Was obsessed with checking this game out after the Into the Aether podcast waxed poetic about the fun absurdity of this game. Extremely eccentric, with very early 2000s vibes.
The premise of secret agents helping people by bringing dance and music into their life already starts out absurd with helping a babysitter and her boyfriend take care of kids. Then they go help a captain and an oil tycoon find riches, help two supermodels survive on an abandoned island (by...seducing literal lions and bears?), and then takes a SHARP turn into helping a daughter and mother mourn the loss of their dad during Christmas.
And at the end aliens come and two ridiculously difficult levels later you dance your way to victory.
Gameplay-wise, it's a frenetic rhythm game and a Westernized version of an OSU! game (that I tried and was basically the same as well). Tapping and holding beats, with a wacky spinning mechanic that I felt bad destroying my touchscreen with.
I found that it actually got a bit easier after unlocking and switching to the "Sweatin'" hard mode, since the beats more closely follow the full lyrics instead of switching between lyrics and off-beats. Once I got used to the mechanics, would replay a level over and over just to try to not miss any notes.
Was able to get perfect combos for every song (besides one of the finale levels) on all difficulties. Was terrified when the Elite Beat Divas were unlocked, but turns out theirs is just a mirrored version of Sweatin. Wouldn't have kept returning to this and high-score chasing if I didn't enjoy it, and it really did hook me. Was able to accumulate enough points to get the highest rank (Lovin' Machine, excellent).
Overall, an intense obsession for this game for a good month. And also feel bad about my touchscreen, I whaled on it with those taps and swirls.
The premise of secret agents helping people by bringing dance and music into their life already starts out absurd with helping a babysitter and her boyfriend take care of kids. Then they go help a captain and an oil tycoon find riches, help two supermodels survive on an abandoned island (by...seducing literal lions and bears?), and then takes a SHARP turn into helping a daughter and mother mourn the loss of their dad during Christmas.
And at the end aliens come and two ridiculously difficult levels later you dance your way to victory.
Gameplay-wise, it's a frenetic rhythm game and a Westernized version of an OSU! game (that I tried and was basically the same as well). Tapping and holding beats, with a wacky spinning mechanic that I felt bad destroying my touchscreen with.
I found that it actually got a bit easier after unlocking and switching to the "Sweatin'" hard mode, since the beats more closely follow the full lyrics instead of switching between lyrics and off-beats. Once I got used to the mechanics, would replay a level over and over just to try to not miss any notes.
Was able to get perfect combos for every song (besides one of the finale levels) on all difficulties. Was terrified when the Elite Beat Divas were unlocked, but turns out theirs is just a mirrored version of Sweatin. Wouldn't have kept returning to this and high-score chasing if I didn't enjoy it, and it really did hook me. Was able to accumulate enough points to get the highest rank (Lovin' Machine, excellent).
Overall, an intense obsession for this game for a good month. And also feel bad about my touchscreen, I whaled on it with those taps and swirls.