Taking DMC/Bayonetta style combat and making it rhythm based is a fantastic idea and when this game comes together it is so satisfying to play - you get into the music and you enter this flow state where you feel the rhythm and the combos come naturally out of it.

But I didn’t love it nearly as much as I hoped. I think there are a couple reasons for that - there’s a few frustrating mechanics, it can be boring at points until your combat options finish opening up which takes about half the game, and there’s only a few licensed songs (they’re the absolute best bits but I wasn’t into a lot of the original tracks, and the game suffers if you aren’t vibing with the music).

But what really got me was the tone and the game’s sense of humor. This is absolutely down to personal taste but it was extremely not for me, and it dragged the whole experience down.