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BLACK STAR: Theater Starless | Japanese
4.8this game is great, story is really good, instead of idols, it focuses more on performances, all characters in this game are adults with the youngest being 18
the story timeline happens in real time which means the characters have actual ages (yes they actually aged), there are schedules for the cast members (perfomance day, staff, off day) which i find interesting as tiny details
SPOILER ALERT FOR A STORY SUMMARY
the story tells us about an MC who got invited into as a special guest in a Perfomance Restaurant named Starless, where she meet all the cast. While being a guest in there, the MC discover her hidden past related to a murder she witness that she apparently forgot about it (MC had an Amnesia)
the gameplay is not really focused on rhythm it focuses more on your cards/skill strategy, you can still play the rythm too while positioning you own cards/skill
in a summary it's like this:
rhythm mode: you play rhythm, the skills activated automatically, from 1-5 according to the position
auto mode: the rhythm is auto but you activate the skill manually
there's also rehearsal mode where you increase character levels on each songs, this mode is important to achieve high scores but this mode is just tapping (something like A3! or twisted wonderland). Note: this mode is also used to increase your heroine level, which affects on how fast your skill gauge fill during rhythm mode. Rehearsal is the only way you can increase your heroine level)
and the songs, dont forget about the song, the song ARE GREAT, i have to use capitals because its so great.
instead of voice actors, actual singers are the one who sings it. i cant list them all but there are some famous name like Fujita Ray, Kobayashi Taro, Kradness, Ajikko, etc.
each team has their own style of music which is very interesting too
each perfomances and music are based on famous literatures, both from western and japan
in example: During the Demise tells about Lohengrin, Breaking it faster tells about Romeo and Juliet
so yeah get ready to listen a rock song about Romeo and Juliet or a catchy pop song about Wizard of Oz
the gacha is well, a gacha. its not bad, rather than *5, the game focuses more on *4 cards. Even new cards added in gachas are actually *4s with *5 initial are the only cards you can gacha, the rest *5 are rewards from events which is i think is really nice (i honestly prefer grinding rather than gacha to death) BUT yes theres a but, not major but good luck fighting *4 with other *4s hehe (KOKUYOU PLS COME HOME I'M BEGGING YOU *SOBS*)
The good news tho, the strong cards are mostly from the regular gachas one like staff cards and stage cards, there are limited event gachas but they are mostly used to boost a particular song and event points, they're usually useless outside of it (with maybe some cards as an exception like off day cards)
and uh, you might get bit weird from the UI interface but eh, you'll get used to it
overall i really recommend this game, its really good, especially the story, each character has its own depth and hidden past/identity, not to mention all the names that are currently used are stage names which means we dont know their real names and how the character is outside starless (there are some scenes and mentions about it but never detailed), which made it more interesting. And oh, they didnt hesitate to make a character quit (actually stop performing, 100%) so yeah we might never know what happen next to other characters lmao
that's all for my review, i rarely review games but this i love this game so much i want to review it. sorry for the messy grammars, english is not my first language.