Any tips to hit the beat in TIME?

[Mike_]

After every fight my timing gets a D rank, no matter what I use for reference, I just can't hit the beat in time, even out of combat I rarely can attack perfectly on the beat, the floating cat head doesen't seem to work for me or even the toggleable display that shows the beat.

Am I missing something or just have to git gud?
What are the frames in the animations to look for to time the attack buttons?
Any tips how to get those sweet S ranks on timing?

Playing on Hard from the start, and after you meet Macaron.

[Internet_Hero]

As someone who is absolutely terrible at beat games.

I changed the cat head beat to number two setting which helped me a lot compared to the default one.
Have you had a look at those? Also try the practice arena. I did that for about an hour and now instead of 50% on beat I’m hitting about 76% so definitely improving.

Honestly though, I think it’s a git gud kinda game. I’d love to be able to be fluid at the game.

[Vengos]

Enable beat assist and look at it when you attack, thats what helps me.

[Seth Abercromby]

As many visual references there are, it's a lot harder to focus on them in the heat of battle. To get a feel for the beat you can start by just looking at Chai's idle pose. He will tap his foot on every beat (1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4...) and snap on every second beat (1---3---1---3--...). Depending on your personal preference, just sit there for a minute and count the beats or snap along with Chai. This will help you build an internal sense for the beat your body will be able to pull from much more instinctively.

In combat, you attacks always land on the beat, so similar to how you counted the beat to practice, you can count out 5 beats of light attacks (starting the input on the first beat, and the hit connecting on the second), and you press X every time the guitar connects with the enemy. Heavy attacks, similar to the snap always have a one-beat pause after the input which is more tricky to get used to, but when you're comfortable with the beat it becomes a lot easier to sense when you need to press the button again.

The training state is available to you now so if you want you can practice there for a bit, or do all the steps I mentioned in the relevant stage since you're not graded on time outside of combat.

[Mike_]

Originally posted by Internet Hero:

As someone who is absolutely terrible at beat games.

I changed the cat head beat to number two setting which helped me a lot compared to the default one.
Have you had a look at those? Also try the practice arena. I did that for about an hour and now instead of 50% on beat I’m hitting about 76% so definitely improving.

Honestly though, I think it’s a git gud kinda game. I’d love to be able to be fluid at the game.

I use the number two setting aswell, went to the settings at the point where I realised I want to do better, what are you looking for on the cat head, when the circle pulses out or when it starts to pulse?
That's a fairly good improvement, guess I'll hop in the training area aswell then.

Originally posted by Vengos:

Enable beat assist and look at it when you attack, thats what helps me.

So you suppose to time the attack when the two red half circles touch, but you have to still hit the attack in mid animation to keep the rythm or just wait for the animation end and hit it again then?

[Internet_Hero]

Originally posted by MiKE:

Originally posted by Internet Hero:

As someone who is absolutely terrible at beat games.

I changed the cat head beat to number two setting which helped me a lot compared to the default one.
Have you had a look at those? Also try the practice arena. I did that for about an hour and now instead of 50% on beat I’m hitting about 76% so definitely improving.

Honestly though, I think it’s a git gud kinda game. I’d love to be able to be fluid at the game.

I use the number two setting aswell, went to the settings at the point where I realised I want to do better, what are you looking for on the cat head, when the circle pulses out or when it starts to pulse?
That's a fairly good improvement, guess I'll hop in the training area aswell then.

I wait for it just as it pulses but also if you listen to the music carefully when you do the three dashes in game it'll be with the music. I did this a lot when out of combat, just learned to dash three times in time with the music. You'll get the hang of it, I'm sure.

It's a tough game for sure if you don't play these kind of games like me. Just practice and try and find things in the game that'll help you keep with the beat. I sometimes tap my foot whilst playing which sounds kinda lame but it helps LOL.