The Last Person You'd Expect to Have Rhythm Plays ADOFAI

[@Aliensrock]

Two things: First, welcome editor Dan to the channel! I've mentioned getting a second editor so I can maintain daily uploads with my recently increased standard of quality. I'm looking forward to see what heights we can reach with both Dan and Ben working full time. However, hiring a second editor isn't cheap, so expect me to do some fundraising soon. Second, I will be livestreaming tomorrow afternoon at www.twitch.tv/aliensrock (about 15 or 16 hours after this video goes live)! I will be doing a follow-up stream to the Variety Mega Shitshow, finishing VVVVVV then playing more of this game afterward. I'll make a community post when the stream goes live too. See you there!

[@serdelo1071]

Hi Dan

[@GarrettHoward22]

Hell yeah, welcome to the channel Dan. And I can't wait to watch the stream during school

[@antoniotrivelloni8191]

Hello Dan! Hope this takes the breakneck pace off of Ben. Good luck with your fundraising Tyler. Sadly, I cannot make the stream, as my potato laptop cannot run Twitch for more than 30 seconds before lagging the fuck out

[@crazybeatrice4555]

Hype

[@xman9354]

Rhythm doctor is another pog rhythm game by the same guys who made this. Good for another shitshow possibly?

[@deepintermission]

Its nice to see that Dan has a sense of humor with his editing, but overall felt really authentic, I didn’t even notice it was a different person until after I read the comments! Hope that this two editor thing goes well for all of you!

[@jbomber44]

Itms funny you said that because I literally paused 14 seconds into the video and checked the description because I could immediately tell with how often the video was jumping/zooming in to different places

[@SamLabbato]

the little small edits, like tyler in the train or on the fire and ice at the beginning are just so funny to me for the dumbest reason LUL

[@Number.1Yanfei.Fan123]

This is my first video I’ve watched from the channel so I didn’t know there were multiple people

[@astralghost8619]

Hell yeah this new Fireboy and Watergirl game looks epic I'm glad they're continuing the series

[@spaghettiwithink]

Remember, don't mix water and fire

[@pictureplanet1]

yup love the new art style

[@siegesouth]

I can’t tell if this is sarcasm

[@callumswift5341]

@astralghost lava girl and shark boy

[@Tazerboy_10]

😲

[@plusonerabbit]

I love how many fails in this game can be attributed to "I saw what was coming and got scared"

[@TrueLimeyhoney]

Later levels it becomes: “I couldn’t see what’s coming and got scared”

[@ripstick45]

I like that ADOFAI is easier to break down "mathematically" compared to other rhythm games, at least in my opinion. I've never picked up an instrument in my life, so that aspect of the game made it easier for me to get into it, as I could never really feel the songs in the same way when trying to do Guitar Hero or OSU.

[@black_m1n825]

Yeah. Agreed. With other rhythm games, I basically memorize how long does it take to drop down. Which means I can play with music off and still do fine. With ADOFAI I had to come up with my own notation basically. And music helps in making it. For example 1 1-2-3 . 1 1 . 1 1-2-3 . 1 1 . 1 1-2-3 . 1 1 (6-X Ascending pattern)

[@za0za_0]

Well at least for osu!, the point of the approaching notes is not to accurately tell you when you're supposed to press them and then memorize that behavior, but to hint at a rhythm in the song, and this can also be done through visual cues like spacing and patterns in a map. The difficulty here is being able to read those cues after already getting a minimal idea of the song, following the song as you're playing and having the muscle memory to not focus on aiming at the notes consciously. Either way you shouldn't expect to be good at or enjoy a rhythm game that relies heavily on these gameplay principles if you're playing it with the sound off.

[@TheSprintingGamer]

Yeah, I agree. It’s actually really interesting to see rhythms broken down into fractions like this. I really enjoyed this game when I played through it myself because of that.

[@ozargaman6148]

Ummmm aksheli "osu!" is all lowercase with an "!" at the end🤓

[@3thanguy7]

have you seen Rhythm Doctor? it is one of the most raw rhythmy games imo

[@noahm6801]

casually dropping that he plays piano feels like cheating, damn

[@delta3244]

When I saw the title, my first thought was "what, have you (Tyler) been playing piano for over a decade or something?"

[@ducks1336]

I’m so happy that Tyler is playing ADOFAI, this is my favorite rhythm game just because of its deceptive simplicity. Good luck with the bonus levels XD

[@BruhMomentum22]

I'm 100% sure I'd adore this game since i am a huge rhythm game nerd and this seems fun as sht, but sadly I'm a mobile skrub and can't play customs

[@ZealanTanner]

My favorite rhythm game too. I’ve completed all levels on mobile and am on the way to pure perfecting them. My computer is trash so I can’t do customs much but u wish

[@disappointment7208]

adofai has some bangers especially the dlc

[@iconica9516]

If you think about it A rhythm game is just a puzzle game This is perfect for him

[@dyltan]

Ok. Now play OSU

[@want-diversecontent3887]

I will need you to explain a bit more

[@notrobloxburger]

@@dyltan no he’s not there yet

[@dyltan]

@@want-diversecontent3887 you have to figure out patterns, like in a puzzle

[@dyltan]

@@notrobloxburger I'm sure he can do it

[@Atomosphere]

I would never expect you to play adofi (But then again, the Shitshow's theme was games that Tyler wouldnt normally play). As a huge rhythm game fan, I'm glad to see you enjoy it! Also the fact that you completed the last level immediately after the hour ended was hilarious to watch.

