Osu! The crazy clicking rhythm game
4/2/2011
Not too long ago I came across a rather odd, Japanese-style rhythm game called Osu! I could explain the premise of the game myself, but an excerpt from their site should suffice.
osu! gameplay is based on a variety of popular commercial rhythm games. While keeping some authentic elements, osu! adds huge customisation via skins/beatmaps/storyboarding, online rankings, multiplayer and boasts a community with over 100,000 active users! Play the way you want to play, with your own music, and share your creations with others.
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It's a bit like audiosurf in that all you are using is the mouse; however, the game plays completely different. It is based around "beatmaps", which contain the audio as well as some sort of visual element (pictures or video). I myself still can't really get past playing the easy and normal difficulty beatmaps, and they get much more challenging than that.
I found the game to be quite entertaining and would recommend it to anyone looking for a "different" kind of rhythm game. Also it's completely free, so you have nothing to lose in trying it out.