props for trying but never make a fucking rhythm game ever again
The best Rythm game ever made. It's an Anime.
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.
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.
ai art :(
Amazing music. Not sure if I'll go back to playing the game though...
[ipad] seriously one of if not the best rhythm game on mobile — brilliant tactile control scheme + story/gameplay integration above and beyond for the genre. tracklist is pretty good all around but i had a robo/neko/ivy/sagar bent. if rayark didn't have their fingers in all this AI business i'd still be playing it ~5yrs on
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.
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.
All songpacks are included in the google play pass trial! Really love that the notes can be anywhere cuz the lane moves up and down, it feels good watching the screen fill up then popping all the bubbles. Like a cat toy for humans.
Wish it was possible to fully skip the story and for some accessibility options. Had to skip charts as quickly swiping left/right was required.
Wish it was possible to fully skip the story and for some accessibility options. Had to skip charts as quickly swiping left/right was required.
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.