I'm a girl, I don't usually play games that is focused on male audience because I know there won't be any male characters but UmaMusume.....THIS GAME IS AN EXCEPTION OK I LEGIT LOVE ALL THE HORSES
I have not play similar games to UmaMusume before so I find the training concept rather hard. But that didn't stop me frm plying it. Had always wanted to have a game with harder challenges so this game really suit me a lot!!
This game is basically a 'train your idol' game but horse version. All the horses are pretty (pretty illustrations), even the support cards are so nicely drawn!!! Different horses have different personalities & specialties so you really have to plan your training menu well in order to make your selected horse get 1st placing in the last UMA FINALS!
Comes to the story section, where you get to read main story and your horse waifu's stories. (Ngl when I first saw Oguri racing in main story, I was admiring how cool she looks! > <)
There's MVs too! Where you get to see your horse waifus sing and dance!! (my heart cant take the amazing-ness of those MVs) But there's a certain requirement to unlock them. Unlimited Impact has been stucked in my head ever since i unlocked it so yes, I can say that the songs are pretty darn good!
Other than that, just enjoy smash tapping your horse waifus in your main screen jkjk.
ps: Agnes best waifu
OH.MY.GOD YUMECAST IS ACTUALLY BACK IN ACTIONNNN!! ❤ I MISS YCAST SO MUCHHH!!! THIS GAME IS THE ONLY RHYTHM GAME THAT KEPT ME GOING FOR SO LONG IN JP SERVER!! Also prolly the only game that made me spent my monies on their merchs & live cd, I GET SO SENTIMENTAL EVERYTIME I WATCH IT T-T
For those who have not try the game, PLS DO! U WILL NOT REGRET IT I CAN GURANTEE I'll point out the pros that I enjoyed so far in ycast:
- Awesome musics and bgm, and even the artstyle too!! (MUACKS FANTASTICKU)
- CUTE & HANDSOME CHARACTERS, LITERALLY. The reason why I cried when JP server shuts down coz I'd bonded with all of them so much despite not liking some of them. YOU GROW SO ATTACHED TO THEM AND IT HURTS TO SEE THEM GO ._. (SASUGA SEGAY)
- Each of the characters' personalities are really interesting, I did enjoyed it a lot at least in JP server (*coughs* some of them have weird fetishes/hobbies too)
- You can FREAKING have your own love story with ur best bb. That is the 1 FEATURE that you don't see in most rhythm games (based on my experience till now). All you need to do is to lv up your bb's love points, and WALA, love story unlocks and you cn read it while fangirling/boying on how cute they are as the story progresses. (I STILL LOVE KAITO'S LOVE STORY SO MUCH AHHHH HE SHO KIUTTT, JUST IMAGINE HIM HEAD PATTING YOU AND SAYS "YOU'RE A GOOD GIRL") ❤
- Fully voiced story (incl. each of their love stories yaaa), so if you can understand JP through listening, NOW'S THE TIME FOR YOU TO SHINE
- They're not idols, but stage actors. It brings a whole different concept imo since most rhythm games nowadays are heavily idol based and it's getting kinda boring (I DONT HATE THEM, I JUST NEEDED A NEW CONCEPT & INSPIRATION OK PLS)
- Of all the rhythm games I played, ycast is the only 1 that I didn't need to chg the note timing despite using an android, not sure if it applies to all android users too but yea. (timing was in fact on the dot along with the music so I was really happy)
- Gacha rates are ok I guess? 3% for UR, sounds average to me but the chances to actually get them to come home is quite ok compared to certain games..... :)
But there's cons for this version of the game:
- IT LOADS WAY TOO SLOW, MY SNAIL CAN MOVE FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF THE LOADINGS, PLS DO SMTG ABOUT IT, DEVS
- still relatively a new game but I'm hoping devs can add more cards into the gacha soon.
- hoping devs would add collabs too!
Thanks for listening to my TED Talk
ps: I simp Kaito, Subaru & Aizawa, so you guys bttr simp them too
I'm pretty new to this franchise so pls be nice with me xD
So i'd been playing it a week after release and I'm enjoying the game...A LOT. Loved the graphics, music, almost everything in the game coz it was a little different frm other rhythm games! :)
But I do have this issue, why does this game feels a little p2w? (especially during events) It was pretty hard to grind for the event & I was hoping I could rely on effort and the cards that I have alone but that doesnt seem to work. I feel that the requirement to grind for the 5* event cards are a bit absurb as the game just launched so I was actually hoping the devs could at least lower down the standards a little for few events and then rise it up after players have good cards on decks. I'd played quite a number of music rhythm idol games and by far, enstars is the hardest to grind for the event cards. :'(
Pls correct me if I'm wrong!
