The song selection is top notch, but the gameplay leaves SO much to be desired. The buttons are fun and spinning is neat, but if "the buttons spin" is your one gimmick... what makes this a more compelling experience than a game with more buttons? To be honest, I don't know - I don't think the spins actually add much, and they resulted in a cabinet that is broken more often than it's functional. The foot pedal is also one of the worst gameplay ideas I've ever seen. It's fine, but I have 0 interest in touching this again.

I got to play this in the few years that it was in service. It's a considerable improvment over the original MUSECA for several reasons: guaranteed full set of stages per credit, easier-to-understand and fairer mechanics, removal of the gacha system, and the option to remove some of the visual flair that makes the game more difficult (such as making the lanes flat instead of that weird W shape).

I wasn't a huge fan of the controls though. I had to keep my foot on the pedal which resulted in some sore muscles from standing in an asymmetric stance. The buttons also felt a bit cheap and I had to apply a considerable amount of force to register.