Have you ever wanted to play rhythm games such as Guitar Hero but doesn't have the bling? Wish to have more music selection compared to 02jam or Super Dancer Online? Well, Audiosurf is the alternate solution for you then! Developed by Invisible Handlebar,(Not a famous company I presume...) Audiosurf is a music/rhythm game for pc user. So what is so special about this game. Unlike other rhythm games, Audiosurf requires only a mouse or keyboard to play, a low quality graphic card (at least 128mb for better gameplay) 60mb of memory space and of course a speaker to enjoy the music. The most common question that the users ask before buying this game is always "What kind of song does this game have?"
Don't be too surprise when I tell you this now. Audiosurf plays every song in the world as long as you have the mp3/wma file in your computer as the software could read and convert the soundtrack into a game. The flow of the song will usually determines the game's difficulty. Choosing a slow grandmother song will make the game course an easy one. However, choosing fast paced rock song such as Linkin Park will make the game course a bumpy and difficult ride. The game is split into 3 lanes (looks smaller compare to other rhythm games) but it is way harder than the rest due to it's limited space.
The game however is totally different from other music games. Instead of typing out the keys to get the rhythm like other music games, Audiosurf creates a rocket (or a plane) that the user can control it throughout the 3 lanes. Throughout the 3 lanes, different colour blocks will appear and users have to stack up the same colour throughout the whole song to earn the highest score. Well, collecting the same colour blocks is only one of the modes. Having more than 10 modes, the game has categorized into 3 groups which is the casual character (easy) Pro character (medium) and elite characters (hard)
This game is even more fun to play when two players (Yes, there is a two player mode with 2 lanes to control each) are cooperating with each another to score the highest mark for the song. And the best part is, the game course will never be the same as the others as the course is generated by analyzing the music that you've chosen for that particular track. So, it will be totally different each time you play. Once the song is loaded into the game, a graph is also available to show the bumpiness (difficulty) of the particular song and the target scored required to get medals.The graphic in the other hand is awesome and is adjustable if your computer can't handle too much nice backgrounds throughout the game.
Scored a high mark for a particular song and want to show it to the whole world? This can also be done once you logged into their server as it syncs together once the game starts and you can see the other high scores obtained by other people that played this song. Overall, Audiosurf is fun to play and have great graphics, plus it's darn cheap (I bet most of you like the word cheap...) to get. Soon you will get the meaning of play my music the gaming way. The only bad thing that I've seen so far with Audiosurf is that sometimes, the game tracks doesn't match with the soundtrack (could have been your fault for using cheap bitrate mp3 files XD) Overall I will rate this game 8/10 for it's simplicity and entertaining gameplay
Here is a sample gameplay I've done by playing on ninja mono (it's a mode...) using Bleach opening theme, Velonica (I like this song a lot)Reviewed by Bluedrake a.k.a. Shippoukitsune
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