RhythmStrike

Esse daqui é pra quem gosta de fritação pura, um jogo de ritmo que acompanha minha ansiedade. Ainda joguei pouco, mas com o pouco que joguei, Recomendo!

pc용 리듬게임에서 마우스를 활용하려는 시도는 이전에도 아주 많았지만 이 게임은 그중에서도 꽤 편하고 받아들이기 쉬운 형태로 구현되어있다. 마우스 조작이 단순히 특이함을 강조하기 위한 장치가 되는것이 아니라 키보드와 마우스를 번갈아가며 사용하는 게임의 핵심 컨셉 안에 자연스럽게 녹아들었다. 뿐만아니라 여러개의 레인에서 이어져 내려오는 멀티노트(일단 이렇게 칭하겠음)기믹은 자칫 잘못하면 흔한 모바일게임의 길다란 노트처럼 보여질 수 있는데 이 게임은 자신만의 스타일대로 잘 녹여내어 피지컬뿐만 아니라 동체시력과 판단력이 요구되는 패턴들을 맛있게 뽑아냈다. 아직 곡 수가 많진 않지만 벌써부터 자기만의 스타일이 분명하게 드러나는 기대주의 게임이다. 정식출시 이후 창작마당이나 커스텀패턴이 풀리게 된다면 이 게임이 얼마나 괴랄한 난이도와 기믹을 보여주게 될지는 모르겠지만 하지만 적어도 사운드 볼텍스나 다이나믹스처럼 참신한 기믹과 독특한 패턴 감각을 가진 리듬게임에 목말라있는 플레이어들에게 단비같은 한 방울이 될 만한 게임이라고 생각한다. 다만 리듬게임인 만큼 인기 FPS에서 핵 문제가 거의 필연적으로 따라붙는 것처럼 난이도 인플레 역시 어느 정도는 피할 수 없을 거라고 생각한다. 그럼에도 그 과정에서 이 게임만의 색깔을 잃지 않았으면 한다. 난이도가 올라가더라도 단순히 노트를 무지성으로 도배하는 방향이 아니라, 지금처럼 키보드와 마우스를 오가는 특유의 조작감과 기믹을 살린 패턴으로 발전해줬으면 하는 작은 바람이 있다. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 아래는 생성형 AI를 통해 번역한 영어 리뷰 입니다. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There have already been many attempts to use the mouse in PC rhythm games, but this game implements it in a way that feels quite comfortable and easy to accept. The mouse controls do not feel like a gimmick added just to emphasize uniqueness. Instead, they naturally blend into the core concept of alternating between keyboard and mouse. On top of that, the multi-note gimmick — I’ll just call it that for now — where notes come down across multiple lanes, could have easily ended up looking like the long notes commonly seen in mobile rhythm games. However, this game manages to incorporate it in its own style, creating satisfying patterns that require not only physical skill, but also visual tracking and quick judgment. There are not many songs yet, but it is already a promising game with a clearly defined style of its own. Once the game fully releases and Workshop support or custom patterns become available, I have no idea how bizarre its difficulty and gimmicks might become. Still, I think it could be a refreshing drop of rain for players who have been thirsting for rhythm games with fresh gimmicks and unique pattern design, like Sound Voltex or Dynamix. That said, since this is a rhythm game, I think difficulty inflation will be somewhat inevitable, much like how cheating is almost bound to follow popular FPS games. Even so, I hope the game does not lose its own identity in that process. As the difficulty rises, I hope it develops in a way that preserves its unique keyboard-and-mouse gameplay and gimmicks, rather than simply flooding the screen with notes mindlessly. That is my small hope for the game. English translation assisted by generative AI.

