Heart The Beat Game Review

Heart The Beat

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Developer: Nico Tuason
Genre: Music

Game Review
Heart The Beat is definitely one of those games that will induce a bad headache or worst seizure after playing. The idea of the game is simple, basically to dodge the crazy beating walls and collect coins in this pulsing. The more coins you collect, the higher your score multiplier but resets upon hitting a wall. You can choose to move with the left and right arrow keys, or with the ‘A’ and ‘D’ keys.

The gameplay itself is very smooth. All the spinning, the zooming in and out effects is in perfect synchronization with the beat. It senses just like a regular heartbeat and I felt that the developer made a perfect choice selection for the game. However, the replayability is really taken out by only having the one track and limited effects. Perhaps with a couple of extra songs or going horizontally after collecting some special coins can drastically bring the gameplay to a whole new level. It also won't hurt to have little tweaks like, letting players pick the color of the ship and the walls, could really put some extra fun into it.

I must say that the game is quite a challenging game! The coins kind of lured me into getting hit by a wall, because the wall would overlap the coin. I possibly might have just screwed up, but it did appear that the wall covered half of the coin. It was a very enjoyable experience but my eyes hurt now after staring at it. For a second, my floor actually zoomed in and out... Same effect as the spiral optical illusion.

Oppa Gangnam Run Game Review

Oppa Gangnam Run

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Developer: Fortunacus
Genre: Music, Distance

Game Review
Oppa Gangnam style, Gangnam style! Hey, sexy lady... Oh, I'm sure you recognize the recent viral hit on Gangnam Style by PSY. It is really a popular internet meme and the mass appeal of the music video has been attributed to its signature dance move known as “the horse-riding dance.” It actually combines simple hopping and hand movements resembling the posture of a horseback rider.

Yes, you are right! Big brother going crazy run in Gangnam District with his trendy and hilarious style. Get wild and become popular in Gangnam. Well, Oppa Gangnam Run is very normal distance runner game except you're PSY running away from Slendermen. I really love it when the developer mixed the 2 most strangely popular things, Gangam style and Slenderman. Wait so, I'm Gangnam man running from Slender? Seems legit. :)

I like this song. It is pretty catchy and it just makes you want to get up and dance! I find this to be a decent game. It's not one of my favorite games, probably because it doesn't have that much going on. It doesn't hold up to my standards for a runner game. It's still good for what it is.

Oppa Gangnam Style

Music Catch 2 Game Review

Music Catch 2

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Developer: ReflexiveEntertainment
Genre: Music

Game Review
What a lovely game! Music Catch is a flash game that thrives on its first impression and now presenting Music Catch 2. New shapes to catch, new patterns, new shape movement scheme, and new songs! Essentially this is the same game, you have to try to catch the colorful shapes that appear when the music plays with your mouse! The more shapes you collect, the more points you get. Yellow shapes give you a bonus and multiply your points, but beware for red shapes. Red shapes cut your multiplier in half, while purple shapes are like a vacuum cleaner that sucks in all the good shapes. Rainbow shape, which turns every on-screen shape to yellow.

The absolute soul crushing and heart wrenching frustration of making it to 99 combos before accidentally hitting a red shape. Normally, I will get frustrated if I fail to complete a game in 10 tries. However this game is indeed different, the music is beautiful and relaxing until I don't even care. In fact, I'm almost glad that I can't get it because I can play the game for another time! Simple games are the best, nothing fanciful.

I am really shocked to see people requesting for a mute button! I mean why would anyone want to mute such a beautiful game? They must be insane. Music Catch 2 reeks brilliance and peace and enjoyment come out whenever it is played. Right now, I'm going to copy these tracks into my phone... It's like the perfect way to wind down from a crazy day. It's really a wonderful game, I can't count the time I played Music Catch before Music Catch 2 came out. :)

Music Catch 2 Screenshot

Musics in Music Catch 2
Isaac Shepard - Leaves in the Wind
Isaac Shepard - Gentle
Isaac Shepard - Letting Go

Music Catch Game Review

Music Catch

Play Online: Music Catch
Developer: ReflexiveEntertainment
Genre: Music

Game Review
A truly beautiful game. Music Catch is one of those games that don’t really have a genre. It is a game based around the simplest of simple mechanics to collect shapes, there isn't much out there that's quite like it. What's more, the game can be as relaxing or challenging as you want it to be. All you need to do is move your cursor, hover over the shapes that pour forth from a rotating white line.

The piano will play heartwarming classical music, the kind that relaxes you and is perfect for stress relief. The shapes will appear in sync with the music. These shapes come in a few colors, but it is mainly made of green/blue shapes which worth points. Yellow shapes are multiplier and make your cursor grow larger. Red shapes are bad as they will eat away half of your multiplier and seriously shrink both your size and confidence. Lastly, the purple shape is what I call 'Purple Power'; sucking all the good shapes and inject massive score.

The immense amount of enjoyment that overwhelms you from listening to a piano musical piece cannot be replicated. The music is excellent and I like how the shapes go at different heights and speeds depending on the dynamic nature of the song. This is just one of those things that make you feel very content with the world and everything in it. Self note, do not attempt with laptop touchpad. :)

Music in Music Catch
Isaac Shepard - Before Dawn