AudioSurf - Casual Game of the Year

I'm absolutely addicted. For those who haven't heard about it, it's truly an amazing game where you can "play" all your music and compete for high scores as well as STEAM achievements. You basically have several different modes you can select for easy, medium, and hard, and from there, the game builds a track where you "surf" your ship along a course. The track reflects the voice, drums, and whatever other sounds come from the song, making a unique track for every song. This is a great way to listen to your old mp3's or just chill out to some visuals while actually playing a game, brilliant idea overall.

Here's a page full of good quality Audiosurf videos over at Stage6 to get a better idea of what this game is all about:

http://www.stage6.com/videos/search:Audiosurf

and over at youtube:

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Audiosurf&search_sort=video_date_uploaded

I urge everyone to check this game out, it's availble on STEAM for about 10 bucks and it's from an indie shop of course. Apparently, all weekend, the servers that track all the stats have been down due to the unexpected amounts of traffic, that's a really good sign for these guys, but you won't be able to upload your scores, at least not yet as they've been down all night.

http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=12900

Between this and Sins, it's been a great year so far!

It is indeed great. Game of the Year, no. If it had online co-op play as well as a vs. play to battle just one person rather than the leaderboard then maybe yes.

I'm sure Dylan is slowly counting his large profit. The game sales on steam greatly surpassed his expectations and he was forced to go by some new server equipment just to run the high score system.

It is indeed great. Game of the Year, no. If it had online co-op play as well as a vs. play to battle just one person rather than the leaderboard then maybe yes.

I'm sure Dylan is slowly counting his large profit. The game sales on steam greatly surpassed his expectations and he was forced to go by some new server equipment just to run the high score system.

--Ryu--

When I say GOTY, I'm being partially sarcastic but at the same time, I get euphoric chills from playing it. Nothing like listening to some of your favorite songs while actually playing a game about it.

Seeing how well it's done early on, I would think that they'll add to this game going forward, possibly 1v1 in songs? Being that Steamworks offers all the backend, it's not to far fetched to think they could add it in later down the road. Talk to Dylan for me :P

i thought it was rather simple and way too easy. it seems like a kids game. f8ld8a

I was looking into that game ,you just sold me i am gonna buy it tomorrow $9.95 sounds fair.

How would the game play on some techno like music? and how big is the file download?

It is an awesome game, bought it on Steam dirt cheap :)

meh, its like guitar hero for poor people. The_PC_Gamer

i agree that this games is totally worth more than 10$ , its a great game. I dont know why but i just CANT stop playing it.

What are you favorite songs?

I was looking into that game ,you just sold me i am gonna buy it tomorrow $9.95 sounds fair.

How would the game play on some techno like music? and how big is the file download?

Impulsive20

Techno/Trance/Electronica work great and are actually my favorite to play, well, mostly Trance. Paul Van Dyk, Oakenfold, Van Burren, you name it. Ever heard of the track Binary Finary? The beats work awesome in this game. Playing AngelMoon right now...

I love this game! I was wondering when someone else would mention it here on GS.

My favorite song to play is "Fading Entity" by bLINd (remix of a FFVII song).

Nice to see some places reviewing it....

4.5/5 stars over at Voodoo3D:

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/reviews/36799/Audiosurf-Review

you're wrong. I think this got to be the game of the year without a doubt.

Agreed, electronica is great. Daft Punk...meh. Best song I've played so far is one called Nuclear Sun. Nice and fast with just the right amount bump.

But definatly, check out the demo. Its like 350MB, so not bad. The demo also comes with the Orange Box Soundtrack.

Its my casual GOTY so far. Granted, its only mid-February.

meh, its like guitar hero for poor people. The_PC_Gamer

Suits me perfectly, thanks for clarifying that!

Agreed, electronica is great. Daft Punk...meh. Best song I've played so far is one called Nuclear Sun. Nice and fast with just the right amount bump.

But definatly, check out the demo. Its like 350MB, so not bad. The demo also comes with the Orange Box Soundtrack.

Its my casual GOTY so far. Granted, its only mid-February.

TH3_1NF1D3L

That's a good point, it would definatley seem to fit the "casual" game of the year, I've changed the thread title just to clarify.

Its funny I find myself wanting more and keep playing it. :D Good game

Plays well with all types of music, metal/core etc is sheer awesomeness !

you're wrong. I think this got to be the game of the year without a doubt.

Jd1680a

HAHAHA I thought that was just a photoshopped picture, turns out its a real game lol

Anyway, I'm about to play the demo and I don't have a credit card. Is the game being sold in stores with a key that you register with Steam??

meh, its like guitar hero for poor people. The_PC_Gamer

LOL nah dont think so its more like...

VIB RIBBON

Vib Ribbon used to be an old Playstation game, you could bung in any old CD you liked and this rabbit would have to do cartwheels and hops over musical obstacles. Harder than Audiosurf, as the Rabbit is ALSO part of the line, and must remain in contact with it at all times.

Here comes vibri, the coolest bunny on the block. A mean little mover, vibri loves to skip and jump to music as she meanders along the vib- ribbon. This line stretches into infinity but it's no straight and easy road. Your floppy-eared friend will come across lots of obstacles. As the music tempo shifts, so does the rate at which the obstacles appear and vibri the rabbit may soon devolve into vibri the frog. Can your bunny bounce to the beat and become a beautiful winged princess? Load up your soundtrack and watch vibri go!

vibri can ride the ribbon to all kinds of music. The game CD includes 6 songs from Japanese group "Laugh and Beats" but the fun feature of this game is that you can use your own music! Just drop your CD in and watch as vib-ribbon works its magic, creating a level that matches the tempo and tone of the music.

Stroll along to smooth jazz, groove to house 'n' garage, or roll with it to raucous rock - it's up to you! From Daft Punk to Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones to Britney Spears - vib-ribbon can be as cool or as cheesy as you choose!Vib Ribbon Website

i dont really have time to play games and listen to music at the same time, now i can do both. Such a great game. bindip

Yep, that was one of my major reasons for buying this game too. One of my favorite modes is ironmode along with that 'vegas' dude or the shuffler as I like to call it.

I wouldn't exactly call it a "casual" game. It is definitely "casual friendly" but when you get into Elite difficulty, it starts to become less and less casual friendly.

Since about 2:30 CST this afternoon (11:45 CST now) I have put in 6.5 hours into the game. It is so addictive it isn't even funny. And I've got many... many gigabytes of music to play (probably around 10-20, haven't counted in a long time).foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]I wouldn't exactly call it a "casual" game. It is definitely "casual friendly" but when you get into Elite difficulty, it starts to become less and less casual friendly.

Since about 2:30 CST this afternoon (11:45 CST now) I have put in 6.5 hours into the game. It is so addictive it isn't even funny. And I've got many... many gigabytes of music to play (probably around 10-20, haven't counted in a long time).--Ryu--

Unless you consider how repetitive the puzzle formula can be. I wish they made a character that made it similar to Guitar Hero. Then I'd consider purchasing it.

Unless you consider how repetitive the puzzle formula can be. I wish they made a character that made it similar to Guitar Hero. Then I'd consider purchasing it.GodLovesDead