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6 Games Considered

6 Options ConsideredPriceSteam RatingCo-Op
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Beat Hazard
$9.99Very Positive–
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
$14.99Overwhelmingly Positive2 Player Local
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Audiosurf 2
$14.99Mostly Positive–
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Floor Kids
$19.90–2 Player Local
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Frederic: Resurrection of Music
$5.99––
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Beat Hazard

cubethethird
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Music based gameplay

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Use your own music to change gameplay and spawning enemies, which allows for endless replayability through the way it generates random content.
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Easily change strobe effects

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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.
Yoshiyuki
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Multiple difficulty modes

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There are multiple difficulty modes in the game allowing for anyone's preferred skill level of gameplay as well as Insane, and suicidal if you really want to fail or experience a challenge.
Slant Bot
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Multiple ships/characters for replayability

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Several characters and their ships are available to choose from in order to change up the gameplay.
Slant Bot
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Fun multiplayer

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You can easily play with your friends, making for a more competitive game, which can be fun.
Slant Bot
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Internet radio support

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Users are able to select an internet radio station for their music in game to then play endlessly.
Slant Bot
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Bragging rights through Steam achievements

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Players can compete with one another through Steam achievements in the game. There are global leaderboards where one can compare their score against all other players making for a good method to judge how good one is as well as allows one to have some bragging rights.
Slant Bot
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Not a rhythm game

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Music intensity affects your damage, number of enemies, and the visuals, but you aren't actually hitting any buttons to the beat.
Slant Bot
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Default settings are very flashy

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The default strobe settings may not suitable for people with a sensitivity for strobe effects. Though this can be changed in the setting to lower how much strobing is going on in the game.
Specs
Steam Rating:Very Positive
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Crypt of the NecroDancer

cubethethird
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Fantastic soundtrack

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Crypt of the NecroDancer has one of the best soundtracks you'll hear in a video game, featuring EDM, synthwave, and even heavy metal music. Each song has a unique tempo, rhythm, and feel to it, so you'll never get tired of listening to them.
Slant Bot
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Lots of options for different skill levels and play styles

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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...
Slant Bot
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Unique gameplay

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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.
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Supports USB dance pad

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Fun for a couple or a group to get up off the couch and use a dance pad. Special dance pad mode to make the game a bit easier to get started on.
Slant Bot
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Beat detection can be a bit spotty

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The game allows using own music, but the automatic beat detection can often be quite off and has to be adjusted manually.
Slant Bot
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Be prepared to share

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Coop requires players to share money and items, which can leave two under-equiped characters instead of one well equipped character. Players also share one screen, meaning they need to agree on which general direction to proceed in. Going in different directions can cause players to get stuck or at...
Specs
Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive
Co-Op:2 Player Local
Controller Support:Full
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Audiosurf 2

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New modes added over the original title

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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...
Slant Bot
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Soundcloud integration

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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.
Slant Bot
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No way to find leaderboards for track you may want to use

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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.
Specs
Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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Floor Kids

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Fun multiplayer mode

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Floor Kids features a fun two-player mode in which you can go head to head against a friend on any song you've unlocked. During the songs, you'll take turns breakdancing during verses trying to get your scores as high as possible. When the chorus hits, you'll both be playing at the same...
Yoshiyuki
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Lots of fun dance moves to play around with

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There are several different dancing styles with each style having their own library of individual dance moves. Having a wide variety of moves to pick and choose from means you'll always have a way to please the crowd, pull off the moves you personally find enjoyable, and work towards becoming t...
Yoshiyuki
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Great, immersive soundtrack

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Dancing along to professionally produced musical tracks that you would hear in real breakdancing showdowns really ups the immersion factor. All of the tracks feature a frantic, fast-paced beat that are easy to get into, which helps make putting your dance routine together a really great experience....
Yoshiyuki
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Satisfying freedom in your dancing

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During songs, you can perform any dance moves you want, giving you a lot of freedom in how you express yourself. Staying in time with the beat and being able to hold moves such as headstands, freezes, and spins for as long as possible will increase your score, but which ones you decide to perform a...
Yoshiyuki
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Music can get repetitive after a while

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The music is great, but limited. There are only around 20 tracks total. After a while, hearing the same songs over and over begins to feel a bit repetitive.
Specs
Genre:Rhythm, Action
Co-Op:2 Player Local
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Frederic: Resurrection of Music

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Yoshiyuki
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Very approachable for all skill levels

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Despite your skill level, you can still get as much (or as little) of a challenge as you crave. Easy is very easy, and a great introduction to learning the songs and nuances of gameplay. Even with loads of mistakes, you'll still be progressing the story. As you increase the difficulty level, t...
Yoshiyuki
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Hilarious and unique premise

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You'll be playing as long dead musical composer Frederic Chopin, risen from the dead in order to rid the world of greedy producers and overproduced, soulless pop music. It's up to you to show everyone what real music sounds like by traveling the world and dueling other musicians using upbe...
Yoshiyuki
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Simple, easy to grasp gameplay

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As is common in the rhythm genre, each level consists of notes falling from the top of the screen as you attempt to furiously tap along to the beat. Your piano is laid out front and center with an emphasis on big keys, so hitting the right note at the right time isn't harder than it needs to b...
Yoshiyuki
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Enjoyable remixes of old classical music

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Old classical musical compositions are reimagined as upbeat and pounding tracks that compliment the rhythm based gameplay well. Each and every song is an interesting and modern remix of a classical Chopin song. It's pretty neat to hear the classical pieces rearranged for modern listeners.
Yoshiyuki
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The cutscenes are not interesting and tend to drag on

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The cutscenes are often overly long and drawn out. The voice acting is mostly poor. The writing, while charming and humorous at times, can be cliche or laughable. They look good in their hand drawn style, but there is very little animation to hold your attention. Overall, they can be quite boring...
Yoshiyuki
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Very short

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The game only takes about an hour to play from start to finish.
Yoshiyuki
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Song selection hurts replayability

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While the songs themselves sound great, there are only twelve in the entire game. If you decide to replay the game on a higher difficulty, you'll still be playing the same song selection over and over.
Specs
Genre:Rhythm
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AudioSurf

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Can be casual or hardcore

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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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Interesting puzzle mechanics for a rhythm game

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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.
Slant Bot
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Uneven experience depending on songs choosen

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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.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
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