DanceRail3

I don't know how to feel about this game I absolutely love this game, its free and there are a lot of charts. The devs constantly fix bugs. But whenever the game gets updated, new bugs appear. When you find a really annoying bug, you will get used to it and find a way to counteract it. But then the devs fix the bug and as a result, a new bug appears. This keeps happening and its real annoying

((TL;DR: A serviceable, completely free, Chunithm pastiche with enough chart mojo to keep fans engaged. Needs some refinishing and performance improvements.)) DanceRail3 is a rhythm game inspired by arcade titles like Chunithm, featuring a laneless highway with variable-width notes (see; Deemo), and many note types that involve some form of motion after an initial press. This seems like it would make the game needlessly complicated, but on the contrary, there's a HUGE difficulty gradient from the lowest-tiered charts to the highest-tiered ones. One may also think that the wide-open window for holds and complete lack of hand-swap detection would make the game too easy, but the higher tier charts start taking advantage of it to create some very interesting challenges. Where DanceRail3 is let down, though, is its general presentation and some frustrating bugs and performance issues. While the game is very functional and I haven't run into anything completely game-breaking, it CHUGS on my MediaPad T3, which handles most of the competitors just fine (the only other game with this problem was Cytus II!) Given how simplistic this game's presentation is, that's an issue. As well, the complete lack of scaling options or GUI (let alone the fact that most charts I want to play pretty much mandate using two hands) means playing on my Razer Phone 2 is a chore. The translation is *okay*, but could definitely use some touching up. The user experience in general could use doing over, the shop screens and options menu are particularly head-scratching. All of that said, though?? It's a good game, it's got it where it counts, and nothing in the whole package costs a dime. You can't say that about many other games out there. I just hope the details can be ironed out in the coming years. There's a lot of potential here!

I've played a lot of rhythm games, and this is definitely one of the more unique (and fun) ones I've come across. Good song selection, a mix of challenging and easier charts, and how the notes can change is great. I've been enjoying this so far. Two things, I don't know if I just skimmed over it, but there wasn't really a tutorial or an in-depth description of what all the notes do, and if you're playing this on a phone or are a thumb player some of the charts are not thumb player friendly