Adoro su gameplay, su apartado sonoro, su estética, y soprendemente, cuenta una historia muy buena y con muchísimo lore. Lamentablemente, el juego no supo equilibrar lo que es el gameplay con la trama. Esta se explica mediante archivos de texto y video que se van desbloqueando conforme juegas. Estos resultan ser demasiaaaaaaaaado largos, y la mayoría del tiempo yo lo que quería era jugar. Lo que puede resultar en desbloquear 20 archivos de texto larguísimos que no me siento dispuesto de empezar a leer, sin contar que en el mismo la historia se cuenta mediante distintos puntos de vista de varios personajes, y resulta difícil seguir el ritmo cronológico de esta. La verdad sigo interesado y con la duda de muchas cosas, por lo que me gustaría que la adaptaran a algún otro medio

Seems like it's now (after a long while) finished story-wise.

It's crazy how well set-up it was. Starring a plethora of songs of different genres grouped around characters, (which you would never think they meet each other ever), chilling with the iM messages, and then the story slowly starts drip-feeding over the course of 6 months in-universe, and boy it gets going.
I think what really cements it is that they set up this universe in a way that welcomes everyone. A lot of backstory (most of it locked behind paid DLC but still), a lot of different points of view, and a justification for the entire Cytus system existing that keep the gears moving. The crossover characters never feel shoehorned either, at least up until Alice/Hans.

I spoke a lot about the story but the actual gameplay is great too, with the line of judgement that goes crazy at times. It has so many tiny visual details you never stop noticing them even after 200 hours of playing. Be ready to learn a big plethora of timings in your 550 song journey, because you'll need it on the higher difficulties.

To finish it up, let me tell you when I was enjoying this: on a daily conmute, when the sun had yet to come up and I was seated, with a good pair of wired headphones and the phone on my lap, experiencing the fever of playing a song for the first time on chaos difficulty and improvising on the spot. Then taking a short break to enjoy the results screen song, looking at the window, peeking the new story message that may have dropped, and repeating.

The only reason it's not 5 stars it's because it has some kinda minor english translation issues that I only noticed because I was reading a LOT of the story, and because Miku is gone from the game if you didn't pay for her.

Very fun rhythm game for someone like me who can't get super into rhythm games, and while the DLC prices are kinda outrageous the free base game is a complete experience.
I really enjoyed the setting of the game, and how the story was presented partially in the form of a faux twitter feed. The fake users were very true to life, toxic idol/streamer stans and all. That said the translation was definitely pretty iffy at points, and if you aren't playing the characters in a specific order you can potentially spoil yourself on some of the major story beats.

Eh...I wanted to like this game.

New note types, better difficulty rating scale, at least three charts per song, and a more coherent and engaging story...

But it's quite reliant on grinding levels by playing songs and DLC packs. I gave up when the game asked me to raise the Crystal Punk folder to level 25 with only 3 songs in that folder to start. There are DLC packs to add songs to that folder but I think it's poor form to force the player to either spend money or bore themselves with the same few songs over and over.

Scoring is still combo-based and while there are not one but two alternate scoring systems, the TP scoring system from the first game and a new "Master" mode, the former is de-emphasized (no "new TP best" notification, no regular/off Perfect breakdown outside of Mater) and the latter requires Capso to unlock which can be problematic if you still have Capso unlocks to get.

All of that, on top of company controversies that are beyond the scope of a video game review, well...this game will remain unfinished. I'd rather go back to Cytus 1.

CYTUS II è un'esperianza unica e una delle più grandi sorprese che abbia mai vissuto. Mi ha risucchiato nel mondo dei rythm games. Ricco di ottima musica tra cui scegliere e con una selezione piuttosto vasta. Trama ben scritta e piuttosto attuale su temi che riguardano il futuro dell'umanità e delle intelligenze artificiali. Il tutto condito da musica che si sposa perfettamente con quello che viene raccontato. La musica stessa fa la storia. Le uniche pecche sono che la trama è praticamente un Wall of Text e le espansioni costano un occhio. Avere tutto su sto gioco vuol dire sborsare parecchio.

As a lifelong rhythm game and visual novel player, the almost equal blend of the two this game presents was a dream come true.

The rhythm game aspect is both gentle and challenging. You never have to play above Hard really, and can play Easy for 95% of the game while making good leveling progress. However, Chaos and higher difficulties are great fun for someone who gets enough experience to be good at it. NO STAMINA IS NECESSARY FOR PROGRESS, EVER, and you can play as long as you want or as little as you want without feeling limited or pressured by a stamina gauge!

The story of Cytus II is a very intricate but accessible cyberpunk setting, teasing you with fictional social media posts at the start and transitioning into in-depth logs of character activity. It uses its status as a game to toy with your perceptions, and exploits the interface to tell parts of it in ways a book or movie couldn't. It's largely female-character led and has instances of subtle and overt queerness. I cried more than once and Incyde still makes me do it again anytime I listen to it.

While it is a sequel, playing Cytus 1 isn’t necessary to understand the story, and 2 greatly improved the rhythm game aspect when it comes to eye strain. It also isn’t necessary to buy any additional characters to complete the story, but there are hours on end of worthwhile backstory to find in the characters that aren’t crossovers/cameos.

Just, if you want to buy any of the DLC, do it on sale. The nine character sale repeats often, so there is never a reason to drop $10 on Xenon no matter how hot you think the helmet is