Slaps like absolutely fucking crazy, but the music isn't my bag, despite their overall presentation absolutely being so. The best UI's I've ever seen adorning amateurish tweening anime girl illustrations set to the tune of JRPG Starting Village. It seems to be adopting a bit of a service model, so I can certainly expect some song packs down the line. Chillin out in the live online mode mostly meant being subjected to League of Legends and Korean MMO tracks.

DJMAX RESPECT is a beast of difficulty customisation and modularity, pretty much making it impossible to feel overwhelmed by a track unless you go out of your way to walk too far out of your comfort zone. Large amounts of modes ensuring a smooth learning curve and a wide array of visibility options just in case you find your eyes glazing over the largely bombastic presentation. Seems bizarrely reluctant to implement controller prompts, though.

In terms of its sheer wealth of rhythm game content, I think this is about the best you can get on the PC. Its DLC packages include songs from every earlier iteration of the DJMAX series to bump the tracklist to ridiculous heights, and if I were keener on the setlist, this game would be where my life comes to its end. Needs more Skepta.

My largest and more valid complaint than that of the tracklist would absolutely be that the anti-cheat module the game employs is fucked. Slams my drive like a sledgehammer and causes stutter with semi-regularity, which is essentially the death of a fast-paced rhythm game. Worth at the very least keeping an eye on how this game is affecting your PC.

Reviewed on May 06, 2021


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