Rhythm Thief, a quick review

[MrBadger]

Welp after buying and completing Rhythm Thief, I have a lot to say about the game. Since it's not out in the US I'll stick everything involving the story and later minigames in spoiler tags. But I really want to talk about this game, because of how bloody good it is.

The graphics are fantastic. The cutscenes are definately up to the standard of Professor Layton and look great in 3D. Phantom R's dance moves ingame are matched only by Inspector Cabanella of Ghost Trick. the animation's that good :V All the locations and such have plenty of detail and there's always lots to look at; just check out the intermissions during "Show time" in the demo to see what I'm on about.

The story is definately intreuging enough to keep you playing.

it's definately not up to the standard of the game it's clearly inspired from; professor layton, but it has its fair share of moments. There are several mysteries that you want to find out the answer to, involving the wherabouts of Raphael's father, Napoleon's return and Marie's mother. I just feel the story and characters...weren't really fleshed out enough. There are only ten chapters and I don't feel like they spend long enough developing characters and adressing their issues and feelings. I feel like Marie's the biggest victim of this, as it seems to very briefly skip through her issues. Good characters and story, just need a bit more fleshing out.

The voice acting is good overall. I don't care what anyone says; Napoleon's voice is awesome. Raphael's got a good voice, as do most of the main characters. Jean-François's smug british accent is the best voice in the game though. None of the voices are outright bad. They're all tolerable.

The music is definately the game's strongest point, and good thing too because it's a rhythm game. All of the tracks are very memerable and they've all been stuck in my head at some point~ I found the music rather remeniscent of Sonic games, especially Colours, so Sonic fans will more than likely love it. and there's such a huge variety too. I'd post a bit but it's best to hear it in game because it fits with the games, which I'll get into now

The rhythm games are incredibly fun, and rather different frome eachother, ranging from elite beat agents style dancing to jumping over cops and sliding through gaps sonic style, to dodging an opponant's attacks and landing punches by tilting the 3DS similar to punchout. And the best part is keeping the rhythm during all these varied events. The only one that wasn't so good was this hang gliding one which took me a while to figure out, but luckily it only appeared once. Most minigames repeat twice throughout the game, but it never feels repetitive as they always differ. For example, one game has you fighting off Napoleon's soldiers in order that they appear. This minigame appears later, only you have to press a different button depending on the soldier's colour. Heck, there are even minigames based on Samba De Amigo and Space Channel 5 in there! Such a nice bonus for fans of the dreamcast like me <3

My favourite rhythm game, by far, is one that sees you fighting a giant mecha by deflecting its missiles back at it in time to the best remix of Bach - Little Fugue I've ever heard.

suck it Catherine >:C

The world map is very inspired by Layton, borrowing everything from touching people to talk, to tapping suspicious objects to get coins. But surprizingly, it does it better. There's an overhead map which makes navigating different places much easier, and you don't have to tap a foot to walk, the arrows are already there for you. No harm in ripping something off if you do it better now is there~

Bottom line, it's clear from the ending that they want to make sequals. So please; buy this game. support another sega franchise that could grow to be the next samba de amego, phoenix wright, or professor layton.

[Internetakias]

That was a really nice review, Badger. Although, I don't quite see how the plot is inspired from Professor Layton and the Lost Future.

[MrBadger]

That was a really nice review, Badger. Although, I don't quite see how the plot is inspired from Professor Layton and the Lost Future.

to be honest I felt like the layout of the game was more than anything

, but I guess it all led down to the giant fortress attacking the city near the end which made me say that. I felt that was very, as Descole says, Laytonesque.

I put Lost future because that's my favourite Layton, and also the game which that occurs in. I'll edit the review to just say Layton in general though

[Beat]

Good review! I totally get what you mean by the songs getting stuck in your head...all three mini games found in the demo keep playing in my head, along with the main theme.

I'm also glad to see that certain mini-games repeat, as I truly love the ones I've played so far.