The heart of PaRappa The Rapper does enough to make up for a deceptively dickish rhythm game where you're legit better off closing your eyes and matching the rhythm from listening rather than the actual 'timing' it shows you. Seriously I put this frame by frame it's not even a consistent offset.

Either way, it's a childlike charm that is very wide to take in completely, but there's a bigger understanding now of why this title was a bit left behind.