good point on auto dropping giving you more time. I think I'll start leaning on that a little bit more.
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FUSER (New Harmonix Game) | Announce Trailer & Reviews [Now only $19.99!]
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good point on auto dropping giving you more time. I think I'll start leaning on that a little bit more.
While I understand how it can be frustrating to have to swap a lot in campaign to do well, I can also see the design psychology being employed. We tend to only want to interact with things we know we like, and that especially goes for music. By both forcing specific tracks on you in campaign and making you switch things up, there is no way to get around having to use tracks you normally wouldn't and hearing how something you may not even like in the general sense can fit into a mix.
Harmonix via the Twitch chats say "Yes". I didn't confirm on my end though.
I started this yesterday and I'm liking it a lot so far. The mixing technology is just wizardry. At this point my outlook on grabbing DLC is not just about songs I like, but toys I want to add to the toybox of sounds.
The Switch version sure does run badly, though. I don't know what's causing it exactly, but I'd easily take no crowd rendering for smoother FPS (or at least no hitching). I'm barely looking at the visuals when I'm focused on the music and the UI, anyway.
The Switch version sure does run badly, though. I don't know what's causing it exactly, but I'd easily take no crowd rendering for smoother FPS (or at least no hitching). I'm barely looking at the visuals when I'm focused on the music and the UI, anyway.
Yeah, I definitely understand WHY they did it, but if they had lightened up the requirements a little that woulda been nice. Especially since levels are essentially tutorials, so they both want you to learn this potentially complex new thing AND do a bunch of arbitrary tasks...
Is anyone playing this on PS5? I decided to wait till mine gets here on Saturday to download my pre-order.
I think Harmonix will patch this soon, hopefully together with XP gain through the campaign. They have had these kind of broken scoring systems before in Rock Band and those were patched out very quickly.
I will definitely look into the game when it is a bit cheaper, i really like rhythm and music games so it might be up my alley.
Is there a way to actually upload videos of your Mixes to any video or music platform? I'm on Switch and don't see an option for that anywhere.
What the hell is going on with this game? The ads my friends and I looked up over the summer made it seem so basic and unappealing. We finally watched an IGN explanation video about a month ago that made it actually seem interesting and explained how the game works.
But no one is talking about this.
I subscribe to like 30 different gaming channels on YouTube, two gaming podcasts and I check sites like this one, Polygon, IGN.
Why are there so few reviews?
There are a handful on metacritic but I'm not seeing the usual scope of game reviews.
I feel like this one of those times where a demo is pretty essential for people to take the plunge.
But no one is talking about this.
I subscribe to like 30 different gaming channels on YouTube, two gaming podcasts and I check sites like this one, Polygon, IGN.
Why are there so few reviews?
There are a handful on metacritic but I'm not seeing the usual scope of game reviews.
I feel like this one of those times where a demo is pretty essential for people to take the plunge.
HustleBun imagine the main reason that you aren't seeing much about it is that it came out during next gen launch week, so coverage of a somewhat niche rhythm game isn't the first priority for many outlets/YouTubers. Which is a shame, since this seems more unique and more interesting than anything I've seen of launch games, but what are you gonna do.
yeah, this is definitely flying under the radar. the more i get into it, the more i like it, too.
harmonix always does stellar work, and this is not an exception.
harmonix always does stellar work, and this is not an exception.
Even with that in mind, the launch lineup isn't that huge. It's crazy that no one is talking about it.
Maybe I'm biased.
I love Harmonix, they make great games and I want to see them succeed.
Yeah it's a bummer, this is one of the most impressive things I've seen all year and it's getting next to no coverage. I wonder if it has to do with DMCA copyright claims getting in the way of streamers showing off the game, but as far as I'm aware Rock Band doesn't seem to have that issue so who knows.
i've barely seen any reviews tbh. think it was released at a bad time unfortunately.
Those DMCA copyright laws and how YouTube addresses them changes, sometimes month to month. There was a point when YouTubers had to assume that they couldn't even hum a famous song without getting flagged, forget showing clips of a game with copyrighted songs in it.
It's bad when I need to go out of my way to look for commercials just to prove to friends that this thing exists. Now there's only a handful of reviews and the game has been out for a couple of days.
wowee, the campaign scoring system feels really broken at the moment to the point where I've stopped playing in the hope of a patch.
would love if they added an easy mode that let the tracks breathe a bit more and maybe had 2 tasks at a time tops.
when It starts throwing 4+ tasks at a time with requests on top it just gets too busy to be enjoyable or even sound good.
and the grind for new songs is way too slow. Im getting PTSD from hearing the synths in Push It. 😅
hate to be down on what is a really fun game with amazing tech behind it, but I'm really bouncing off that campaign.
would love if they added an easy mode that let the tracks breathe a bit more and maybe had 2 tasks at a time tops.
when It starts throwing 4+ tasks at a time with requests on top it just gets too busy to be enjoyable or even sound good.
and the grind for new songs is way too slow. Im getting PTSD from hearing the synths in Push It. 😅
hate to be down on what is a really fun game with amazing tech behind it, but I'm really bouncing off that campaign.
