Slant community chat on DiscourseCon Not a rhythm game
Music intensity affects your damage, number of enemies, and the visuals, but you aren't actually hitting any buttons to the beat.
Pro Easily change strobe effects
There is a setting in the game that allows users to change the strobe effects in the game, which may help those that do not enjoy the effects or find them medically dangerous.
Pro Multiple ships/characters for replayability
Several characters and their ships are available to choose from in order to change up the gameplay.
Pro Lots of options for different skill levels and play styles
Characters such as "Bard" provide an easy mode without making the game feel lame. Other characters provide an extreme challenge for more advanced players. Lots of different weapon and armor combinations keep the game feeling fresh and support different play styles. Players also respawn a...
Con Beat detection can be a bit spotty
The game allows using own music, but the automatic beat detection can often be quite off and has to be adjusted manually.
Pro Unique gameplay
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a rhythm rogue-like dungeon crawler. All actions can only performed on the beat. Adding rhythm as an element to a dungeon crawler allows having each enemy move in a different patter related to the beat and interesting powerups such as tempo increases.
Pro New modes added over the original title
There are quite a few new modes included in this game over the original title, which allows for more replayability. Wakeboard is the standout new mode, where players are pulled along and need to collect blocks to fill a grid. There are also developer created modes that offer variations of the core...
Con No way to find leaderboards for track you may want to use
It is not until a musical track is used that one can look at a leaderboard for it. For those that use niche type music it is annoying to have to use the track first to even see if others are playing it.
Pro Soundcloud integration
User can log into Soundcloud to then use music from the service int he game. It is easy to do and offer a vast amount of music.
Con Uneven experience depending on songs choosen
Vocals and different riffs on a guitar may speed up ones ship in the middle of a race, on top of this one must be conscious of what music they choose as some genres may be easier to play to than others.
Pro Interesting puzzle mechanics for a rhythm game
Instead of rhythmically hitting certain blocks to the beat the player is actually tasked with collecting certain blocks on the track in order to create combos for a high score.
Pro Can be casual or hardcore
Depending on the speed/difficulty that is set by the car chosen by the user they can have a slow casual experience or a fast paced hardcore experience is sped up. This is great if a bunch of different players in ones family or group of friends will be playing as well as for when the payer feels li...
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