Bits & Bops

As a big fan on Rhythm Paradise, I was looking for a similar game to play while waiting for Groove's release. I found Bits & Bops randomly while searching for alternatives and fell in love with the game. It looks and plays just like the Nintendo games. It follows the formula pretty well and it's very polished. The games use one or two buttons and the music is nice, although nothing special. My personal favorites are: the Ocean mixtape, Octeaparty and President bird. The biggest downside of this game is that it ends too soon. This is one aspect they didn't copy (but should have copied!) from Nintendo's games... Rhythm Paradise games have 2 or 3 versions of the same minigames, but with increased difficulty. Either a new mechanic is introduced, the patterns are trickier, or the speed is faster. None of this happens here. The LP/mixtape concept begs for B-sides of the games. I'm hoping they will release this as DLC. There is Steam Workshop integration (read: community mods) which eases the pain a bit and extend the play time, but it's not the same as the original games.