Different types of players

[Monad]

Just a general curiosity of mine.
Is it more common for people to memorize a song after playing countless times.
OR
Practice reaction times by continuously switching around.

I'm the latter and I can manage up to lvl8 songs easily on pure reaction, but is this viable for much more difficult songs? I'm talking 'high scores' not 'perfect scores' in this case. I'm not that good lol

[Rob]

I've hundreds of hours in this game and there isn't a single song I've got "memorized", as that would essentially mean being able to play it blind, no? I certainly can't do that.

You -can- get better at a song by playing it repeatedly, particularly if it has unintuitive slowdown/speedup parts (ANNIHILATOR, etc.), but only to an extent I think.

I think it's mostly a combination of reading skill, pattern recognition and finger independence, all of which naturally improve over time the more time you spend playing these types of games, and by playing lots of different songs/charts.
Keep pushing your boundaries and eventually you'll find yourself able to play level 9+ songs [as] easily on pure reaction as you do level 8 songs now.

[Maid Leila]

Originally posted by Rob:

I think it's mostly a combination of reading skill, pattern recognition and finger independence, all of which naturally improve over time the more time you spend playing these types of games, and by playing lots of different songs/charts.

^^ This, 100%.

Also, for me, with rhythm games, I prefer games with large song lists containing genres I particularly like (this game, Muse Dash), because I prefer to play a song until I've gotten what I consider a satisfactory score (in this game, that's a red EX, or 120%) then move on to the next song. I do this because I like to experience lots of new and exciting music and feel like I've done each of them well. I'll only repeat songs to get a perfect score (in this game, a black EX, or 122%) if they're something truly special to me. Because of how I play rhythm games, it's far more important for me to work on reaction times and pattern recognition than memorization; I'll get my desired score much faster if I have good reading skill and pattern recognition than if I'm good at memorizing charts.