Okay, so I have one Rhythm game because the problem I have with these titles is they run out of playtime due to the locked out music behind DLC, the boring "Vanilla" music choices, and overall complicated stage editors that other games like this have just to get your own music in.
When you go to the gym, go for a run, etc. you have your own music to work out to with your headphones, how these other games have not solved this problem is beyond me, especially when it is not exactly difficult if you understand how BPM is measured and what a metronome is. the editors they use are cumbersome, tedious, and time consuming to set up any track.
Enter SOUNDART. In one mighty swoop, this game has solved all my frustrations with this genre.
So about my musical taste, I used to produce music, along with DJ, and even worked with some very unique artists back in the day. My musical taste goes beyond the top 100 pop genres and the typical EDM. I do like some of that, do not get me wrong, but I want to enjoy some of the more niche genres out there.
So I opened my external hard drive, dove into my old DJ crate of sets, remixes I've done, original songs, friends songs, you name it.
It just works. I was playing on Normal and threw on Venetian Snares - Befriend a Child Killer, which is straight up breakcore. It has off timing, IDM elements, and weird experimental breaks, drops, and other random bits and bobs. It played perfectly just on a random load up on the Auto feature.
I loaded up Hocico - Altered States, which is heavy industrial music from mexico. Crunchy beats, darkwave elements, and EBM from a lost time. It also played great.
Even more strange tracks that were a bit out there was Angelspit - Vena Cava, Combichrist - F*ck That Sh*t, etc. all generate great.
not every song you pick will fit properly, that is just the name of the game when it comes to what music works and what doesn't.
Some other notable ones that play well is Brave Shores - Never Come Down, Deadmau5 - Hey Baby, Will Sparks Feat. Luciana - Sick Like That, deM atlaS - All We Got, Angerfist - Dance With The Wolves, VNV Nation - When is the Future, And One - Krieger, and many more that I tried for like 2 hours straight.
Honestly, I cannot recommend this enough. The graphics run well on my crappy GPU I have currently. I played it on a connected Oculus Quest 2, and it runs super smooth on my 580.
If you are tired of the crappy music selections, complicated level editors, 3rd party stage makers, etc. then go with this hands down.
I hope the developers keep improving this as I'm sure there is some tweaks that can be made to somehting already pretty awesome. I recommend more glowy bits, maybe an option to use the spining swords in the level as well, and maybe a head to head mode with someone as well for streamers and just people who want to play online with each other.
It is a good buy for the price tag and it is well optimized even for sh*tty graphics cards, so they made it extremely accessible as well.
With a bit more polish, I would say this has its competitors basically beat. Suggestion to the developer to keep the revenue coming in, maybe some stage DLC's, character skins, and weapon skins for it as well.
great buy, im impressed. thank you for making this. 8/10
