What's your favorite rhythm game? And what's so special about it?

[Makaroshi]

• Sound Voltex - for aestetically cool visual, the "remixing" feeling and dynamic gameplay;
• Wacca - for Hardcore Tano*C, amazing originals and also for very fun yet not so hard gameplay with intensive hands movement;
• Chunithm - honestly, it has the best music library so far, that alone makes me want to play it;
• beatmania IIDX/BMS - BoF, awesome IIDX music libraryl
• pop'n music - it just brings satisfaction when I beat something in this game, because I find 9k layout to be the hardest out of all rhythm games I've ever played (yes, for me it's even harder that IIDX lol);

 

[Midori Shimada VT]

My favorite rhythm games:
*MUSECA 1+1/2
*DDR (I was a pro in the PlayStation era DDR games back in the day)
*Taiko no Tatsujin
*Maimai (the washing machine shaped arcade game)
*Dog of Bay (Japan only PS2 launch title, kind like Dogs version of Cats)
*Pop'n Music (especially the Halloween themed one)

 

[Saoi]

Cytus!!
Yes its on mobile but when I was 10-13 (maybe) I loved the music in it.(All of them)I re-downloaded it a few years ago and huh...The game feels very bad...But I didn't regret checking it out again because of nostalgia

 

[undrscor54]

What game should I try first? I'm familiar with the franchise, but never played a single Guitar Hero game. I've heard of Clone Hero though, I might go with that.

Yeah, clone hero is the best way to play guitar hero games, there is so many songs you can download. I dont remember an exact site but there is a site called something like encore chorus (correct me if im wrong) where you can search for a song and get it, as long as someone has made a chart for it.

 

[Kamako]

The remake of Shadow of the Beast plays like a rhythm game but is disguised as an action game. Same with the Kung Fury Arcade game. Both rock.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is excellent.

Persona: Dancing All Night games are alot of fun too

DJ Hero was a really fun time with the controller.

And Audiosurf is a classic if you want to play rhythm stages based on your own songs. It may be a little dated now though

 

[GardeniaSky]

The only ones I've ever played are Crypt of the Necrodancer(super fun), and RockBand, but I only ever did vocals.

 

[maciintosh]

Recently, it's been Rift of The Necrodancer. I loved the original Crypt when I played it, so a more traditional rhythm game experience with a similar system of varying monster types immediately interested me. The game also comes with a free, relatively simple to use editor on Steam with full Steam Workshop support for custom charts. The different types of monsters and the various traps that change up how they move allow for a lot of creativity.

 

[Fray Guillermo]

I don't really have an extended knowledge of the lesser known rhythm games, but I loved the Pump it Up arcades, always preferred it over DDR, to be honest. It's a shame all the machines got removed around where I live and haven't been able to play the way it's meant for years