Funny Trombone Game is actually good.
Trombone Champ feels like that one charity shop PS2 game you got when you were on holiday in Norwich, the humour comes from the absurdity of its mechanics, but it's actually very competently designed.
The humour doesn't just end at "shite sounding rhythm game" either, with a fair amount of progression and some funny writing.
Trombone Champ feels like that one charity shop PS2 game you got when you were on holiday in Norwich, the humour comes from the absurdity of its mechanics, but it's actually very competently designed.
The humour doesn't just end at "shite sounding rhythm game" either, with a fair amount of progression and some funny writing.
Seeing a lot of "its a meme game" and really I don't agree; It's full of jokes about poop and hotdogs and monkeys, but it's also just a very fun rhythm game, with a lot of various tracks, and the game is being very frequently updated with new songs and QoL/accessibility features (maybe too much actually, the menus are starting to be a bit overwhelming)
Trombone Champ is probably best played in a party setting, as to start with especially to people unaware of what they're about to see it can be funny.
However, that kinda dies down very, and I mean very, fast.
It's pretty much standard rhythm type game, though I found it way more lenient and you don't have to have pinpoint accuracy when hitting notes - so long as you end on the correct spot you're all good.
I've finished all tracks so I'm counting that as a complete and 'Maybe probably will never return to'
However, that kinda dies down very, and I mean very, fast.
It's pretty much standard rhythm type game, though I found it way more lenient and you don't have to have pinpoint accuracy when hitting notes - so long as you end on the correct spot you're all good.
I've finished all tracks so I'm counting that as a complete and 'Maybe probably will never return to'
This game is unironically great. Like it isn't just a stupid comedy game, but also a great rhythm game. It is genuinely a fun time trying to toot in rhythm and pitch to the music, even if it can feel impossible at times. Heck it feeling impossible just adds to the comedy of the game, which I must say is quite great. Like they almost certainly could've used a trombone sound that sounded ya know... good, but instead they decided on this awful sound, which just makes the songs sound so incredibly stupid it's incredible. All the weird baboon/hot dog shit is just the cherry on top.
I do have some complaints with the switch version though. First off, it did freeze on my a few times when I earned some the rewards (like the trombone colors). Also I only saw one joke on the loading screen throughout the entire game. Neither is a big deal, but are certainly annoyances. What is kind of a big problem is that the tilt controls constantly drifted to the point where I essentially pointing the switch screen at the ground or 180 degrees away from my face. I often had to pause to recalibrate 2 or 3 times during some of the songs. Outside of calibration the motion controls worked really good actually, but constantly having to recalibrate definitely sucked. Honestly may have given this game a 5/5 if it weren't that one control issue, as I do think this game achieves exactly what it is going for. So probably play the PC version, if that is available for you.
I do have some complaints with the switch version though. First off, it did freeze on my a few times when I earned some the rewards (like the trombone colors). Also I only saw one joke on the loading screen throughout the entire game. Neither is a big deal, but are certainly annoyances. What is kind of a big problem is that the tilt controls constantly drifted to the point where I essentially pointing the switch screen at the ground or 180 degrees away from my face. I often had to pause to recalibrate 2 or 3 times during some of the songs. Outside of calibration the motion controls worked really good actually, but constantly having to recalibrate definitely sucked. Honestly may have given this game a 5/5 if it weren't that one control issue, as I do think this game achieves exactly what it is going for. So probably play the PC version, if that is available for you.