Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets

everything the game advertizes, is definitely there. The graphics are beautiful, stylized, and cheeky. The music is fresh, and the associated tap-on-beat system feels very tight. i personally like how the simple, yet snappy, rhythm system is overlayed and emphasized by colorful popping visuals (it makes me feel like i'm better at the game than i really am ;D) there are a couple of community feature-requests which could definitely stand to be addressed: gamepad input customization, and an 'endless mode' (a fairly common feature in rhythm games). with the obvious positives that Rhythm Sprout already brings to the table, and with any of the bigger draw-backs removed; i believe this game would undeniably stand out in the genre. whether or not these topics are addressed, the game is already a great experience, and should not be overlooked simply because "it could be better" 8.5/10 a fantastic vibe

I'm terrible at rhythm games but I enjoy them a lot and I've played most of the notable entires in the genre. In some games beatmaps almost feel arbitrary but in Rhythm Sprout it feels like the devs took a bitmaps-first approach which worked out really well. I wish there were more easy levels though, I struggled to keep up in the second half of the game. There's begginner mode but it's way too easy. The lo-fi levels in the beginning are probably my favourite ones. The only big negative is narrative design. The writing is just awful, I'm really glad cutscenes are skippable because I wouldn't have finished the game othewise.