After playing through the original Amplitude and the Frequency follow-up, I find the revival of the series to be an odd one at best. I do like that the core game-play feels right at home with the PS2 series, and rightfully improves upon it. I like the sci-fi narrative and venturing to different parts of the brain. I like the presentation, graphics, and overall art style as well. So why the hesitation to call this good? Since it's a rhythm game, all rhythm games live and die on the quality of the music and Amplitude simply does not cut it. It could be because the music was made in-house or because the style of music they went for feels awfully generic for EDM even in 2016, or that the way the music is mixed just sounds like utter cacophony at times. Whatever it is, I personally don't care for 80% of the music on here. You couldn't convince me to listen to it on my own time which is sad because it has artists I otherwise like (ie, Jim Guthrie, Freezepop, C418). It sucks we may never get any follow-through for this unique rhythm-game series, but I have to admit this is mediocre at best.

A dopamine machine with some sophistication that sinks its claws and fangs into you.

The schtick is that it costs like 4 bucks and not whatever vile freemium scheme its mobile clones use, and that's honestly amazing.

It's better to play Vampire Survivors than to become a whale for some half assed mobile game.

30 minutes runs are way too long, especially since they can be lost with mere seconds on the clock. Every parameter in the game should have been doubled and runs capped at 15.

This game would be so much better if it had released in 2017 a $5 Add-on for the newest Zen Pinball. Sadly this released in 2002 for full price on the PSOne and is one of the absolute cheapest Pinball games I've ever played. The fact that only a small slightly off centered square is what you're given to view this 2D cardboard of 2 tables is insulting, not to mention the insane physics that make the Pinball bounce around like it's one of those .25 cent rubber balls you get out of a Gacha Machine at a Golden Corall. Still, it being Austin Powers alone gives it one star, and there is humor in losing a ball only to see an LED Pinball blur of Austin smashing his nuts in. It takes roughly 25-30 minutes to see everything the game has to offer. Still, for only $8 I don't regret picking it up, even if it was soley for the meme.