Abo-Wahn killed the Arcade Game. MOMENT MAL.

Paar Euro für 3 Monate mehr Weeb-Musik ist ganz solide. In unregelmäßigen Abständen kommt auch neue Musik in das Abo dazu. Gratis Spielmodi Patch war letztens eine nette Abwechslung, wenn auch kaum irgendwie interessant.
Leider weicht die Auswahl der Songs zwischen Taiko no Tatsujin: Pop Tap Bea‪t‬ und Rhythm Festival teils stark ab und man müsste hin und her switchen (haha) um die volle Bandbreite des Spiels abzubekommen.
Rhythm Festival besitzt wohl trotzdem mit dem besten Einstieg in die Serie - abseits von Fanspielen - um das Rhytmus-Gefühl zu üben. Egal ob angepasste Noten, die die Latenz zwischen Taiko, oder kabellosem Gamepad beheben sollen oder ein Modi, bei dem man die Noten langsamer abspielen kann. Es ist wirklich viel Service-Zeug dabei, wenn man wirklich es drauf anlegen will, Songs auf Extrem meistern zu wollen.
Ich liebe es fortschritte zu machen und die erlangt man selbst, wenn man mal ein oder zwei Wochen Pause macht.

p.s. die Plastik-Taiko ist ohne Drumpad-Mod komplett schrott-ig und man wird wansinnig beim trommeln. Außer man lebt in einem Stahlbunker ohne Nachbarn.

The same fun Taiko as ever, but I feel like the last couple games' tracklists have been a little weak for my taste. I also don't particularly like the push toward the music pass, even if it's very reasonably priced for what it is. I wish I could have an option to purchase the tracks outright and play them at my leisure rather than worrying about yet another subscription when I go on a Taiko binge, as someone who doesn't play these games consistently... Not huge on the weird battle pass-adjacent progression system either, but that's more inoffensive than anything.
.....I also really really need a drum controller lol

i love taiko no tatsujin.

as a drummer, it's the easiest in to the world or rhythm games. it's simple, as drumming should be - two types of hits, top and bottom, not 8 fucking buttons or whatever the hell beatmania is asking you for. just hit things good at the right time. this score is not low because the core gameplay of taiko is any worse than any other game. it isn't. it's great.

the story mode, if you can even call it here, is abysmal. it feels machine translated and is largely incoherent. maybe it was incoherent in the original - it is completely dull and largely a waste of time, but more annoyingly isn't a linear mode you complete - you get dripfed segments from playing the game. it takes something like 20 hours to get all the songs from this mode, and it just feels like a chore mashing through the garbage.

this game introduces the idea of taiko as a live service, which is inherently evil even at the relatively low price point of $3. If this game was a standalone live service with no cost of entry, sure, fine. you can't sell a full price game and then gate 90% of the content behind a paywall.

well, maybe you can, but i'm old and i don't fucking like it. eat my ass. don don KA.

esse taiko é fantástico. minha primeira impressão dele foi terrível por conta do musicpass porque eu detesto esse tipo de serviço, mas dei uma segunda chance e simplesmente adorei o novo modo donchan band e o toy fight! são muito divertidos, se não os modos mais divertidos da franquia, e são coop, uma novidade no taiko! o modo historia é muito dinamito, conforme voce joga e libera diálogos com o kumo-chan. eu só senti falta do katsu, mas eles preenchem isso com muito dialogo com os outros personagens, e tem o katsu pra conversar no modo toy battle. cada modo tem uma historinha e isso é muito bom.