A Dance of Fire and Ice (Review)

[@7thBeatGames]

This was the first proper video review anyone made of ADOFAI, and it made our whole team so happy, not even because it was positive but just to have someone finally take such a deep look into our game is really fulfilling. Not to mention illuminating to us. Thank you for doing what so few people are doing!

[@EtienneYT]

Of course! Thank you for bringing such a game to the rhythm game scene.

[@Ethan-ui2rn]

I remember playing your game on Kongregate and i really admire how far you've come! Keep it up!

[@scandalousbeans2591]

I can’t believe your not verified 7th beat games

[@Lance0]

@@scandalousbeans2591 the pixelated samurai needs literally 11x more subs to even get into the process of getting verified

[@thenuggywuggy8389]

ADOFAI is an amazing game :)

[@GammaLoop111]

I think it's pretty amazing that your review is featured on this games page in Steam. Now I'm hooked!

[@semag2090]

The beginning of a legend

[@gunpixelgun]

@@semag2090 hahaha exactly

[@Mamapishta]

its a youtuber and a legend =)

[@kenimerlewis]

Oh yes

[@cameo2277]

so this is where it started

[@fluffynova12376]

6:12 “It took me about 4 hours or so to get through the worlds.” Bro that shit took me 6 months 😭😭😭

[@inklazer3447]

was it your fist button based rhythm game?

[@fluffynova12376]

@@inklazer3447 yeah it was!

[@ftrspaulie4476]

Damn it took me 5 hours to do all them and the speed trials

[@trollsansofficial]

​@@fluffynova12376 don't forget crown

[@OriginalSpitFire]

💀💀💀

[@dancingmaractus]

Played this once. Currently on 6-X. It's harder then it looks. Doesn't make it any easier that I was playing on a smx pad for laughs, but it was really fun. Good game,

[@EKugene]

Wonder when would I be review by this channel (hope its not a bad review :x)

[@MMenyan]

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[@SparkysAdventure]

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[@dothefloppa]

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[@Pysenn]

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[@unova3557]

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[@Etholux]

ADOFAI VIDEO LES GO! I remember you saying a few things about this game a while ago on your stream that I didn't really agree with. I'm really glad your opinion has turned around now that you've gotten a chance to spend some time with the game. :)

[@wallnuss6152]

For everyone: This game has a LOT more than 4 hours of potential content. With the custom maps you can play for hunreds or even thousands of hours (i mave 500). A lot of custom maps look as good, or even better than some of the maps from the game creators.

[@PennyLapin]

When the game was first released on steam, I legit tested how hard "pure perfect" is, going through to complete the original 6 worlds plus the bonus stage with pure perfect. The experience definitely accentuates the theme of "learning how to complete a level" on a scale that goes beyond the basic gameplay; you not only need a solid understanding of rhythm and the mixture of audio and visual cues, but the ability to keep consistency with the level that you are playing to achieve that satisfying "Pure Perfect!" text at the end of a world.

[@PennyLapin]

My "pure perfect" runs were definitely drowned out by the more popular side of the game, which is custom levels. But according to the developers, my B-X Pure Perfect run is the first recorded run of its kind, and carries a bit of game history because of a bug with the speed mods (snail and rabbit) that alters the timing window for each tap. Knowing the odds of something like that, I feel at least satisfied that my stubbornness showed something about the game that other people could strive for. For proper context, here is my steam discussion thread from January 26, 2019, just two days after the game's official release: steamcommunity.com/app/977950/discussions/0/1742232339934379976/

[@faolan73]

you probably wont read this but i tried ADOFAI for the first time earlier tonight and on 2-X, offbeats, I struggled a lot. But my first ever clear of it was a Pure Perfect!! I had no idea until now that it meant perfect accuracy. I'm super excited to see where I go with this game, and as a percussionist, I feel like this game was almost made for me lol

[@fabsab4434]

I respect how you take the time to educate yourself (and us) on a variety of music games from bemani to Osu! to clone hero and then stuff like this!! It's very cool

[@known_questionmark]

This was amazing to watch, im very glad you've enjoyed ADOFAI! As a person who watched Adofai grow from the start, it was fantastic, albeit chaotic once the burst of new players poured in! Adofai was first a flash game released a long time ago, and it only had the first three worlds, which was probably why the 3rd one gave newgrounds flashbacks haha Dont worry, new worlds are still being made, but they dont really have much time for them since they've been working hard on their main game since forever, Rhythm Doctor! (Which is almost done, homestretch) Something you maybe would like to keep an eye on!! :eyes:

[@CrumblzChaos]

am a different person, but now that it's the future and Rhythm Doctor is out I recommend it, it's quite the fun game :D

[@destinycarrico894]

FELM is scarier than that rat ever thought it could be.