Lastly, I STAN CRAZYB AND EDEN!!! ❤ MY RINNE_CHAMA!!
wew I'd been waiting so long for this game and it's finally out! Here's a few things I really liked about this game:
- the artstyle is really, really gorgeous! (I MEAN LOOK AT MY SIN HOW CAN YOU NOT SAY THE ART IS GOOD D:)
- I do like the theme, very badass styled omg T-T I can cry just seeing my bois
- The musics are soooo my type of music! Rockish + my fav VAs singing! ❤
- the "leveling up" system is pretty simple. (except for the mats. grinding process ._.)
there's also some that would need futher improvements:
- there were some players that were having login issues (it has no issues for me) but really hope the devs could fix that D:
- the rhythm gameplay is a bit too plain smh, kinda simplistic & the timing is not accurate despite chging it
- the tapping sounds are delayed (for me) so it's a bit hard to ply the rhythm unless i turn off the tapping sounds T-T
- the event released on game release date which is not convenient for plyers who do not have good strter cards...
I initially played this game on its release and was pretty dissappointed with how the whole game turns up (ranging frm the system itself to the gameplay) It was horrible tbh despite having my Goshi baby in there T-T So yes I dropped the whole game and just got some great news frm my other friend today that the new system is up!
Tried it again and I have to say that, this built is WAY NICER and I really REALLY enjoyed playing it a lot! ❤ Started a new acc and was able to pick my fav boy as the starter SSR! (I don't think you cn do this prevly) ❤❤ Really love the gameplay now, even the system of the game, it's a little bit complex but love how neat it looks now! Will definitely stick to this game for long!
This game is very similar to Touran, kinda enjoyed this game so far (especially the room function ❤). But during my gameplay, I had encounter many bugs and it can get pretty annoying somehow.
Some bugs I encountered (so far):
- Stamina fill isn't displaying correctly in terms of depletion. (basically i dont exactly know how much stamina I'd used up)
- Everytime after adding a few furnitures in the room function the whole screen just hangs, have to restart the whole game
- During battle, after skills activation, the character seems to dissappeared into the background. (I always see my Buddha daddy dissappeared into the bg lmao)
Well, it's still a new game so I'm looking forward for better updates.
I'd been following up real close after SEGA decided to close down Ycast! It really is amazing that SEGA comes up with another amazing game! ❤
This game requires a lot of patience (as you, the producer need to train dem babies to stronk bois) Regardless, the artstyle looks superb and this game had got me hooked! (Been playing for hours!!)
Also, I'm quite surprised that the game is more complicated as it seems! But worry not! there's an Eng community discord available for those who needs help! (Just joined it recently & it's amazing with all the helps i got frm others!)
ps: CHIHIRO IS MY BABY HNNGGG
I'd been dying to find an educational japanese game and this is definitely a fun game to play! (with decent looking men )
To play this game w/o agitation of always answering wrongly(lol) you definitely need to know some basic Japanese (hiragana, katakana... etc) then you cn somehow figure the answers out, and then learn slowly from there
Also, at the slight bottom right of the homescreen there's a mic button (provided you allow permission for the game to use your mic), you can interact with your baes on homescreen - was literally speaking like an idiot for a good 30 mins
I HAD NO REGRETS SPEAKING JAPANGLISH WITH SUWABE SAN ❤
The game in overall was pretty good, I like it so far! :D but the only thing I'm genuinely upset about this game is that...I WANT JASPER GDI I KEEP GETTING GIRLS (even after rerolling several times) AND THAT IS ANNOYING DA HELL OUTTA ME NOW I SHALL WAIT FOR ANY JASPER EVENT AND GRIND DA HELL OUTTA HIM 🤩
I feel like this game can do so much better than this. Artstyle, VA, the bg settings are great! But...PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE GAMEPLAY! Especially the taps timing, this game is by far the worse tbh. Been trying for hours to set the timing right and it just wouldn't work! :( This is still a new game so I'll wait for more updates on the gameplay.
Personally this game isn't way too bad, if they can remove the auto system of gameplay. I feel like those heroes running is unnecessary. (^^;; Or squareenix shuld add a skip button to skip all that... It would be great if I can interact with the boys in the rooms cause it's just sad, i want to interact with them(like tapping on the boys) and it's kind of a waste since there's so many good seiyuus in itFor the gacha system...well, I'd tasted tons of saltiness frm other games so I can say that the rates are pretty shitty for this one... now for the recommendations.
Will I recommend it? If you're a lazy player, then sure you should try it (u'll probably get bored somehow in long run) if u want something more active and a game that has more features to interact with, then this game is probably not for you.
THE iDOLM@STER SideM: GROWING STARS
4.4I've been trying to find a game that is similar to ycast (yumeiro cast) because that game has left me a very memorable time and i'd found it at last this is my 1st sideM game so I'm completely new to all the characters/groups!
