Groove Coaster 4 Starlight Road

Groove Coaster 4 Starlight Road

released on Mar 29, 2018

Groove Coaster 4 Starlight Road

released on Mar 29, 2018


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Been playing this game for many years since it came out and Groove Coaster 2 and 3 before it. It pains me very much to sat but this game going offline is making me mark it as retired :(

Such a cool control scheme and visual style.

Sometimes I like to do this thing where I listen to certain music and I imagine really cool fight scenes that heavily coincide with the music. That might sound strange, but don't knock it 'til you try it. It's EXHILARATING, I live for games that even halfway pique my imagination like that.

And Groove Coaster is one of those games; turns out two buttons and striking visuals is all you need to emulate that experience. The selection of songs is great; I felt right at home with all the Touhou arranges and Darius tracks/remixes (and even some surprises like Burning Halloween Town from Deathsmiles). The aforementioned in-game visuals are beautiful too, and I love the song specific references. My absolute favorite thing about the game has to be ad-libbing though. Finding ad-libs through sheer instinct on songs you've heard before has got to be one of the greatest feelings in the world.

I love the GC controller and the feel of playing a good song is great, but I think it's a very limiting format and something radical needs to change for the game to move in significant ways. The library is in great shape but songs are still hit or miss. Good buttons to smack though.