Rhythm Destruction

[h1]I do not regret forgetting about this game for years.[/h1] I got this game, probably in a bundle, several years ago, and never played it... until I did. Duh. Anyway, it's a good concept with poor execution. The enemies are only hittable when button cues show up, so there's little wiggle room in each level. That said, the button cues move very slowly and distract from the moving of your ship. I died less because of missed notes and more because I ran into a wall due to the vertical scrolling mechanics. I've never been a fan of forced scrolling environments except when it made some sense, like when you're running away from something. In this game, you're just a ship cruising through space with little reason to do so. The lack of a decent reason why I'm continuously moving forward in a single direction makes me lose interest in continuing forward. A semi-decent supply of music included with the game, though the music does not fit the atmosphere of space, and I found it obnoxious. You don't get custom soundtrack support, so don't expect to be cruising through space to the tune of Lonely Island's "Space Olympics". Make note of the visuals. They are terrible. The collision also makes no sense. Your ship's wings do not collide with anything. You can squeeze through very tight spots even though the ship is a fat piece of junk. I also found that the level design is notably linear. Yes, it makes sense for a music-oriented game to have linear levels, but this game makes it kind of painful to sit through. You just don't care after the first few minutes. Controls are also very frustrating, though I only played with keyboard. It seems both sluggish and inconsistent. I found that I could mash the arrow keys and get the same points I did when I was playing seriously and hitting keys to the beat of the song. That ruined any aspect of challenge this game may have had for me. Once I found this out, I stopped playing. I cannot recommend this game at any price. Hell, I wouldn't recommend it if it was free.

Rhythm Destruction es un juego de naves con vista cenital, que a priori puede parecer clásico, pero que cuenta con la particularidad de tener que ir matando a los enemigos siguiendo el ritmo de la música. Gráficamente es aceptable, sin demasiados alardes pero cumple con su cometido. Su banda sonora, con melodías techno que cambian en cada nivel, no me resulta especialmente agradable. La jugabilidad es aceptable, aunque los movimientos de la nave no son todo lo precisos que deberían ser para un juego que exige manejar la nave con precisión casi milimétrica. Los indicadores de las melodías a seguir tampoco quedan del todo claros en ocasiones. La historia, además, brilla por su ausencia. Su dificultad no es excesivamente elevada. En apenas 3 horas habrás acabado los 10 niveles de que consta el título. Lo complicado es acabar las misiones con una precisión muy alta (superior al 60%). De todos modos, tus puntuaciones máximas no se guardarán. Al no disponer ya de on-line, no existen los logros, los retos ni los highscores generales, lo que resta enteros al título. Al final, resulta demasiado pobre por la escasez de opciones. Por todo ello, por ser un título pobre en opciones, con una durabilidad escasa y una acabado técnico sin demasiados alardes, me resulta complicado recomendarlo. NOTA: 5,5/10

Juego perfecto para matar alguien que sea epiléctico.

0/10

Hum... Que bom... Um jogo de ritmo em que os botões aparecem fora do ritmo.

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