[@GGenoce]

ADOFAI is literally the first rhythm game I've ever spent more time with, and I have to say that for a beginner, it will (kinda obviously) take a lot longer than 4 hours to beat all the 20 built-in levels in the game. I've played the game for 25 hours now, and have only completed levels 1-9 and two of the symbol worlds (=11/20 completed). Just pointing out that it will really depend on the player's skill level and experience from other rhythm games when they start playing. The custom levels will of course increase the longevity of the content by a lot, but that's another story. The newly added steam workshop support makes it easy to download and play the custom worlds.

[@oweisidiw1220]

5:04 Jungle city is a swingy tropical banger AND HERACLES JUST HITS SOOOOOO HARD THE WHOLE TIME.

[@The1stQuilava]

I went to your stream to ask your opinion on this game. Thank you for doing a full review with your opinions on it!

[@Skoize]

it there any chance you can make a review of Rhythm Doctor when it comes out? So far it's great and it's made by the same creators of ADOFAI

[@agent2635]

he didint even talk about custom levels they bring that extra amount of content he wanted

[@jeremyquiros5483]

After stumbling upon some Korean channels playing top-level custom charts, I was intrigued but wasn't sure if I would enjoy playing it myself. Your video sold me on the game, and I've loved every minute of it. Being a musician, the way this game visualizes rhythm is insanely cool.

[@kennyholmes5196]

ADOFAI now has DLC worlds, with potentially more on the way.

[@Cessated]

T5-EX is being worked on

[@MomsNewBF]

i play a lot of ADOFAI. I'm glad it's getting the recognition it deserves and i hope this video brings it even further.

[@AppleCapper]

When you said it took you only for hours to beat I almost died.

[@SandroFrancisMiranda123]

The first time I saw this game, when it was not even released yet, was still beta, I was already blown away for it's amazing idea! I was already willing to try

[@aboringuy]

One important thing I really feel you should have mentioned is that it has [beta] support for custom levels. There are hundreds of community-made levels that bring so much more fun and diversity to the game, whether it be Cry which you showed on screen, Fluffing a Duck, meme levels or effect levels. While yes, it is still a beta feature and you do have to go toggle it on manually, it makes up for the lack of levels. And on top of that, you can create your own levels, which is not a beta feature, so you can add whatever songs and beats you would like. Anyways, that's just what I think about it. Your video really did hit all the points and touch all bases, aside from what I just mentioned.

[@BunnerTime]

Fun fact! This game got an update about a couple days before this video got uploaded that added three new worlds and official workshop support. Well, technically two new worlds, but one was only accessible by code until now.

[@petey5009]

Official workshop support has been a thing for quite a while now, just exclusive to the beta branch of the game.

[@BunnerTime]

@@petey5009 I meant that it was now available in the public branch without codes, as before you could access it (and still can, actually) with ctrl+shift+c

[@NUISANCE_ANIMAL]

My favorite thing about ADOFAI is that it focuses on rhythm rather than complicated finger-mashing controls.

[@averagegummywormfan]

I came back to this video to tell people that the game is gonna get it's first ever DLC _EPIC_

[@Not_Soggy]

I have over 450+ hours of this game and this is one of the best games I’ve bought. Lots of unique levels from different creators with an amazing soundtrack

[@lazzylapis36]

This game is literally amazing.

[@gdwt]

I bought the game a couple months ago, and have problem with opening the game. The game keep crashing when I open it. Then, I contact one of the developer and got instant reply and they are able to fix the problem. They are very friendly in chat too! I really recommend this game to you if you really enjoy playing rhythm games.

[@touhkouh]

ive been dying for this game and finally have it :)

[@DesireeTalks2013]

Secret levels

[@inklazer3447]

"red and blue balls" ah yes, alternate title

[@ce2341]

If the developers can manage to add a simple level designer for everyone to use and create new content, I can see a future for this game.

[@known_questionmark]

Well, he forgot to mention that the level editor already exists! and has a much more wider asset of effects thats not shown on the main worlds! Go take a look at some on youtube!

[@petey5009]

There is a level editor, and levels can be uploaded to the steam workshop. You can use a bunch of pre built in effects and import any assets.

[@ce2341]

I’m suprised such an important topic wasn’t touched on tbh

[@inklazer3447]

the blue more looks like water

[@KubaPapier-nl3iw]

5:31 I play this game on phone and unlocking speed trail you need to get to the world 12-X, but you don't need to pass is in 100%

[@sammon6817]

1500+ hours in and i'm still playing lol

[@bullpaxton2001]

Just came across a video of a guy totally ripping on this game and I wanted to figure out what it all meant... now that I know it seems even crazier.

