Dropmix died for this.
Honestly its just fun and entertaining
I enjoy putting the vocals of "Bring Me to Life" over non-fitting instrumentals
A really fun toolset with a very talented community -- which the game does a good job of showcasing. The single player element is a bit undercooked, unfortunately. Can definitely see this being a thing I come back to every few months to toy around with.
it makes my monkey brain happy :)
Waiting for performance updates for the Switch version, it's still kinda janky here and there.
A mashup creator that's as fun to use as it is to listen to
I really like this game. Harmonix rules.
Dropmix the video game
It's cool-ish but not for me.
curious as to the impact, if any, that siivagunner might have had on the final product
I don't think there's anyone still interfacing with Fuser that is willing to go to bat for every underperforming aspect. At Best, you'll get someone who is in love with the (astonishing) tech of the game enough to sideline the rest of the package. And honestly? That's more valid than usual here, if only due to the game's wide discrepancy between "Freestyle" and, well, every other mode. You might as well launch a separate .exe with the differences.
Yet even then, it's all a little muted to me. While I don't use it derogatorily, "toy" is the word that best describes the whole thing. Its primary purpose is to be immediate and as wrinkle-free as possible. It's good at that! What it's less good at is capitalizing on moments of bliss, when every stem on the platters works with the key and mode and tempo. Sure, you can capture it, maybe employ it later, but it's really difficult to further establish or scrutinize it. The way the songs passively loop into themselves is the toughest nuance to love for me, as it is both the driving force behind the game's success and also the one unchanging aspect that makes it so it's almost impossible to feel completely in control of expression.
Yet even then, it's all a little muted to me. While I don't use it derogatorily, "toy" is the word that best describes the whole thing. Its primary purpose is to be immediate and as wrinkle-free as possible. It's good at that! What it's less good at is capitalizing on moments of bliss, when every stem on the platters works with the key and mode and tempo. Sure, you can capture it, maybe employ it later, but it's really difficult to further establish or scrutinize it. The way the songs passively loop into themselves is the toughest nuance to love for me, as it is both the driving force behind the game's success and also the one unchanging aspect that makes it so it's almost impossible to feel completely in control of expression.
I don't like any of the things that make this a "game" but it's a brilliant toy that lets you make wonderful messes like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQmEERvqq70
in real time.
in real time.
I love the basic gameplay here but
a: the campaign is kind of busted and kind of just seems like a way to remind you of all the features you already have access to in Freestyle, which is the real game
b: the selection just kind of bottoms out at a certain point and I ended up with no incentive to level up because nothing I can buy is interesting
C: there's a funny little glitch on PS4 where you can only export like a minute of video before the audio stops happening and in a game explicitly about music that kind of blows.
Still, it's a game I can sit with and be enthralled for like an hour straight just putting different stuff together, I love it.
a: the campaign is kind of busted and kind of just seems like a way to remind you of all the features you already have access to in Freestyle, which is the real game
b: the selection just kind of bottoms out at a certain point and I ended up with no incentive to level up because nothing I can buy is interesting
C: there's a funny little glitch on PS4 where you can only export like a minute of video before the audio stops happening and in a game explicitly about music that kind of blows.
Still, it's a game I can sit with and be enthralled for like an hour straight just putting different stuff together, I love it.
This is really fun. Even the most cursed mixes I made in this game were fun to listen to. I'm not a huge fan of the "rawr XD" presentation but the stages all look cool. I wish I had played this on PC though - it really feels optimized for PC and the damn stick drift on my Switch made this game way harder than it should have been.