Dr. Rhythm is a simple but not simple pixel wind rhythm sound tour. The production team is 7th Beat Games, and another rhythm game, Dance of Ice and Fire, has been developed.
It can be seen from the name that this game is related to doctors. The player will play an intern, and under the guidance of the game role, he will treat patients from a distance through "rhythm therapy", that is, seize the opportunity to beat the time.
Music tour by pressing only one key
The gameplay is very simple. Just press the key at the corresponding beat according to the rhythm and timing. It can be played with only one key during the performance, and the gameplay is very simple.
Simple operation does not mean that the difficulty is also simple. On the contrary, the difficulty of this work is a bit hard-core, the key decision is strict, and there are many interference elements in vision and hearing. It is not easy to pass a song perfectly.
The interface of the game is very simple. When playing music, the patient's role is on the left. A long heart rate line is connected with a red heart representing the patient's heartbeat, and a very long arm representing the player is suspended above the button. Every time the button is pressed, the arm in the picture will also press the button.
the heart rate line consists of a green part and a yellow part. The green part represents a safe area, and you can press keys at will, while the yellow area is a judgment area. When the heart rate reaches the judgment area, pressing keys will make judgments such as too fast, too late and perfect.
There will also be a hidden beat indicated by a red cross on the heart rate line, which will not be displayed when the heart rate passes. At this time, you can forget the beat in your mind, or simply press the key in the safe area to record the rhythm.
The patient's character and the red heart will react differently according to the key press. When the key press is successful, the screen will flicker obviously, and the character will make cheerful actions. When the key press is wrong, the character will make depressed actions such as panting and crying, and the screen flicker and sound effect prompts are also different. With the increase of the number of wrong presses, the red heart will slowly crack and finally hatch chickens.
after the completion of the level, there will be different grades. At least when you get a grade B, you will unlock the next level. Besides the ordinary daytime level, you can also press the up and down keys to switch the more difficult nighttime level. Besides these, there are the BOSS level, the reward level and the hidden level.
Warm stories and melodies
Different from traditional music games, this game has a story script, in which players will face all kinds of strange patients and diseases.
The background of this game is set in a hospital. As an intern, players have to treat patients through a unique "rhythm therapy", but in the end, they find that what is treated is often not a disease, but a heart disease.
With the progress of the game and the achievement of relevant scores, the plot will continue to advance, the patients who have been treated will take relevant actions, break the obstacles in their hearts and bravely step forward, and players will also gain a series of warm and touching stories.
The music of the game is quite beautiful, and each level contains several simple magic melodies, which have a strong sense of rhythm and sound very emotional, and the performance effect matched with the plot is also good.
In addition, this work also contains some Chinese songs and voices, which sing the sadness and dedication behind doctors. Today, the relationship between doctors and patients is difficult to reconcile, and it is really rare to tell the story of doctors' hardships behind the scenes.
unexpected special level
A special level in the game surprised me in the form of expression, and jumped out of the bondage of the engine. It can be said that it jumped out of the three realms and was not in the five elements. The performance effect was quite good, but it was bitter for the players. It was impossible to watch the rhythm of the picture well.
Video demonstration (with spoiler content)
There is also a special level of "Samurai Bean Jump". A simple little game is suitable for adjusting a tense heartstring brought by the tense rhythm of the game.
Rich and perfect game experience
According to the official website, this game can be traced back to 212, and the completion of this game is quite high due to years of development and precipitation.
The game comes with its own level editor, which is very powerful. It supports the import of local levels and online URLs, and can freely set elements such as beats, music and actions. diy's own level and creative workshop have also been opened. After playing the official level, you can feel the malice from netizens.
I'm tired of the default sleeves, and I can freely doodle my arms and change my style.
extremely hard-core difficulty setting
I was still full of "this" in the first tutorial, and the first few levels were really easy to get started. However, these were all illusions. At the first BOSS level, the difficulty of the game soared. Different from the mechanism of ordinary levels, BOSS Guanzhong added virus indicator bars and patient health bars, which can consume virus bars according to the right beat, health bars according to the wrong number, and announced the GAMEOVER at the bottom.
In addition to the limitation of the number of wrong presses, there are also interferences from pictures and sound effects. During the process, there will be phenomena such as flicker, tape jam, rewinding and tearing of pictures. These phenomena are called germs in the game, and the game characters will solemnly tell players that these are "wifi signal blocking bacteria" and "network card blocking bacteria".
With the advancement of the game process, players will face challenges such as staggered beats and irregular beats, and even know some professional terms of music.
In addition, there will often be scenes where patients are treated together with doctors. In the game, there are many patient characters and heart rate lines in the picture. At this time, different beats will appear, and players need to complete their own beats without interference.
You don't have to worry about the mixing of many beats. The game is a beautiful and coherent melody.
After the official play, the overall difficulty of this game is quite high. The simple rules wrap the hard core, and the default settings often lead to the situation of card clearance. It is recommended that novices lower the difficulty first and try it step by step. The specific settings are in judging the difficulty and ease of use.
in addition to these distractions for the game experience, players will also face unexpected distractions, such as the nurse's beat prompt and the dialogue that cannot be skipped.
The players are in a hurry because of the continuous switching between the fast and slow tempo of the level in the cafe. At this time, the nurse's prompt sound is more like an obstacle to prevent the players from passing through the customs.
Because of the high difficulty, it is often necessary to reopen, but some plot dialogues can't be skipped, which is very annoying at the same time.
Low-resolution pixel style
This game adopts the pixel style, and now the pixel style is very common, and it is also the first choice for independent games.
However, the pixel resolution of this work is very low, and the picture effect presented is very general. It is difficult for large-grained pixels to show rich details of people, and the overall picture is very similar to the 16-bit and 8-bit periods. Compared with various high-definition pixels today, the picture part of this work is bleak.
it would be nice if the whole picture could be made into the same style as CG picture.
The unique style and gameplay of this book are unique among many music tours, and it is easy to attract people.
Although it is in the pre-emptive experience stage, the plot of this game is relatively complete, the gameplay is also very mature, and the overall completion of the game is very high.
localization is also good, and all kinds of localized words and tricks are also very substitutive. Some Chinese songs are also very good, and it feels good to release songs separately.
The only problem is that the difficulty is a bit too high. It is difficult for people to listen to/play a song comfortably due to various visual and auditory obstacles. Fortunately, with multiple difficulty settings, Xiaobai can pass the customs.
generally speaking, it is a masterpiece worth a try, and it is recommended to start.
Rhythm Doctor Game Production: 7th Beat Games Game Release: 7th Beat Games,indienova Game Platform: PC/NintendoSwitch Time to Market: February 26, 221 Game Label: Music Games.