[@snaukball8764]

Yo Etienne, the creators of this game made another game called rhythm doctor, you should make a review on that too!

[@joeplavin]

Hey Etienne, I love your content and appreciate you making these videos. I just wanted to let you know that the notes are called quarter notes not fourth notes, and the z-bend adds an extra eighth note. Also, twelfth notes don't exist, were you talking about tripelets?

[@lime.person]

quarter = fourth synonyms eeee

[@theepicjackson145]

Rythm games are not my thing, and yet ADOFAI managed to hook me I`ve been playing for a month now, im on the last levels with like 2 speed trials complete - there is so much to do! Graphics and music is amazing! 9/10 as well

[@fogsaturate]

can you review sound space next? its an interesting rhythm game with a concept where you can actually use pausing to your ability to complete maps. its a roblox game, but it is still pretty cool

[@lamp___]

3x is a massive pain for me who have basically no rhythm experience

[@bagon1374]

Hope you can review other rhythm games especially the one on mobiles right now which is pretty lit

[@evesupportzone8240]

Like you I spent a long time just judging this game... Though I think the original worlds might last me fair bit longer than they did you!

[@jarvis6253]

I’m pretty sure that they aren’t planets bur rather representative of people because of some tx-5 divine intervention dlc

[@sethseth001]

This game got so popular I decided to buy it even though I suck at rhythm games

[@etipeti555]

this guy is literally me

[@LimusTG]

Because of this video, I got into ADoFaI. Thanks!

[@zodizap]

I am still on the first section I have perfected all of them but I cant even finish the snake one.

[@themambawarrior2290]

4 hours to get through all of the worlds... how? It took me over an hour just for the first... and with 6-x I've done over 150 attempts and I've only reached 37% at the furthest.

[@taggerung_]

Past rhythm game experience

[@rastuyas]

Yeah this game is amazing

[@vandinesgremaschi738]

there are mod maps or final version maps on this video?

[@Smilo.]

Bro, how do you get the XTrullor Cry level??

[@Alias_514]

ngl I got triggered when he said it was "uninteresting" at the start XD the rest of the video cheered me up since I'm such a big fan of rhythm games and the fact that adofai is so unique compared to the other ones. it really is an amazing game, I found it through a youtuber named bwen. And I was just amazed to see him play the game. also this is the first time I've seen a review of it. glad to see it grow

[@EZChampOSU]

Best £4 purchase I have ever made.

[@0ia]

I thought that this was going to be a review of a chart

[@petey5009]

I've been playing this game for over a month now, and i gotta say its absolutely fantastic to play and is incredibly unique. There's a couple things I'd like to point out that aren't really explained much in the video, most of which have to do with custom levels. 1. Custom levels. You can create and share custom levels online, with most being on the steam workshop. However it's recommended for you to switch to the beta branch if you want to play custom levels on the workshop, as it adds a custom level select menu. 2. Custom planet colors. You can switch the colors of the planets in the bottom of the main menu. 3. Steam workshop guidelines. If you want to upload a custom level to the workshop, the song must be verified as allowed by the original artist. You can find a list of verified songs in the link below, and you can add songs via their discord. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SZ8NN0oCxEu6Em_gUZ8of2oXRw9DSJUIo_QCc9BBmHs/edit#gid=0 Great video overall for a great game!

[@AFrenchExam]

No crown levels?

[@Qrispy]

Hmmm should I play this or Sound Voltex I'M SO TORN

[@dumteaa]

the game is long enough, youre just too good :)

[@beanbingus8049]

Where did you download the custom level for Brainpower - NOMA?

[@fandemanga3378]

It's the second game i know like that, honestly i thought it was something that many people knew but i suppose i was just Lost on Playstore lmao. Also the one i played wasn't like that with the concept with battle and such. It's so interessing ! I didn't know so when i Saw peopel talk about it i didn't really put attention into it since i already knew the concept and wasn't so interest like it's something New. I really missed on something lol. I wanna try it now

[@cloner6550]

if you dont know, there's a DLC for ADOFAI called neo cosmos, check it out if you can!

[@CringeBasedLifeform]

Oh shit was that a bwen clip just then

[@png-fiedadzag4432]

@Etienne have you played Options at 1.3 speed?

[@MaimunT]

I felt the absolute same about the game before playing it

[@Kokodaurat]

I think that the lack of level creator worlds can be made up for by the whole steam community making there own levels and most of my time in the game came from those levels

[@konpeitojellie]

Does this game have multiplayer?

[@r3ked272]

(7:18) That level's not meant to be played.

[@zyonreq]

New dlc out please cover it

[@Patricia_Taxxon]

Yeah, user charts for this thing really don't give the right impression for what the engine is capable of. One of those times where the original content just completely outranks anything the community ended up making.

