Hell naw, adoro lo juegos de ritmo en serio, y ver cómo evoluciona este título en específico me da vida, los dos nuevos niveles que han añadido están super chulos y son MUY creativos, uno un partido de tenis que además de ser como el Parappa también tienes que acertar el darle a la bola después de cada línea, muy buena muy buena. La otra novedad es una canción que hace referencia al Puyo Puyo y dios… Qué buena… Muy rollo disco, con unos visuals chulísimos y referencias muy guapas como que cuando la tía canta y 4 notas son iguales se elimina porque así funciona el puto Puyo Puyo jsjs, dios, qué genio el desarrollador.
Si os molan los juegos de ritmo probadlo que es gratis y ahora en total tiene 6 niveles.

This log is for the update they released for SAGE 2023 (and the bugfix version as opposed to the launch version to be specific) because after experiencing it WOW I HAVE to talk about it.

This update was just AMAZING. Prior of playing it a friend said that this was 𝘴𝘰 much different than the prior versions and my god, they weren't kidding at ALL like JESUS CHRIST A FULLY 3D WORLD, like, don't get me wrong, I liked the 2D world it went with, it was fun and was done pretty well (albeit if I did feel the Keyboard skating felt a bit limited for it) but THIS? This is like, So MUCH was completely REMADE entirely. Rooms, interiors, doors, added easter eggs, etc. It makes the world feel SO MUCH more ALIVE than before, and even adds a feel of progression by having a bit more of limited visibility on things like the feds at the beginning. It adds SO MUCH heart and soul to this world it's just nuts. In a way the visuals of the world kind of remind me of the visuals of UNBEATABLE [white label] which is FAR from a bad thing as it looks GREAT. Not to mention the newly added lightning and use of 3D models is just, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘧𝘧'𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴.

And as for the songs like JESUS CHRIST they did NOT need to go to this extreme but they DID, basically doing a LOT of changes to these songs (with the first one being basically a completely NEW one) was just amazing. I do kind of miss the originals a bit since I'm a bit used to them in my mind more, but these ones are still amazing and gave me just as, if not MORE of a great time listening them for the first time, as the original versions did for the first time as well. Like they even added completely NEW segments to the 1st one and redid art to make it more fitting within the graffiti they were making! Like this is just one of many signs of LJ LephemStar going ABOVE and beyond to deliver an AMAZING update.

Oh, and the brand NEW songs? Oh, they're just unbelievable. Like, the added animation, the beats to them, the Tennis and Puzzle game set up, and the fact that they're TWO SEGA references back to back of SEGA Superstars Tennis 𝐀𝐍𝐃 Puyo Puyo? Like this is just amazing and amazing touches for this being unveiled at SAGE 2023 and released as the demo of that event. Just absolutely wonderful.

A cool idea I have in terms of the original songs, once the full game releases, I think it would be really cool if the original versions of these songs were available as unlockables after beating the game or S ranking their respective 𝘯𝘦𝘸 versions for the first time. Like, THAT would be amazing.

I do have a few nit picks, like I kind of miss the og loading screen with Melodii jumping over the record player's stylus, like that was pretty cute, but the new one is still pretty clean and nice to look at so not much of a complaint, I feel like it's missing a walking animation in before the jogging and piano board animation, but I also understand why it's not in since I'd take a long while to get it set up accounting for joystick sensitivity and whatnot. And also, one weird thing, is that they removed the crowd complaining about the poor service in the McWave stage when you get a game over. Like that was one of my favorite parts of that stage and it's weird that it got removed. Fingers crossed that it's not permanent and just to make room for other stuff to then add back later. Oh and also it not starting immediately in full screen but that's VERY minor tbf, and also some control issues I had and they were 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 on my end so that's my own damn fault, but I feel that they should allow for face buttons to have more than one command as mapping the confirm and go back actions to the triggers, while worked perfectly fine and I got used to it fairly quickly, kind of made me wish I could have used the buttons instead after a bit.

And also, this isn't something I experienced, but my friend also told me that the launch version of this demo was 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 buggy on launch. As I said I played the bugfix version and as far as that went I didn't experience any bugs so in that regard, yeah the bugfix version pretty much cleaned everything up and is the way to go, but I do hope that for future releases they can make sure that there aren't as many bugs on future releases as possible so that people who play them first and foremost (like my friend as they 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 like this game) can have a solid experience without any bugs in the way. I understand no bugs is practically impossible as these demos 𝘢𝘳𝘦 a work in progress after all, I just wish that hopefully for the future there's a bit more balancing in that regard.

But yeah other than that, I had a BLAST with this demo. Like it's clear how much effort, work and PASSION went into this update. Like, even the MENUS got a massive overhaul and they look great as well, super quick to navigate and have a vibe that REALLY complements the Title Screen and Menu theme. Like this is just a delight.

This new update turned an experience that I 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 thought was quite great even with how little was there at that time and couldn't 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 to see more, into honestly, one of the most 𝗙𝗨𝗡 experiences, I've HAD this year. And for that alone, I HAVE to give it an extra something at least. There's just something about it, how the art looks, how the sound effects when improvising sound, that make me feel lost in a good way when playing it. I EAGERLY await what comes next for this project and my best wishes and luck to LJ LephemStar and the rest of the team!