Trombone Champ

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Finally bothered to beat this game after 3 years of not touching it (and a certain ripoff putting it on my radar once again) and I was pleasantly surprised! Of course, with a rhythm game that revolves around an instrument as silly as the Trombone, you can expect this game to encompass the exact same vibe. You meet 3 kooky characters who are all integral to beating the main antagonist... lets just say he doesn't put up much of a fight once you obtain every unlockable. When I first played this, the song editor and workshop weren't a thing, and I found the use of a mod menu to be a bit tacky, so I never really touched it as the main reason why I got the game was to play custom songs. But now that both a chart editor and workshop support are now natively baked into the game, I can say that they did a fantastic job with making it feel as seamless as possible. Good on ya, devs! P.S. Love from NY!!! Seeing that in the credits was the biggest revelation to me!

Epic trombone game where you use the mouse to position the pitch and keyboard (or mouse click) to play a note. A nice change from the button mashing rhythm games. The only downside here is, there's no dynamics, meaning you can't play softly or loudly, and with long notes, the sound texture of the trombone can become VERY harsh. This is especially noticeable during Chop Waltz. I like the humor in this game. Some of my favorite lines are "To this day, scientists don't really know how a trombone makes sound", and "A professional trombone player is called a tromboner." And that inside joke on the baboon card made me laugh real loud, still. You gotta play this game to find out. There's a whole side story about baboons or something. You collect toots from playing songs, and use toots to progress in the story. Song selection is great. It includes lots of well-known classical music, like Ode to Joy, Flight of the Bumblebee, William Tell Overture, etc. There are some songs, like The Saints, with improvisation sections, which is pretty cool. I've never seen this in any rhythm game. It also has a couple of national anthems. The workshop has tens of extra songs made by fans. But I am a little sad they messed up one of my all-time favorite songs, Auld Lang Syne. Not saying remixes aren't allowed, but the remix destroyed the nostalgic mood of the song. I wish they included the original song as well. Nevertheless, amazing game. STRONG RECOMMEND for anyone with their sense of humor and love for music.

honk