This review contains spoilers
ok so first up: it's gay, so that puts its rating straight to the top. for real for real gay. the player insert mc is also a disabled girl in a wheelchair which is a nice change from the usual Generic Slightly Shy Harem Anime Protagonist Guy That All The Game Characters Flirt With that a lot of other games like this would have the self insert be. the characters are all super lovable too
the gameplay works WAY better than in NOISZ, and is far more suited to touchscreen than keyboard. that being said, it's geared towards fingers players, and i'm a devoted thumbs player, so it's...a little harder for me to play?? i asked the game staff about it at their booth at magfest and they backed that up - it's thumbs supported UP TO A POINT, and i. don't remember their exact words, but right off the bat you can see certain patterns that are geared to fingers players. it feels unbalanced in that aspect, higher levels will make you do bullet hell and rhythm AT THE SAME TIME, and when my thumbs are in the way it's a bit hard to see the bullets - also doesn't help that my thumbs cover the character so micrododging is a bit harder (is it also bc i have long nails?? that can't help either), ie even hard charts will involve crossfinger patterns that are much more difficult with thumbs than with fingers
this game blends rhythm and bullet hell...very well imo?? that being said, my one complaint is that hold notes are very harshly judged - the game only counts the subnotes within a hold note as complete if your finger is at the note corresponding to it, rather than if your finger is within the hold note's area like other rhythm games do. during faster patterns you're obviously gonna start rushing and go "eh close enough" on these things or take your finger off early as you don't have the opportunity to "secure" each subnote position, which can lead to a lot of misses
(also before i forget: i played this with fingers on a tablet at magfest. i sucked at it bc i'm not a fingers player, but i felt if i were one, i would have been pretty good at it, so in its "natural environment" the game absolutely works)
also worth mentioning that despite this looking like a cute rhythm game with a generic story about friendship, nope!! it goes all-out and tackles various issues marginalised people tend to face, such as trauma and...well mentioning other subjects would be spoilers but you get the point. project sekai kinda did that too. is this just how modern mobile rhythm game stories are nowadays? bc i am HERE for it
the gameplay works WAY better than in NOISZ, and is far more suited to touchscreen than keyboard. that being said, it's geared towards fingers players, and i'm a devoted thumbs player, so it's...a little harder for me to play?? i asked the game staff about it at their booth at magfest and they backed that up - it's thumbs supported UP TO A POINT, and i. don't remember their exact words, but right off the bat you can see certain patterns that are geared to fingers players. it feels unbalanced in that aspect, higher levels will make you do bullet hell and rhythm AT THE SAME TIME, and when my thumbs are in the way it's a bit hard to see the bullets - also doesn't help that my thumbs cover the character so micrododging is a bit harder (is it also bc i have long nails?? that can't help either), ie even hard charts will involve crossfinger patterns that are much more difficult with thumbs than with fingers
this game blends rhythm and bullet hell...very well imo?? that being said, my one complaint is that hold notes are very harshly judged - the game only counts the subnotes within a hold note as complete if your finger is at the note corresponding to it, rather than if your finger is within the hold note's area like other rhythm games do. during faster patterns you're obviously gonna start rushing and go "eh close enough" on these things or take your finger off early as you don't have the opportunity to "secure" each subnote position, which can lead to a lot of misses
(also before i forget: i played this with fingers on a tablet at magfest. i sucked at it bc i'm not a fingers player, but i felt if i were one, i would have been pretty good at it, so in its "natural environment" the game absolutely works)
also worth mentioning that despite this looking like a cute rhythm game with a generic story about friendship, nope!! it goes all-out and tackles various issues marginalised people tend to face, such as trauma and...well mentioning other subjects would be spoilers but you get the point. project sekai kinda did that too. is this just how modern mobile rhythm game stories are nowadays? bc i am HERE for it
Reviewed on Jan 20, 2023
Rensie
1 year ago
The designs of those 3 girls look a bit like the three gym leaders from the first gym pokemon Black and White. They could fit right into a pokemon game tbh.