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In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Ive always loved rhythm games, and I usually have around one obsession a year where I will play a rhythm game once a day for months a at a time. Im sure there are other rhythm heads out there and they are kind of an increasingly rare genre on newer consoles. The reason im posting this is because Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone came out this week and Ive always kind of looked at those games from afar. the new one was a massive bundle of arcade + console releases so I tried it out and Im kind of completely hooked. theres so many genres and songs and customization, its overwhelming atm. its also the first rhythm game I can remember where Ive actually been distractedby wanting to watch the backghround music videos because they are all completely original and completely insane.

other rhythm games on currently consoles I can recall:

PS4
- Amplitude (i played this for a bit and thought it was ok but the soundtrack wasn't super great)
- ROck Band 4 (i was huge into rock band 2 on wii but I dont really have the floor space to accomodate the drums anymore otherwise I would be playing this daily)

3DS
- Final Fantasy Theatrhythm (my last obsession, absolutely massive game with so many amazing songs)
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix (basically every rhythm heaven song ever in one collection. super fun and challenging)

Vita
- has a lot of japanese only rhythm games that will never leave the country because of licensing stuff. I havent tried any myself

PS4 is also getting a parappa and patapon release this year at some point. So what rhythm games have you enjoyed? Id also like to try out more recent ones that Im not aware of

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In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Bill Barber posted:

I was playing 3DS the other day and remember how much I loved EBA and was wondering if there was ever anything similar to that released since.

Also, Guitaroo Man is a PS2 classic. One of my favorite rhythm games ever.

Theres 3 EBA games and only one was released in NA so you could check out the other two.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I don't think Ive ever played Gitaroo Man. Ill have to check it out.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

The stuff they did to the new guitar hero looks kinda neat, with the live playlists that you just drop in/out of. But again I dont think I can handle another generation of plastic instruments. the one series that could get me to pick up a new peripheral would be a DJ Hero 3 release.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I keep dropping chains in project diva from laughing at the music video

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Imagine 220+ videos like the first 30 seconds of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-3qguiu2AQ

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

i have 2 video game drum kits, at least 5 guitars, a rock band keyboard, a dj hero turntable, a iidx turntable, a few dance pads, over 1000 songs in rock band, both console and vita versions of all the project diva games, and i love to hit buttons when the screen tells me to

Can you tell me how the hold mechanic works in this? It's the one thing the tutorial doesn't really cover. If I hold it too long does it drop the score down to that "max" value it shows? So I need to like hold longer than I think I can but not too long for max points

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

no the max is a bonus for holding it that long, you can let go then because you wont gain more points

also note that like if you are holding triangle, and then a circle hold comes up, when you hold both it becomes a double hold and when you let go of EITHER of them, it breaks the hold for both

Oh got it. That hold stuff is the hardest part about this, especially the two and three inputs. Balancing between dpad and face buttons for max holds is tricky

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Oh also does the Future Sound and Colorful Tone rank do anything.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Before diving into this I assumed it was wall to wall jpop but they get goofy with the genres. I especially like the one pop punk song I played where Miku is mean mugging the camera and throwing sheet music to the ground because she's so pissed lol

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Lmao there's one song that's a classic 90s r&b style power ballad with 4 of the loids doing pop and locks in a cathedral

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

go play "The MMORPG's Addict's Anthem"

lol the story on this one is dark.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

theres a video in there where miku fights godzilla, and one where she keeps dying and reliving her day

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I'll Miku-Miku You For Reals

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

The more I play of this it's funny to see where the rough spots are. Like how Miku seems to have a catalogue of about 8 dance moves that you can play at different speeds and they show up sooo commonly the more you see it. Like she does the Charlie Brown about once a song

In Training
Jun 28, 2008


I think this is the first song I've ever seen where it would probably be easier to play the song on real instruments than try to 100% it on rock band

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

This is the first one I had to stop and catch my breath because I was laughing too hard at a vocaloid doing step routines on a war torn landscape in front of stock photos of nuclear mushroom clouds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL49yr_BZ6k

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

weird internet poo poo

me and another SA poster Dr Zaius both stole guitar hero 5 early and played it online together, you could have a virtual kurt cobain in your band in that game, and he thought it was funny to make him sing goofy songs

he recorded us playing and spliced a bunch of the footage together to make a dumb video of kurt singing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1gjAXo05tA

a few days after he posted it courtney love saw it and it was in the news cuz she was mad at activision lol

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/10/courtney-love-kurt-cobain

I missed this before but this is crazy lol

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

also i really like this song+video. Although i didnt use this outfit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWTdRiu_TU

i think im not even at the halfway point of this song catalogue yet...

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I think I found the most distracting background in rhythm game history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv58iftaAp8

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

good video of the day: a miniature Miku comes to life out of a CD cover toy story style but has trouble typing on a human sized keyboard and gets cyberbullied

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I played this game today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dc3L6-e3fU&t=63s

And its kinda like vib ribbon with a more colorful aesthetic. I really like the music in it but the timing windows for everything is way too tight and some of the later inputs appear too fast to even react to.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Its also kinda fascinating in that it was a wonderswan game designed to played askew so your hands had access to both dpads and the face buttons. Fun control scheme

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

i like the random fmv music videos that pop up from time to time in this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-qNwoz9BXw

Also I got a perfect today but I got a score of 100.19% so im wondering if there's a level above perfect where you got all COOLs or something

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I was planning on buying the miku season pass but the value makes no drat sense. the game was about 50 bucks for 220 songs and the dlc is 25 dollars for 12 songs. Zuh???

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

oh i didnt know the season pass was out in america

I forgot about it but it launched Feb 7

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

i cant believe im over 80% through the miku catalogue before i found a song with a really overwrought dubstep drop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0hV6a1goIk&t=44s

i really dig this video too

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

when she hold her hands up like shes bobbing her headphones, lol.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Im doing some work at the moment and keeping my vita open with the PS4 link active just constantly watching Miku music videos so I can get a trophy lol.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

In Training, this wiki page has a bunch of Japanese number puns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay

SO i was half right but I didnt know about the alternate ways to say numbers, cool

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

*kicking dirt sheepishly and staring at the ground* I uh...bought the Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Future Tone Season Pass today

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Theres some great stuff in these packs but its BS that there's two of the same song in here (adolescence and cendrillon are the same song!!! wtf!)

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

is pack 3 out

I think it will be out next Tuesday and will make this release like 1:1 with the arcade game which is cool. Japan just got 3rd pack earlier this month so theres parity cross-region too

also its cirminal that this song isnt in the game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69v6SVoE9k

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Is there a reliable way to do those triple taps on Hard and higher? I kinda wish I could use my stick with this game because it's got an 8 button layout that would be perfect but you can't do slides with it.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

elf help book posted:

You can map slide to a button. You just hold the button

Whaaaat

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Perfected a song on hard today, Ive come a long way since the start of the year

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

The 3rd encore pack for Future Tone is out today. May not get to it till the weekend because of P5 but now the console version is 1:1 with the JP arcade version

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

In Training posted:

The 3rd encore pack for Future Tone is out today. May not get to it till the weekend because of P5 but now the console version is 1:1 with the JP arcade version

:siren: 3rd Encore includes Snow Miku 2017 :siren:

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In Training
Jun 28, 2008

It also includes a Phantom Thief outfit for everyone in the cast which I assume is a Persona 5 crossover because it's all sega stuff which is pretty badass.

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