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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 43.9 hrs on record (8.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: Jul 10, 2022 @ 7:34pm

Short Version: I don't like the singleplayer elements, but I LOVE the multiplayer. This game is very well-made and has a lot of love put into it, and I would highly recommend it if any of the gameplay you've seen fits your style. The music is all Electro/Chiptune and the such, with a few cameos like Spider Dance and Mortal Kombat. I couldn't give you an objective rating of the difficulty, but some levels in the campaign took me 5+ retries, so I'd say it can be hard at times.

Long Version:

I really didn't care for the singleplayer. I couldn't tell you what, but something just didn't mesh with me when playing alone. I completed the entire campaign and extra stage (albeit, somewhat reluctantly) and then set about collecting all the achievements. For a while, achievement hunting was my only motivation to play the game—that is, until I tried the multiplayer.

Something about playing with other people—seeing them make mistakes alongside you, dancing around during the levels, doing random stuff in the lobby—it made the game a hell of a lot more fun. It's amazing how much interaction there can be between players when everyone is just a shape.

The game does actually have a "Story Mode" with a world map separating each level. There isn't much to the story, but it isn't bad. It can get surprisingly dark at times, especially with my favourite level and song of the game; Annihilate by Destroid, featured as the final stage. This level and many others capture what is, in my opinion, the main selling point of this game: the care and creativity with which each level is made. Even with how frustrated I got in some of the singleplayer levels, I couldn't help but be impressed by how well they utilised the songs, a perfect example of which would be Try This by Pegboard Nerds.

Speaking of the songs, let's talk about the music. I actually knew and regularly listened to virtually every song in this game before finding it, and the only reason I ended up playing the game was because I constantly saw it being mentioned in Danimal Cannon and Sabrepulse's comments sections. As such, there's not a single song I've found in the game that I dislike. Being a fan of Electro and Chiptune myself, that's not much of a surprise, but if you're not a fan of those genres of music (or perhaps you don't know what type of music "Electro" is), then I would recommend listening to Milky Ways by Bossfight for a general overview of what type of music you'll be hearing. You could also just buy it, try the first few stages, and refund it if it's not your style.

That's about all I've got to say. Remember to subscribe to my desktop computer, retweet my IHOP Customer Rewards card, and most importantly; play TF2.
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