![]() ![]() The world of Muse Dash is charming and inviting. Muse Dash follows the trend of previously released games getting ported to the Nintendo Switch (particularly indies). Network, Muse Dash combines Rhythm and action elements in attempt to create an exciting gameplay loop. Developed by PeroPeroGames and published by X.D. ![]() Maybe you’ll even end up on some leaderboards if you really want to go hard.Initially released in 2018 for mobile devices, Muse Dash is a music game heavily influenced by Japanese pop culture. If you like rhythm games, go ahead and give Muse Dash a try. In small doses, Muse Dash is a fun game, but it’s not something I could really invest myself in. I would have preferred if this mechanic was implemented in a subtler way, either by allowing players to control when to activate fever mode or by changing how fever mode is implemented in-game, such as changing the character’s appearance or bedazzling the combo counter rather than changing the entire background into a shimmering wall of moving streaks. This can further confuse players and cause them to miss a beat as soon as they enter fever mode. ![]() The fever mode scene is also dynamic compared to the near static backgrounds of the normal setting. Fever mode activates automatically once the meter at the bottom of the screen is reached, but this activation will cause an entire scene change, which can be very disorienting. One other criticism I have is the game’s fever mode, which can be reached several times over the course of a level if you’re doing well. ![]() Are you a perfectionist who hates losing combo bonuses? Then design a character pairing that forgives the occasional slipup. Do you tend to miss a beat and get overrun by enemies during a harder level? Then pick a character combination that can ensure better HP recovery. As you’d expect, what character combinations will end up working the best will depend on the player. There are also Elfin sprites that you can pair up with your character to aid you as you play through level after level. In terms of character selection, there is a decent amount of variability to who you can play as and what perks each character comes with. Most songs on “easy” will feel very trivial to play, while “hard” varies from trivially easy to ridiculously hard. Of course, the difficulty will naturally vary from song to song, but the distinction between the easy, hard, or master version of a set level can feel very inconsistent. The balancing of the level difficulty also feels, well, unbalanced. You literally just hit two buttons to play the entire game, controlling the cutesy (though often oversexualized) female characters to attack side scrolling enemies to the beat of the music. It also doesn’t help that the game has a very simple two-button gameplay system. After a while, the songs start to blend together, and it feels like you are playing the same song over and over and over again. Muse Dash is no exception to this trend, though it falls on the more cutesy side of the spectrum.ĭeveloped by China-based PeroPeroGames, most of Muse Dash’s musical selection comes from Chinese artists, ranging from energetic themes to love ballads to instrumental soundtracks. Games such as Cytus, Deemo, and Voez tend to showcase anime soundtracks and similarly designed aesthetics. Rhythm games are classically a fun way to pass the time, though more recently, they have been swept up into the filter of East Asian cultures. 'Muse Dash' features simple two-button gameplay. ![]()
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