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.