You know a game is good, when you driving home and then Jammin' Jungle comes on so you extend your journey.
You know a game is good when you have permanent discoloration on your controller from the sweat of getting all the achievements and trying to FC K-FLOW.
You know a game is good when your neck and foot have semi-permanent tendinitis by bopping along with the best soundtrack i have ever heard.
You know a game is good when you would consider donating money to Rune Bjerkaas who made the most creative and unique OST, like every song is different but they all somehow tie in together with different motifs.
Best rhythm game out there, game of the year for me. I would work as personal butler to Rune Bjerkaas to able to get a DLC for this.

The songs were good overall and the game play is pretty novel within the genre. My biggest criticisms lie with the story(which is pretty intrusive), how difficulty is handled and how you gain stars within the game. I think the decision to make stars granted based on both combo and score was a bit misguided; missing one note that happens to be in the middle of the song often results in a 2 star for combo, which feels bad considering you can miss several at the end and get a 3 star otherwise. Additionally, the "hard" songs are often just much faster paced with extra notes, which makes missing a note often enough to upset your whole grove and miss several in a row. This feels like a byproduct of the limited number of buttons in the game. They also sprinkle in a "trap" note gimmick which I wasn't much of a fan of. Having notes that need to be ignored feels almost contrary to the idea of a rhythm game, albeit a neat experiment. That said, I enjoyed my time and would recommend if if you like rhythm games and want something more novel.

7/10

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