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danowat · Apr 14, 2017

I picked this up with my £10 PSN credit, wow, what a cracking little game, really slick production values, it's proper hard too, bit like a dubstep souls!

For those who don't know, it's a twin stick rhythm shooter, LS follows the track, RS shoots.

The level where you fly in and out of a giant worm is amazing.

£9.59 with PS+ discount at the moment on PSN

Story trailer

Launch trailer

Quonny · Apr 14, 2017

Maybe because the music in the launch trailer makes their ears bleed. Good lord.

Rhaknar · Apr 14, 2017

dubstep

in 2017

RedlineRonin · Apr 14, 2017

We just call everything "like souls" now because it's "hard"?

I must have missed the twin stick rhythm shooting parts of DS...

The_Darkest_Red · Apr 14, 2017

brb making a thread for hearing aid suggestions in OT

EpicBox · Apr 14, 2017

I played this at an event and it is the business. I will definitely be getting it at some point.

bomblord1 · Apr 14, 2017

It looks interesting at least not sure if it would be my cuppa tea though. Never been able to get into rythmn games.

GinoFelino · Apr 14, 2017

Maybe because it's called Aaero

Aaert style looks good tho!

#sorrynotsorry · Apr 14, 2017

It's ok. Not great. Also not that hard. Nothing like Souls difficulty even.

skullmuffins · Apr 14, 2017

Giant Bomb posted a quicklook of it this morning. I can't remember hearing of this game before today.

danowat · Apr 14, 2017

Alright, forget the souls analogy, but some of the levels are granite hard.

As for dubstep, yeah, an acquired taste I guess, but it fits the style of game really well, if you can overlook that, it's a HECK of a lot of fun.

Listonosh · Apr 14, 2017

Bought it as soon as I saw Kotaku's gameplay footage of it. I love the music so that was a plus.

Majine · Apr 14, 2017

BASS CANON
BASS CANON
BASS CANON
BASS CANON

Majine · Apr 14, 2017

Found the soundtrack on Spotify

FoxSpirit · Apr 14, 2017

Listonosh said:
Bought it as soon as I saw Kotaku's gameplay footage of it. I love the music so that was a plus.

What a paradox after this trailer.

Glass Shark · Apr 14, 2017

Joey Ravn · Apr 14, 2017

Bass Cannon Vinny and his friend Happy Hardcore.

We need to explore the Vinnyverse. It's full of wonders waiting to be discovered!

gschmidl · Apr 14, 2017

Yeah, I was interested until I heard the music. Not for me, sadly.

Footos22 · Apr 14, 2017

#sorrynotsorry said:
It's ok. Not great. Also not that hard. Nothing like Souls difficulty even.

I got 15th on the first level on my first try lol. And 5 starred every level so far first try, it isn't hard at all. Is pretty fun though. Soundtrack is awesome.

The first level song is horrible though. Can't believe they used that as their trailer music.

Unreal Champ · Apr 14, 2017

Rhaknar said:
dubstep

in 2017

So should all music genre die after their time has passed? So by your logic, Rock, Metal, Rap, Pop, etc etc shouldn't exist today.

Nasbin · Apr 16, 2017

Found this game on PSN randomly as well and it's become my surprise indie hit of the year. Fun and relaxing game that reminds me of quirky rhythm games like Res and Gitaroo Man, with some bonus Panzer Dragoon vibes mixed in.

I appreciate when a rhythm game's platinum doesn't make you want to take your hair out - Aaero has a fair level of difficulty without ever becoming preposterous. Game is chill.

jmood88 · Apr 16, 2017

No part of this game looks entertaining or pleasing.

Leafhopper · Apr 16, 2017

The music is alright but the gameplay being based on like trying to be accurate with an analog stick going on the rails looks like something I wouldn't like.

SigSig · Apr 16, 2017

Yo, this looks really cool. They really should have just went with just the Gameplay Trailer, the Launch Trailer seems to really misrepresent the game.

cj_iwakura · Apr 17, 2017

Leafhopper said:
The music is alright but the gameplay being based on like trying to be accurate with an analog stick going on the rails looks like something I wouldn't like.

Yeah, that's pretty accurate. The analog controls are a nightmare to keep on track with, and it's trying too hard to be both Rez and on rails. It's not great at being either.

I give the OST props, though. Why couldn't Amplitude be this varied?

RelentlessRolento · Apr 17, 2017

I liked alot of what I saw in the Giant Bomb quick look.

I don't know if I want it right now, but I wanna pick it up at some point.

Footos22 · Apr 21, 2017

No one really is talking about this.

Had an absurd blast getting the platinum. That was fairly easy. The difficulty is in reaching the top of the leaderboards. I'm top 10 on most levels and made no.1 on split the atom on advanced. But that's prob more due to lack of ppl owning this.

Fantastic game and you proper get into the zone.

danowat · Apr 21, 2017

Footos22 said:
No one really is talking about this.

Had an absurd blast getting the platinum. That was fairly easy. The difficulty is in reaching the top of the leaderboards. I'm top 10 on most levels and made no.1 on split the atom on advanced. But that's prob more due to lack of ppl owning this.

Fantastic game and you proper get into the zone.

I got to the top of one of the leaderboards, and I'm rubbish at it!!!

Schlomo · Apr 21, 2017

Only played 5 levels so far, but I like it a lot so far. Music selection also seems nice (don't worry, it's not all dubstep).

Keyser Soze · Apr 21, 2017

I bought this after the Giant Bomb QL...

Vinny's reaction to the first song killed me - https://youtu.be/0V_sDsBK-5Y?t=74

It's fun, but not amazing. I did expect to see more chat about it though, so happy to see this thread pop up.

Shifty · Apr 21, 2017

Looks pretty cool. It's nice to see rail shooters get their time in the rhythm game mashup spotlight.

Rhaknar said:
dubstep

in 2017

current year argument

in 2017

danowat · Apr 21, 2017

Accolades trailer.

Z.. · Apr 21, 2017

danowat said:
As for dubstep, yeah, an acquired taste I guess.

Actual dubstep is great and quite immediate. This is brostep, however... which is the opposite of acquired taste as it gets progressively worse and samey the more you listen to it.

Gameplay looks fun, though, wishlisted.

digoutyoursoul · Apr 21, 2017

Brilliant little game, not a big fan of that music style but the gameplay itself is addicting, I feel it's priced accordingly too

cj_iwakura · Apr 21, 2017

The game has a nice mix of genres. It's not all dubstep. Has better songs than Amplitude 2016, sadly.

Schlomo · Apr 22, 2017

Is there some trick to actually beat the bosses? I haven't managed to defeat even one of them in the starting difficulty.

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