Yeah I know the game is influential and started a whole genre and revolutionary but MAN is this game just not well designed. The visuals of the buttons you need to press not lining up with the actual music in a RHYTHM game is just flat out bad game design. It is a critical, CRITICAL flaw in a game that really doesn't have any other issues. The songs aren't bad, the story and cutscenes are bonkers and childish but kinda charming too, and the mechanics and gameplay are, as stated earlier, revolutionary and even today stand out in the now established rhythm game genre. But the fact that the visuals are not synced to the actual rhythm brings down the game significantly. It's not like you can just ignore the visuals either, since you need to know which buttons to press anyway, but looking at the button visuals actively messes you up. The second game fixed this one small issue and was massively more enjoyable for it. Just play that one instead.