Much to my surprise I found my copy delivered to my door this morning. Pretty incredible seeing as it had to fly over the Atlantic and get through customs, having been shipped just last Wednesday. Well done to any handlers.
Just some basic, badly-played initial impressions now.
I kinda already knew I was gonna love it from the Japanese demo. I'm not a rhythm game guy at all but for whatever reason the front touchscreen controls make a tonne of sense to me and really have just clicked straight away. Tapping on the screen feels a lot more natural than pushing buttons and after a brief moment of acclimitization I felt right at home humming and tapping along to KARA.
I'm surprised at how much I like some of the music, I wouldn't have said much of it was particularly my cup of tea before I started playing, but there's only been one song I didn't like and that was mostly to do with it being at a slow tempo. Having come off several more intense songs it took me a few moments to adjust.
Haven't quite got to grips with the rear touchpad yet as I've mostly stuck to the Star Mix, but the couple of KARA songs I played with the rear touchpad controls were a little fiddly, especially when you're asked to almost simultaneously tap on the front as well. Though, it's a pleasant challenge I think, and not as irritating as I've read about. Haven't had too much trouble finding a comfortable position for it either, I just need more time to practice.
All in all I'm really enjoying it and I can tell many hours are gonna be spent S ranking. :3
