So what's SW opinion on Audiosurf?

I haven't seen anyone really bash Audiosurf, but no one really posts about it.

I haven't even seen a consolite start bashing the game. Any reason why?

I like Audiosurf, it's fun, and it's seizure friendly!

i have an idea of what it is but can someone just confirm what it is to me, its somethign like guitar hero but you use your own tracks?linkin_guy109

The only way in that its similiar to GH is that its a rhythm game.. i think. I've only played the demo/beta, but the main idea is to collect certain color blocks for more points as your going down the track, instead of grabbing every color block along the way. You get different vehicles i guess you could call them that that assist you in this, as some push blocks into the next row and some save them for bigger clusters. I might of given the game a bad description as ive only played 3 times or so, but im pretty sure thats the main idea.

I think is the most original game I played in many, many years.

It also looks beautiful and you can run it with a gforce 2.

Its great and I do believe this game is going to get console ported. I mean sure its all speculations but when Dylan specifically gives instructions on how to hook the 360 controller and get it to play the game... I feel like something is going to happen.

But wtf with the performance? With every patch, I noticed my framerate decreasing. WTF?

i have an idea of what it is but can someone just confirm what it is to me, its somethign like guitar hero but you use your own tracks?linkin_guy109

It's sort of a rhythm game, but not really. At very least: it's nothing like Guitar Hero. It's more of a puzzle game, unless you're playing something like Ninja Mono. A sense of rhythm IS necessary, despite what a few might tell you. It's difficult to explain, but certain parts of tracks require an understanding of the song's rhythm, as the cars (the music blocks in the game) are snychronized with music notes -- you need to understand both when the track is about to suddenly slow down or speed up, and how to get exactly the cars you want (they're often among other cars that you don't want, especially in modes like Ninja Mono. Cars you do want are usually important notes and easy to pick out in a song. Again, it's hard to explain.)

only reason im not getting it is because of itunes DRM :evil:

gah, i cant play most of my songs, and i did copy the songs to a CD but it'd take forever to load it !

but i might still get it just to have a nice game to play on my laptop :D

only reason im not getting it is because of itunes DRM :evil:

bionicle_lover

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Even my cruddy system with its on-board graphics card can run it (albiet not silky-smooth, but that's not the game's fault), and it still looks pretty. Practically infinite replay value and value for money, it's just cool to pick out one of your favourite songs and see it translated like that. Many different ways to play it what with several characters organised into 3 different difficulty levels.

If that was all it'd still be great, but the inclusion of achievements, scores, bonuses, medals, and AN ONLINE LEADERBOARD FOR EVERY SONG EVER PLAYED makes it just one of the best and most original games I've seen. And I don't think it was even hyped like many of the big-name, big-budget 'blockbuster' titles. They've outdone themselves, plain and simple.

Now my ultimate hope is that Q Entertainment or someone like uses this technology and applies it to make a dynamic on-rails shooter in the same vein as Rez. I'd even get out of my sheer apathy and upgrade my computer for that.

Its great and I do believe this game is going to get console ported. I mean sure its all speculations but when Dylan specifically gives instructions on how to hook the 360 controller and get it to play the game... I feel like something is going to happen.

But wtf with the performance? With every patch, I noticed my framerate decreasing. WTF?

ArcticSnake

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Its great and I do believe this game is going to get console ported. I mean sure its all speculations but when Dylan specifically gives instructions on how to hook the 360 controller and get it to play the game... I feel like something is going to happen.

But wtf with the performance? With every patch, I noticed my framerate decreasing. WTF?

Taalon

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Its great and I do believe this game is going to get console ported. I mean sure its all speculations but when Dylan specifically gives instructions on how to hook the 360 controller and get it to play the game... I feel like something is going to happen.

But wtf with the performance? With every patch, I noticed my framerate decreasing. WTF?

EntwineX

Very nice, small and cheap game however...

1. No asian characters are supported.

2. Although 'tracks' are generated by each different song, the resulting blocks don't build a pattern within the song even though notes are punctuated at the right times. So even though it's classed as a rhythm game, it isn't really - it's more of a puzzler.

3. Online leaderboard can be easily bypassed (?) - so...what's your high score for 'track 1 - unknown artist'? (:P)