UNBEATABLE

Gonna stay with me for a bit

This game deserves to be bought at full price. Stellar writing, smooth gameplay, magnificent art direction, and punk as hell. Let alone the killer sound design and Astonishing tracks. What more could you want?

If you are passionate about anything in the creative arts, you gotta try this game out. Plenty of rough edges and the pacing with the story/whenever gameplay happens is very inconsistent. Writing is not the best and some gameplay segments are very overwhelming. But still so underrated! It is worth experiencing this game just to see all the passion that was put into this game. To see all the effort and charm that was so consistently strong throughout the whole game. The story left me with a lot of unanswered questions and the writing is not the best, but the emotional beats are hit beautifully and the game has an awesome message. Also the ending is amazing. And the artstyle/animation work is amazing; definitely some of the best I've seen in video games. Music is awesome. The gameplay is super simple and fun, especially for someone like me who don't gaf about practicing/learning all sorts of gimmicks. It's so reactive and I love it. The characters are awesome and so full of life. Even random npcs/side characters that are not important. Vibes are amazing in this game. So much stuff to smile or laugh at. So many custom or scripted events that are so reminicent of games like Undertale/Deltarune. Arcade mode is there for the cherry on top. If you're chill asf, can look past a lot of the rough edges and appreciate the good, this game will probably be so incredible for you. As it was for me.

Boring

the marketing in this game is a massive psy-op, this game is not about rebelling against authority at ALL, you can scarcely call it about having a band, you barely have ANY concerts, i think you have like 2 or 3 in the entire game. The game isn't about that, at all. Hell for like 70% or 80% of the game i didn't even know what the main character's objective was, or even who she is. The game dumps basically all the lore at the final 2 episodes, and normally i ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate games that do that Normally The ending of this game hit me in the heart in a way that i cannot explain. Gut wrenching doesn't begin to describe it. I can't really talk about it since, know, spoilers, but it's GOOD honestly how aimless the story feels until the end is a big problem i can't ignore. for a game that's about being a criminal and rebelling against the cops, all the tracks are depressing as ♥♥♥♥, which ties into the ending, but it made me really apathetic and at one point it made me just want to get to the next song, which amplified the ending, honestly, BUT IT'S NOT FUN TO HAVE THAT MINDSET PLAYING A GAME. Asides from that, i liked the ending, i enjoy the music well enough, and i really enjoy the gameplay, even if some of the types of silence probably need some explanation (the silence themselves need it honestly, i don't think they ever explain where they came from exactly, it's implied but ♥♥♥♥ like that should be explained when so much about this game is implied already) From a music game point of view, this game is great, from a story point of view it's messy and aimless for most of it, but it sticks the landing, so i recommend it if you like rhythm games and like tear-jerker stories

Moratorium Spark.

I got this game on release and i just fell in love with it from the start with the art style then the music then the story. I love how they made the game super cozy and serious at the same time with the story. As a rhythm game it's nothing special i cant lie its just like most others BUT BUT BUT the story that comes with it and the songs are a beauty on its own, the songs talk about problem that real people go through every single day and its put into such a calming melody that you just feel hypnotized by (when you aren't fighting the enemies). If you are thinking about getting the game I'll say now the open world is very pretty to look at and the characters in it are so well written, but again as a rhythm game its not to special. Overall 9.5/10 (cause i suck at rhythm games) I would get this for all my friends and I want to get merch from them D-CELL GAMES PLEASE ILL SPEND EVERY LAST DOLLAR I HAVE PLEEEEEEEEEEASE

It's a really fun game and I really wanted to like it, I've had it wishlisted since before it came out because I loved the demo so much... And, like, it's alright, but I can't say it was worth buying full price. I'm playing on Linux (tried Proton Hotfix, Proton experimental and Proton 9, 9 gave me the least issues) and it just keeps crashing at the cutscenes. My computer meets the requirements but I have to play on super low graphics or else it gets really hot and stutters all the way through, and I haven't been able to get past Ep. 1 because it crashes at the stadium every time (on the other protons it crashed at the prologue btw). I can tell you from experience, this game has absolutely no reason to be as resource intensive as it is. Some crazy optimization is desperately needed. Other than that, the gameplay is still very fun and the arcade mode played perfectly and as good as i remembered from the demo. Real disappointed on the constant crashing for story mode though. I'm not gonna get a refund in hopes that it'll be better one day, but I can't in good conscience recommend the game as it is, Looking forward to it! Sending all my support to the devs <3