I ended up buying the song pack because the grind to unlock some variety seems really slow. Some of these songs won't unlock till level 45 and I've been playing for hours and I'm only level 7. It's going to be a slow road to getting a bunch of these songs.
As far as I can tell, all the songs that unlock through levels are originals? Not 100 sure tho. Still, the progression is a massive bummer. Hate how they gate new costumes behind 5 star ratings, when getting 5 stars seems extremely arbitrary
I do think the scoring in the campaign is overly punitive.
Same here. I have yet to make it through calibration. I don't mind too much other than there's a trophy for it.
OK, dumb question since I can't figure this on out PC. How are you saving and sharing mixes on social media? I feel like I missing something here.
It gives you an option to export it, then saves it to your Videos directory
There's a record button on the lower left corner in freestyle, then you get one bar (32 beats) to record a mix, after that you get the option to share it within the FUSER social hub and to export a video of it.
Speaking of, here's my latest:
I think having the ability to cue up discs and then swap to them quickly when hovering over a platter with the B button really opens things up and makes quick swapping and keeping your score combo going much easier. Weird that it doesn't get unlocked until like the 5th set of campaign levels? Seems really crucial.
Also, the riser ability seems pretty good too.
Also, the riser ability seems pretty good too.
My friends and I had such a good time last night in co-op freestyle.
I do wish there was an endless co-op freestyle mode that didn't stop after everyone has done a set and allows players to drop in and out, while looping back to the first player once the last player has done. The break once everyone has played their loop kinda lowers the mood.
We made some bangers last night. We're going back in for another session later on today.
I do wish there was an endless co-op freestyle mode that didn't stop after everyone has done a set and allows players to drop in and out, while looping back to the first player once the last player has done. The break once everyone has played their loop kinda lowers the mood.
We made some bangers last night. We're going back in for another session later on today.
I don't have an issue with those features being unlocked late, what I do wish however is that you'd have these skills unlocked if you'd go back to earlier campaign sets. As of now it feels really limiting to go back to the earlier sets. I get that it might break the scoring system, but since there are no leaderboards anyway, who cares.
Yeah, agreed. I finally went back to the first show just to try to 5 star it and still did just as bad because I wasn't used to missing all the new abilities I had gotten used to using, haha. Feels weirdly strict.
Haha, I know that feeling with rhythm games. I once was in a casual Guitar Hero competition where they suddenly demanded the finale to be played in 'hard'. I then completely screwed up an easy song because I wasn't used to the slower timing and the missing notes.
The campaign right now is a bit like if in Rock Band or Guitar Hero they would demand you to play the earlier songs on a lower difficulty.
That would explain it. I've only jumped into Freestyle once.
Is there an online friend invite option? I had a look earlier but couldn't see it. Similarly Battles seemed to be matchmaking only. That said, I was using the bedroom PS4 and hadn't played Fuser on that yet, so had to go through the tutorial etc again and was back to rank 1 on that account so maybe the option(s) at there that early on.
Ahhh, PS5 just got here and I'm downloading my pre-order VIP edition to the console. Do I need to do anything special to get the three pre-order songs to show up?
You can create a private lobby and invite your friends.
We went public as there were 3 of us so we randomly had a 4th person join.
I wish there was a VR mode. Might try it with PSVR just as is.
MinnMax did a stream of it at least! And I heard it come up on the Bombcast.
MinnMax did a stream of it at least! And I heard it come up on the Bombcast.
I'm still learning and unlocking stuff to utilize so while a little basic (and clunky) I really like this mix.. Curious to know what others think.
I do love the game, I feel there should be some addition options when making a mix (specifically a recording). I feel like there is to much you have to do on the fly. But I understand, it's a game, not a sequencer or music making software. Oh well, still really enjoying it. Wish we could have longer clips too!
I do love the game, I feel there should be some addition options when making a mix (specifically a recording). I feel like there is to much you have to do on the fly. But I understand, it's a game, not a sequencer or music making software. Oh well, still really enjoying it. Wish we could have longer clips too!
I've been fan of them for a long time . I couldn't count how many hours or how many buttons I pressed playing amplitude and frequency....but this game im unsure of . I've watched a couple videos and im still not sure how you play it.
I keep failing on one of the instrumentation campaign levels. Am I just not swapping discs enough?
