I find it funny how Rhythm Games are put in the same category as casual and social ones.

[Ikagura]

When it's a genre infamous for being hardcore (if not more hardcore than many others)

Can you post the most impressive showcases in the genre please?

 

[Zerohour2k12]

One needs insane reflexes with those. I can't even do a perfect run even on easy. Even on minigames within other games that's a rhythm game, I don't do very well.
How is it casual... haha.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I’d have to agree I do indeed find them stressful and not casual at all haha.
There’s probably something to be said about certain expectations to be based on skill floor rather skill ceiling itself, although it’s still arguable that even the skill floor for some rythm games could be quite high xD.

Still a pretty addictive genre nonetheless and relatively quick to wrap your head around if I do say myself, although I do think I got a few years shaved off my lifespan when trying to hit a perfect combo for 7 minutes only to drop the notes last second.

 

[Sumea]

I think I made the same thread but yeah, I was DDR:ing heavies I cleared MAX300 hardest on actual machine once, I played 2dix and then I just, haven't but I know what is up. Some rhythm games are casual and indies that corprate a casual friendly rhythm game aspect into their games does not improve the optics.

 

[Elwiwi]

Is sekiro a rhythm game ? On my mind and heart yes

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

I used to be of this opinion as an outsider of the genre until I got into Project Diva. Even already knowing many of the songs by heart, I was struggling at higher difficulties and it took a fair bit of practice.

I feel the idea that Rhythm Games are casual is more of an outsider opinion, as mine was before I got humbled then. Folks look at them and think "Oh, just follow along to music, that's easy!" but it's not that easy. (at least outside of lower difficulties)

 

[Advil Lavs]

Most ehytm games aren't casual-frirndly at all, especially ones made by indie devs. Hitting a note or its equivalent is pretty hard when you have a few milliseconds to do it and are being distracted by the visuals (since most of them have flsh or wild visuals too).

 

[gastd]

It's nice games like this and you can learn to dance from it!

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I find rhythm games to be both casual AND social, though.

Half the fun of playing something like Guitar Hero, Boogie! or Dance Dance Revolution is having a grand time looking like an uncoordinated jackass in front of your friends ;D!

 

[Ikagura]

Hitting a note or its equivalent is pretty hard when you have a few milliseconds to do it and are being distracted by the visuals (since most of them have flsh or wild visuals too).

I'm not fan of the ones that are visually too heavy personally.

I find rhythm games to be both casual AND social, though.

Half the fun of playing something like Guitar Hero, Boogie! or Dance Dance Revolution is having a grand time looking like an uncoordinated jackass in front of your friends ;D!

I guess there's two sides to this coin.

 

[Sheepy765]

To preface, I’m a huge fan of rhythm games and have spend I don’t know how many hours wasting my life pressing buttons in time with music.

I think a lot of people see the really hard charts and beatmaps that rhythm games have and get the wrong idea. It’s certainly a genre that has many hardcore fans, but it also has a lot of easier songs and games for people to ease into the genre with. For every Maimai and Sound Voltex game there’s also games like Elite Beat Agents, Rhythm Heaven, and Taiko no Tatsujin. A lot of them have multiplayer too, like Clone Hero or osu!; and it’s fun playing easier songs alongside my friends and also sometimes throwing in a high-difficulty song that even I can’t play for the laughs.

 

[Tonberry]

The Classic

 

[skramz]

yeah because there's a balance between a casual ddr session and being the next tera

 

[Ikagura]

The Classic

Wait... he has smashed the wall before?

 

[stinkerdoo]

One of my favorite rhythm game videos ever. Blurtic's skill on keyboard is otherworldly.

I always thought this chart from EZ2DJ was pretty funny too. It's the theme song for EZ2DJ, and the notes spell out "EZDJ" lol.

And Chris4life getting a perfect full combo on PARANOiA Revolution was a pretty huge occasion. I remember people still posting about this for like a week after it happened. Fun fact: Chris4life was in a Taco Bell commercial LOL.