In my opinion, for the experience I got, this game is like splitted into two different games (modes).
The one for music enthusiasts, and the one for (rhythm) games enthusiasts.
Infact, before you start play a song, there are two small icons on the top left ot the song list which let you decide which modality to play.
The music enthusiasts modality shows a music sheet, with a metronomo, where you have to be able by yourself to read and play the music.
The (rhythm) games enthusiasts is a much more classical rhythm games mode, where you have typical columns with incoming notes, and you have to click the right note-button at the right moment.
The issue with this, is expecially on the tutorial.
Tutorial is very "heavy" and too technical, because specially dedicated to the music sheet modality with metronomo.
And while I can understand the passion of the developer for music, and the wish to spread it... well those kind of info are exactly what most of players don't want to know or to face, when playing a rhythm game.
What I mean is: if somebody is a player like me, a rarity which read tutorial before playing :D , after reading a couple of screens of tutorial about how to read and play from a music sheet with a metronomo, he'd probably close the game and neither give it a chance.
What made me keep insist, instead, was just the fact I saw video and screens of the game on Steam, and so I known there was something different than music sheets into the game.
So in my opinion, the first part of the tutorial should be reviewed to FIRST OF ALL explains that there are two modality into the game, what are those modality about (music sheets or column with incoming notes), and EXPECIALLY how to switch from the first to the second modality, and viceversa.
And only after, tutorial could starts talk about the music enthusiasts modality, with music sheets and metronomo related stuffs! While I suppose most of players would just skip it.
Said so, infalct, I mylself totally skipped the unplayable "music sheets" modality, and I found enjoyable the rhythm game mode, with notes falling from the top.
First of all because it's interesting to face classical music and to be able to "see" it, other than listening it, like if the falling note would gave such songs a visual feedback, a pattern behind the music, other than the usual auditory feedback.
And, I have to confess, I'm not even actually a rhythm games enthusiasts.
If I should suggest a couple of stuffs to improve the experience:
- Customizable keybinding for the 10 "notes".
Expecially because of non-USA keyboards, where the edge notes are symbols which could be on different positions on such keyboards.
But also because some could prefer to not have G and H "gap" keys in the middle of the two hands.
- A visual empty column (space) between the two series of notes (columns) dedicated to the left and the right hand fingers.
This would make it easier to visually related fingers and incoming notes.
Maybe put it as an option which people can enable or disable.
- Into the list of songs, I would add an immediate info about the length of the song.
Because some classical songs can last... not few at all.
So it's better to know it, before you start playing them.
- Much more songs already included into the game!
To find more, I first had to search with google, where I found lot of bad quality stuffs...
Only after I reached the game dedicated discord server, and I saw the link suggested by the developer (where he himself took songs' midi) I could start enrich my game contents and experience.
But I think it's very uncomfort to make the player go catch contents by himself, because those already included are very few.
I myself added these ones:
Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor [not very feasible]
Batch - Air on the G String
Beethoven - Symphony No.5
Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 No.2 [nice]
Chopin - Prelude Opus 28 No.4 in E Minor
Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum
Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers - The Nutcracker
Vivaldi - Autumn [very long!]
Vivaldi - Summer [not very feasible]
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries [not very feasible]