Graphics (4.5/5)
- The art is really beautiful! totally my style!
- i do feel the characters are rather plain which totally feels different (in a GOOD WAY) than the usual "kira kira" male idol characters! It makes the character feel more realistic!
- iirc the artist is the same as ycast & prince of stride(?) correct me if i'm wrong - i always love that unqiue artstyle frm this artist
- i really love the ingame skill displays (for SSRs) and the home screen characters, IT'S MOVING SKJDKWNW always weak to 2DL so I'm glad they applied that in! (would smtimes enter the game just to tap on my babes HAHAHA)
Songs (5/5)
- THE SONGS HAS VERY SIMILAR VIBES TO YCAST IT WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY MADE T-T IT GAVE ME SO MUCH NOSTALGIA WHEN LISTENING TO IT
- IF THE SONGS KEEP PRODUCING SO NICELY LIKE THIS I MIGHT BUY THEIR MERCH TOO OH NOES XD
- I don't have a super fav, actually like most of the songs!!
- tldr, if u like upbeat songs, this game is definitely for you
- yo I'm even jamming to some of the game interface song LOL
- also ended up getting the whole album on the 1st day of game release because the songs are just that good hehe
Gameplay (3.5/5)
- don't get me wrong - in terms of gameplay i do think its just as normal as other rhythm games so i wont rate it high because there's ntg to shout out about.
- but i want to mention on how solid the sfx taps are, it's definitely a solid sound compare to other rhythm games i'd played (can choose other 2 different types of tap sounds aside the default one) but imo the default one is super solid it feels really good during gameplay!
- i ply on an oppo a92 so it does lag once in a while, u can turn off some effects and wala! SMOOTH! the tap effects makes a difference too in terms of lag! (at least for me, i chged to the 4th one and it became even smoother)
Story (TBA)
- i can't really understand jp so I'm trying to find a source to read the translation on this and then i'll rate it! pls lmk if u guys have any, it'll be super appreciated! will definitely update on this
Gacha
- omg yes how can i forget about the main point of the game, GACHA. u can choose 1 4* starter card!
- u will also be given a free 1x10 pull, can reroll, YES I REPEAT YOU CAN REROLL W/O NEEDING TO DELETE YOUR GAME DATA AND RESTRT THE WHOLE TUTORIAL WHATSOEVER....hehe it really saved a lot of my time there at the very least
- u can get SSR(s) from rerolling SO PLS REROLL TILL U GET WHAT U LIKE OK D:< DONT BE LAZY!
- i have not pulled aside the free reroll and the free 4* starter so idk how bad the rates will be, MAY RNG BLESS YOU, thats all i can say
Events (3/5)
the 1st event just got released on the 10th its very normal (compared with other rhythm games) just collect tokens by plying any song and then you can use the token for the event song, hoping they would release different types of events in future!
For the event song on how it sounds like/gameplay difficulty wise, here's the link!
https://youtu.be/uYh0wSy2UWc
Some suggestions/QoL improvements for the game:
- the homescreen design is rather plain, wouldnt it be great if you can add 2 characters in your homescreen instead of 1? (u have to keep swipping to see other characters, hmm not a very good idea imo) and also adding the ability to change the bg screen to a different scenery! :)
- feature "where you can coop and ply with maybe 4 other plyrs" mode! i always love that part of a rhythm game!
- BOND STORIES WITH EACH OF THE CHARACTERS, as in actual individual side stories! would really love to hang out with them individually and see how their behaviours/characteristics are, i think it'll be super fun and cute!
- ST used for each songs are EXPENSIVE! make it lesser! HECK all the difficulties takes up 30 im crying in stargems maybe make it "easier difficulty = lesser ST needed" at least?
- the work system is boring ngl. from my experience it's completely RNG on which characters will be leveled up. Sometimes i level up a character that i dont even use and idek what to do with him Make the ST usage lesser also, maybe to 10 ST or so? imo 20 ST is a bit too much for an RNG based result.
- if reducing the ST usage isnt possible, at least increase the regeneration rate for ST finishing full bar ST and have to wait for like 6-8hrs (i cant rmbr how much time needed) for another full bar is just so pain ngl
- for plyrs who wants to support the game but is not willing to purchase big bucks on stargems, maybe the devs can try putting a monthly pass or smtg similar to that! im pretty sure some plyrs are willing to pay for the monthly pass that maybe give rewards like login daily basis stargems + other small nice goodies like growing mats! (needed to mention this because the game just updated on the 9th with more expensive packs and it hurts to see how much paid stargems are needed for those packs)
That's all I can say for now, will update more if needed!
Ps: AMEHIKO & HIDEO_SAN ILY