Rhythm Doctor

It's fun but I can't finish it because of all the flashing lights. The menu has an option to reduce them but I'm still too sensitive to them to the point I can't play. The soundtrack is good though.

one of my favorite games ever. i'd write an actual review but i'm too busy playing the game for that

There are not many games that can give you the feels, but Rhythm Doctor is one of them. An amazing soundtrack with a awesome story makes this a must play for every rhythm game fan or just good music enjoyer. The boss fights still give me goosebumps and combined with the story this game had me tearing up more than once. 9/10

非常有意思，尤其是boss关卡的设计

TLDR: Imagine if Guitar Hero only had one key, and your room mate keeps changing the channel on the TV while playing. As you progress people start standing in front of the TV as well, and distract you with conversations and giant cue cards of text. Is it an innovative new game? Yeah. Is it good? Maybe. But I'm not good at it. And, more importantly, I don't want to get better, because the game is fun to win, not fun to play. So I was looking for a game to play while holding my 3 year old. She loves music games, she loves crazy visuals. Our go to is Trombone Champ. This came across my suggestions, and she was spellbound by the trailer. I saw that the reviews were overwhelming positive, and it was a game you play with one button. This is great to me, since I have a kid in my lap, so I picked it up. I played through the first Act, and I see the appeal of the game. The music is nice, and the visuals were fun. The first "Boss" attempt really tripped me up, as it warps audio and visual cues so you really have to play keeping time with the beat in your head. That was a real "Aha!" moment for me after a few attempts, and when I finally beat the Boss by counting to seven out loud along with my daughter, we were both bobbing our heads along with the game. But Act 2 bounces me (along with 48% of players according to achievements) because it just becomes unfun to play. The beat changes now, and the change is queued by someone shouting over the music I'm trying to listen to, and they hide the visual feedback off screen, and there is no audio feedback, as when I miss a note nothing changes. The music just plays perfectly anyway. In Guitar Hero or Trombone Champ, if you play poorly, the song sounds poorly, and you practice it sounds better and better, until it sounds great when you nail that solo and you actually hear the sick guitar riff and your brain squeezes out the reward chemicals and you have fun. Now, I'm just listening to a song while watching someone make coffee and smashing the spacebar hoping it will let me pass. What part of the song do I need to work on? I can't answer it, because I can no longer see the "health" heart that goes to pieces when you mess up. It tells me if I'm early or late, but I find if I try to adapt to that knowledge I do much worse trying to play the note .25ms sooner, so I miss a whole string of notes. So I just ignore it and play forward like I'm in an orchestra with no conductor. I imagine the rest of the game unfolds like this, every song having to sit through a new tutorial on what innovative way they have spun "just one button game" and you play a song that sounds cool but also essentially just trolls you in more and more entertaining ways. And the tutorial of those mechanics and interwoven in the story, which adds some context to gameplay and visuals, you will be sick of skipping very quickly (when you are allowed to) And then at the end of the level the "Boss" song just trolls you in a new innovative way. What little bit I've gotten through is fun, and my daughter still likes it so I'll keep playing. Maybe I'll brute force Act 2 someday, or maybe my daughter will take the mantle and succeed where her father has failed. Maybe behind it is the best game ever created. Maybe songs will move me to tears. But for now, it's just not fun to try.

Amazing difficult but really fun rhythm game. Runs well even on an older laptop which is absolutely necessary for the precision built in. There are also plenty accessibility options to adjust your experience, and none fully remove the challenge entirely, which I absolutely love!

Impressive how this rhythm game unlike many others actually forces you to focus on the music instead of visual cues. Includes amazingly creative visual effects. Gets very hard very quickly.