I feel like this is a potentially good game. The main things holding it back are its weird control scheme, input system, and soundtrack.
The art, "story", and charm of this demo is super cool. I really like the vibe this game uses. The issue comes when you actually play it. I played it on keyboard and you have to use both the Q,W,E,A,S, and D keys with your left hands, but your arrow keys with your right hands. This control scheme is not intuitive at all and, at the time of writing this, there is no way to change it.
Not that it would help all that much anyway because the game's input system is just completely incorrect, inputting hits later than they should. This combined with the lag and the control scheme makes playing this a genuine nightmare.
The other main issue is that the music is.... not great. Nami.wav is good, and Stir & Mix is okay, but the idea of using tts and utau banks for a parappa style game just does not work when implemented like that. I think if they were at least tuned, it would be better, but the way it is executed, especially in Grease Poppin' sounds like shit.
Lastly, and this has nothing to do with the game itself, but I personally hate how the online reception to this game is to basically Nickelodeon All Star Brawl it to make people hate fnf, when they are two completely different games. It is a genuinely stupid thing to do and you stupid for doing it.
There are some smaller issues like the UI being confusing or the overworld being basic and hard to navigate, but I know these are being changed in the future. And that's the kicker. Since this is a SAGE demo, this could very much improve in the future. And I hope it does, because the stuff that work, really really work.
I pray for this game's success.
The art, "story", and charm of this demo is super cool. I really like the vibe this game uses. The issue comes when you actually play it. I played it on keyboard and you have to use both the Q,W,E,A,S, and D keys with your left hands, but your arrow keys with your right hands. This control scheme is not intuitive at all and, at the time of writing this, there is no way to change it.
Not that it would help all that much anyway because the game's input system is just completely incorrect, inputting hits later than they should. This combined with the lag and the control scheme makes playing this a genuine nightmare.
The other main issue is that the music is.... not great. Nami.wav is good, and Stir & Mix is okay, but the idea of using tts and utau banks for a parappa style game just does not work when implemented like that. I think if they were at least tuned, it would be better, but the way it is executed, especially in Grease Poppin' sounds like shit.
Lastly, and this has nothing to do with the game itself, but I personally hate how the online reception to this game is to basically Nickelodeon All Star Brawl it to make people hate fnf, when they are two completely different games. It is a genuinely stupid thing to do and you stupid for doing it.
There are some smaller issues like the UI being confusing or the overworld being basic and hard to navigate, but I know these are being changed in the future. And that's the kicker. Since this is a SAGE demo, this could very much improve in the future. And I hope it does, because the stuff that work, really really work.
I pray for this game's success.