Rhythmstrike Review Comment (English): "Rhythmstrike is rhythm gaming's way of saying 'we heard you like challenges.' The soundtrack slaps harder than your keyboard when you miss a note, and the visuals are hypnotic enough to make you forget you're losing. Each level is a puzzle wrapped in beats—you'll rage, you'll retry, you'll somehow keep coming back for more punishment. Perfect difficulty balance that respects skill without holding your hand. If you want a rhythm game that genuinely challenges you, this is it. Highly addictive." Comentário sobre Rhythmstrike em Português: "Rhythmstrike é o jeito do rhythm gaming de dizer 'ouvimos que você gosta de desafios.' A trilha sonora bate mais forte que seu teclado quando você erra uma nota, e os visuais são hipnotizantes o bastante pra você esquecer que está perdendo. Cada nível é um quebra-cabeça envolvido em batidas—você vai ficar furioso, vai tentar de novo, e de alguma forma continua voltando por mais punição. Equilíbrio de dificuldade perfeito que respeita habilidade sem segurar sua mão. Se você quer um rhythm game que realmente te desafie, é este. Altamente viciante." There should be a button to reset the settings to default in each settings tab. It would also be cool to have pre-made command projects, while also allowing users to save their own creations. There should also be a way to use music from Steam and add it into the game. It would also be important to add Brazilian Portuguese language support. In my opinion, these are some things that could be improved in this game. Deveria haver um botão para restaurar as configurações padrão em cada aba de configurações. Também seria legal ter projetos de comandos prontos, além de permitir que os usuários salvem suas próprias criações. Também deveria haver uma forma de usar músicas da Steam e adicioná-las ao jogo. Também seria importante adicionar o idioma português do Brasil. Na minha opinião, essas são algumas coisas que poderiam ser melhoradas neste jogo.

Neat rhythm game. It lacks songs in its current stage (and no customs either), but the general structure looks to be there, and the current presentation is pleasing For the lower difficulties, it is a keyboard + mouse game, reminiscent of Spin Rhythm but with three button presses. The highest difficulty does force you to put both hands on the keyboard for certain sections, turning it into a 6-key rhythm game. This schism in feature set being decided between difficulties is a bit weird, though I don't mind it since I primarily prefer the keyboard + mouse sections. Anyhow, I like any rhythm game that uses mouse inputs (Spin Rhythm, MuseSwipr, Estella). It's free, so try it out.

I'm super impressed, it's more of a traditional rhythm game take on spin rhythm. The game wants you to switch your hand that uses the mouse (you can switch a setting in game if you're right or left handed) in certain parts of the song, and so far gives you ample of time to switch. Really banger charting so far with the mechanic. A little bit confused as the start where I was expecting a switch mid-song but didn't happen like I was watching the trailers, but apparently on intermediate or lower difficulty song, it's always a 3 button left hand and a right hand mouse gameplay. Only at expert or above where the switching happens. The visuals gimmicks so far are impressive and are used tastefully, it can change the view angle of where you are seeing the notes, blackouts are done tastefully that matches the music and don't block/mess with the gameplay. I hope this game become succesful and have a lot of DLCs to add music cause the gameplay is really great. If there's one criticism I would have, it's the removal of optional multi notes (where the notes can span 2 or more length, but you just need to press one of the buttons). I get that they're using it to confuse you, but I'd prefer if they just decide which singular button for me to press.

skill level for context: I got at least an A in all charts on expert difficulty This is a very promising concept that is a lot of fun to learn, though the execution could use some work. My main concern is that the charting is kind of ass, in that I very often feel like the rhythm I'm tapping has literally nothing to do with the song and the song is actively distracting me or misleading me to think the rhythm is something that it's not. The campaign mode is also just kinda whatever, a lot of the goals are "get x max combo" which is like barely related to how well you're doing at all and can feel like tedious grinding instead of trying to play well. I also find it bizarre that your profile stats don't update when playing the campaign...? Last main thing is that I find it kind of odd how ONLY expert charts have you swapping between mouse and kb which is like, the main gimmick of the game??? Luckily I'm familiar enough with rhythm games that I was able to jump to expert immediately but if someone wasn't then the lower difficulties could not help them build up to expert all that well, as playing expert is the only way to get experience with it. I'm very much also hoping that we'll get crosshands at some point, without them the game feels kinda incomplete, though given how few charts there are as of writing I totally understand why they were kept on the easier side. A small sidenote as well: not having audio calibration is already pretty strange, but even stranger is having the audio delay setting as a slider that is so sensitive that at some values 1 pixel of mouse movement is 2ms of setting, like come on just make it a text input like every other game ever....