If you press up at the exact right moment matching the beat of the song you can build up a “combo counter” increasing points earned as well as a “supermeter” that can be used to replace a normal tile with an exploding “supertile”.
– Real player with 12.5 hrs in game
The electric town of Akihabara. The lights, the colors, sounds and the music that fill the city and give it the reputation of being on the fringe of modern popular culture. The arcades with their flashing screens undecipherable wall of noise, and UFO catchers packed with cute and colorful goods. The music stores blaring the latest in pop music to entice passerby’s. The energy of the streets, and the mentality of a fast moving generation, wanting more but never quite having enough. Akihabara is a town meant to indulge.
– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
Audition Online
Since I have been playing this game on and off for about 10 years now and having spend lots and lots of hours in it, I should give it my honest review.
The game is, especially for beginners, tough to learn, due to not many in game help or tutorials (there is only a small page describing the modes in a help tab). The community on this server mostly consist of old Audition Veterans who are still playing the game out of nostalgic reason, immature young people who act like “internet heroes” and people who uses Audition to be afk or just chatting, there for most rooms are private rooms or afk rooms, which doesn’t do the game any favour, because if you really want to dance you most likely have to open your own room and hope that someone actually wants to play with you. The game can also be very demotivating if you play with people who are very good at this game, because of the perfing system (every 2 perfs you can chain in a row gives your enemy a “red face” and if he doesn’t perf while “red faced” he doesn’t get any points).
– Real player with 1407.9 hrs in game
I know some reviews for this game were because people want to get money from RedBana apprently XD but this one is not for anything like that just a normal review :) Pretty long one so don’t feel the need you have to read it all unless your really interested in this game XD
I had never heard of Audition Online until it hit steam, since then i have been hooked to this game and gotten to love it! :D In this game, you press a number of arrows and press space once a red circle goes into the white area of the bar, this is just the main mode but there are many other way to play such as: 8keys,a guitar hero type mode where you prsss ZXCV and shift and much more! As far as other modes go there are: normal individual, team battles, Club Dance (couple dance), Block Beat (dance in teams of 2), 1-2 mode where you memorise a sequence and reapeat it and more too! :D
– Real player with 1050.1 hrs in game
Beat Souls
This game is super fun. Some of the early negative reviews got it wrong. TRY THE DEMO!
I do agree that Beat Souls isn’t a rhythm game. There are no judgement mechanics and the player’s input is separate from the music. The obstacles and collectibles of the stage match the music, the player’s input does not. This should be obvious from a quick glance at the gameplay trailer. Beat Souls is described as an “intense rhythm action game”, and that is a perfect description.
Most games that attempt to blend action game and music game fall short of my expectations (i.e. Thumper). Beat Souls is the first I’ve played that actually gets it right. The gameplay is solid and the rhythm elements aren’t extraneous. The game does a good job of easing players into the game by introducing new mechanics separately, and the gameplay doesn’t immediately fall apart once the difficulty increases.
– Real player with 12.1 hrs in game
Beat Souls is definitely a very fun rhythm game with much to offer and will definitely help you get better as long as you practice both Normal and Hard Stages several times over, you’ll eventually be able to master what the game has to offer, but even when you think you’ve mastered it all, the Infinite Hell Mode will keep you coming back for more and really push your skills to the test!
Overall, I’d definitely recommend this game for the cute and colorful graphics, characters, the catchy music, and the variety in stages that are offered to the player!
– Real player with 5.6 hrs in game
Hatsune Miku VR
Literally the only push I needed to get a VR. The cyan Crypton goddess is finally on Steam 🙏🙏🙏.
In all seriousness, though, the game is incredibly fun. It is very basic, and $25.00 is a little pricey (though that seems to be the standard for VR games), but I would say it’s worth it. I am an avid Vocaloid fan and I think the song selection is pretty solid. There are only 8 songs, but they are actually newer, relevant songs as opposed to the same songs they have in every game or concert (with the exception of Ievan Polkka even though it is a remix in this game).
– Real player with 37.7 hrs in game
The Game is very fun and i enjoy it very much. If you like Miku buy it with the DLC that adds 5 very good songs IMO.
If you are unsure, here is my 2 cents,
The game looks great, Miku is super cool.
i had no issues with crashes/bugs or other issues so Game wish very stable
The songs, well here is most people’s issue with this game. there are 8 in standard game + 5 for DLC pack 1 (as of writing this) however, all the song loaded in enjoy a lot, so at least the songs are good choices!
Price, $25+12 DLC is steep however, i enjoy Miku and it was on sale at the time for 50% off i think, so worth it on sale for me. But not on sale? maybe, its your money, if you like Miku alot (like others in the comments who buy the game without VR) you will pay the price.
– Real player with 33.0 hrs in game
NEKOPALIVE
Day 16:
My food supply is running low and I am beginning to wonder if it’s time to finally remove the VR headset that has become practically glued to my face from intensive use. But alas, how can I remove this wonderful device when it is providing me with such a graceful sight? I have watched the same dance over 10,000 times, however, I cannot bring myself to pull my lingering gaze away from it. It has ingrained itself into the deepest depths of my mind.
! When will this madness end…
– Real player with 1604.9 hrs in game
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– Real player with 83.2 hrs in game