hololive Dreams

Latest in each market: best JP #7, worst UA #93 · 5 markets collected

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Hours played at review time, across 1.4K reviews with recorded playtime.

positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up

the Good: it's Hololive otherwise I wouldn't even have started this the members still have their charm and while the dialoge during the story bits is kinda weak they are still recognizable the best dialogue are actually the ones you get when talking to two ones in the open world park as those have a lot of references and feel the most natural to them oh and their chibi models are just adorable and while it took a long break nowadays I just love rhythm games and after Rift of the Necrodancer this felt like the right next step while I had to get used to it at first (especially on PC) it feels for the most part still very doable (one might argue that it's way too easy on lower difficulties on how the PC controls are implemented). Hard difficulty turned out to be my sweet spot (which was also the case on Rift so it feels fair) in terms of accessibility I was surprised how much of the game was rather easily unlocked I feared there would be way more ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ roadblocks where you would have to grind or pay money to move on but aside from the very end (more on that later) it was very generous it also gives you a lot of tickets and the currency you need to unlock all the songs and characters on the map (and with that them being able to level and access to the skill board) which imo is the most important part of the game and you can't even get those through paying cash. Not enough yet to onlock all of the songs but we'll see how this will turn out in the next weeks (also hoarding them mostly for the inevitable Justice release). Even most other currencies so far feel like they are fair in the amounts you get like the crystals for the boards or the beads the minigames for the materials are fine but they can get kinda boring on the grind but are also fast so not much of a time sink the Fall Guys mini game is a lot of fun but like the original can get a bit frustrating sometimes XD the Bad: PC controls on Expert Difficulty: this is where the design flaws really show bc some sliding parts are just very hard to pull off on keyboard and the missing hand eye coordination makes the faster bits also very frustrating I really hope this gets optimized in a future update connection lags on multiplayer: those can ruin whole tries which feels bad, the also are on my end on the start of the songs if they happen and then rubberband back no idea if this is only an issue on my end it's also still a gacha and a mobile game and while it felt way less predatory than I initially feared it still has all the "modern gaming" BS entrapments. It has a battle pass, a monthly subscription offer AND buyable currency for the gacha I you actually wanna spend money to support the game imo the battle pass is the most efficient way if you play enough to finish it in about over a month which at this point looks doable. There is also a membership option for the different members which also block you out of some of the most interesting customization options like the member specific stages you can see when duing their unlock quests but I have now Idea how those work exactly becauuuse: the Ugly: a lot of stuff is not accessible on the PC version like those memberships, the aforementioned subscription option and for the worst part: the ranking boards for your results on the songs which also lock you out on earning some in gam rewards and achievements which is the worst part of the whole game. I guess they did it bc it plays differently than when doing it on touchscreen and might not seem fair but then just do a different ranking board/system for PC players. This is the other think I deeply hope gets implemented in an update the Casino: this embraces all the worst aspects of gaming. Gabling, some bigger roadblocks at the end of the second chapter of the campaign and with Pokojan a way too swingy and luck dependent game that can loose you lot of the casino coins you need to progress you character cards on the higher levels, when ther isn't some event active that also gives those options. still would give it a thumbs up as I still enjoy the game a lot and sink a lot of time in it currently XD but it really needs some fixes and better implementations of future new systems compared to the Casino oh and kernel level anti cheat always raises some concerns which also makes this game unplayable on Linux and the Steam Deck but with the game not supporting controller (which also should be an option in an update) the latter is pointless anyways unfortunately