[@nebras7778]

ADOFAI video lets gooooo

[@iNinBreak]

i just started playing this a few days ago and for some reason i beat world 11 before world 6-10 and i still havent beat 10 and 8 (i think)

[@azmalkhan4364]

THERES A DLC WITH LOADS OF CONTENT GO PLAY IT

[@DoubleMinority]

Me who plays trumpet: :3

[@tannerteddo]

while the menu is cool at teaching, i hate having to slowly stroll through the worlds just to get to the workshop map tab every time i come out of the menu. Cool but a waste of time after 30 seconds.

[@purplpasta]

You can use number keys to travel faster, including 0

[@tannerteddo]

...tysm

[@everynamealreadytake]

4hours...ive spend more than that on 11-x alone, over 500tries and still hasnt beat it

[@Verlisify]

I think the custom song scene is the strongest thing about the game. I don't find a lot of the main story music to be that great, the songs are mostly annoying for the sake of adding difficulty.

[@PiroTFC]

Kind of like geometry dash, most of its content is in the custom songs.

[@Cessated]

now review neo cosmos

[@paulojose7568]

why would anyone waste thousands of hours of life on this

[@EpicMan111]

Do dark sheep

[@spawnermaster3794]

haha, funny hard level with charting malpractices!

[@ishdx9374]

geometry dash but it actually syncs

[@spawnermaster3794]

That's the spirit?

[@vadeblade6557]

ADOFAI is actually fun and interesting if you actually played it also theres a demo on Kongregate if you want to try it before you buy it

[@vadeblade6557]

There is also a Custom Creation features for making levels and has Steam Workshop Support

[@TrevorSmithy]

Actually, it's a pre-release, not a demo on Kongregate. The game looks MUCH BETTER than the Kongregate version from 2013.

[@Nox__]

"there isnt somuch content" do you know there is a lvl creator?

[@Cessated]

PC only :( I’m on mobile, so I can’t use it.

[@Nox__]

@@Cessated s ame i feel ur pain ;-;

[@spawnermaster3794]

He reviewed the main game's content. He also acknowledged the existence of customs on the video

[@jayfether167]

Out datated. You need to talk about the content that the people provide.

[@spawnermaster3794]

I have no idea what you're talking about. Customs? Those existed way before the video came out and he said he didn't cover them even though he knew they existed

[@Realityoftenhurts]

Game journalists should learn a thing or 2 from you. (Some game Journalists, not all)

[@conehatter]

i like the game but not the difficulty

[@iwayori]

9

[@OtterSou]

When I first saw this game, I was immediately reminded of Rhythmove Dungeon minigame from Rhythm Heaven (DS) kzbin.info/www/bejne/m52Vh4KNaKisrrc but this game executes the idea far better. (and Rhythmove has game balance issues where lv31 is harder than lv32-40)

[@jam860]

let's...?

[@xxmysticexpertxx113]

Mo

[@wasay1589]

I'm your 1k like

[@cashhegs1573]

Rush e : )

[@spawnermaster3794]

Why

[@cashhegs1573]

Cos hard : )

[@nitrobear]

Does Etienne Is Gay?

[@myucchii]

absolutely necessary question

[@laptopkiller2861]

who cares if hes gay wtf

[@firegen7458]

@@laptopkiller2861 joke

[@zachsteiner]

Laptop killer good one m8

[@laptopkiller2861]

@@firegen7458 what is a joke here its just calling ettiene gay

[@bighamburgers815]

robeats when?!???!

[@bored4965]

shut up

[@thepeepeeparalyzerofficial4397]

AAAAAAAAAA NOT JUNGLE CITY FUCK AAAAAAA

[@HomilyHelper]

200th comment

[@lakottke]

“It’s a very simple concept, but the degree they push this very notion to” 7th beat is GREAT at that, rhythm Doctor does the same thibg

[@Dullsonic3]

My favorite out of the levels in this game has to be "Options" by Frums. It's just insane, but so much fun. One time, i beat it without a single death.

[@oonkadoonk544]

Ah yes Frums...

[@Makk_0]

I think the frums levels are the best, they have amazing music and gameplay.

[@ZealanTanner]

I agree that one took me so long but is super fun

[@HarambaeXelonmuskfans]

It’s the only “no-achievement because too hard” level I have actually beaten the speed trial on lol. The other ones demand patterns/consistency and I’m not good at that.

[@lawrencebermudez]

I instantly got enlightemed with the mechanics when I watched custom levels for Lockstep 1/2

[@MysticDragon-MusicDesigner]

4-X Love Letter is so slow and easy for me (and I love it), that I’m able to beat it in 2.3x speed (and mabye other people can do it too).

[@exoticcats6119]

It was my first pure perfect and I just love the song.