[@jdr293]

I lost several thousand channel points because of that

[@pikariocraftf2802]

@@jdr293 - lol, said the scorpion Lmao

[@healsgood9147]

Haven't watched the video yet but I have over 200 hours in Adofai and this is NOT who I expected to be playing this amazing game! I really hope you enjoyed it edit, watched the video, can't wait to see you play the next 6 story levels, the 6 bonus levels, the 2 challenge levels, the 3 crossover levels, the 6(12 if you count hard mode) DLC levels and basically infinite high quality steam workshop levels.

[@luigifan4585]

Tyler probably doesn't have good enough rhythm to do the two challenge levels in a reasonable amount of time, let's be real. That, and it isn't until the 4th level of Neo Cosmos where it goes out of it's way to tell you that you're gonna need more than just the spacebar for harder charts.

[@doomse150]

I'd assume the audio video desync is on the KZbin video or on my end, and it's not nearly as bad ingame? Because this was terrible in some parts

[@ipsnip5828]

@@doomse150 he did have crazy offset on stream when he calibrated. Probably cause he’s recording and streaming

[@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366]

Bruh I haven't even finished the final original song, the one you unlock after all time trials

[@trollsansofficial]

@@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366 they are called speed trials.

[@butterlordmr.o]

I love all the little edits (Tylers face appearing in different places) so editor dan already has my approval :)

[@aliendude99]

Do have to say Tyler, your positivity even failing is really awesome. When I first saw you playing Celeste with your attitude, it really gave me a confidence boost to try to tell myself "I've got this" not just in games but real life as well. To this day I still do it. Thanks for keeping the positivity!

[@ejcortez.]

was not expecting this

[@RickyRatte]

Okay, either Dan did a really, really good editing Job, Tyler is a rhythm god, or I am way worse at rhythm games than I thought.

[@ChicaneryBear]

all three?

[@KPoWasTaken]

it's the 3rd one unless you consider good getting above 95% accuracy even though it's more like on non-normalized accuracy getting below 100% means you did fairly meh ( x-accuracy/normlized accuracy is considered good at 90%+)

[@RickyRatte]

@@KPoWasTaken I'd consider good first trying one of those songs when you've never even heard the song before, as Tyler did on level 4

[@KPoWasTaken]

@@RickyRatte yeah but 4-x is tied as the easiest chart in the game (tied with 1-x) also Tyler relied on visuals more than rhythm mostly

[@HardxCorpsxKali]

I suppose it’s only the natural order but when I saw the game do different time signatures I was mind blown. The 16ths was what I expected not different time signatures. I can’t believe normal people can get so far when they’re not even musically inclined.

[@m1n3c4rt]

the composers did a really job making the weird time signatures sound good

[@duccline]

yeahhhhh even in the 6 really main levels there's 5/4 and 7/4

[@silsquare]

i really wanna see a full playthrough now (worlds from 7-12, bonus worlds and maybe even neo cosmos)

[@pvic6959]

he _did_ put "part 1" i the description, so heres hoping!

[@olivergobrrr2935]

Here's to a hopeful "A Dance of Fire and Ice - Part 2" and to consequent episodes

[@zarnox3071]

"Crypt of the NecroDancer" and/or "Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda" could be considered puzzles in a sense due to their mostly deterministic enemy movement patterns, and Cadence of Hyrule even has a dedicated puzzle mode which is an expanded version of the Temple of Brainstorms dungeon. If you play in no beat mode, you can even take as long as you want to consider what to do on each turn.

[@futureddude4250]

He has actually played it on stream like a year and a half ago

[@zarnox3071]

@@futureddude4250 I can't see them anywhere in the archive.

[@collinVG]

Just a tip, once I started getting to the harder songs I switched to using the V and N keys rather than the spacebar; you eventually won't have enough time using a single button on the keyboard to do some of the rhythms. V and N are just a comfortable spot for my fingers to rest, but find what works best for you! I adore this game and I am very happy to see you playing it. Hope we get to see the rest of the base game and maybe even the DLC if you like it enough 👀

[@OriginalPiMan]

I couldn't tell from the visuals what the controls were, but I could tell that space would be a bad choice. Left click mouse might work alright though.

[@OlieB]

@@OriginalPiMan mouse may not be wise for anyone with two screens, mid song your mouse has slipped off screen and you click another window and suddenly lose all your rhythm

[@OriginalPiMan]

@@OlieB Good point, and most popular streamers and gaming KZbinrs use two screens.

[@godlyvex5543]

I could get behind seeing you finish the main game, and possibly the bonus levels. Judging by how well you did here, you could probably beat the main game.

[@Dehznik]

always love to see more people playing adofai

[@yazuto]

oh wow i didn't know they put a checkpoint in pulse. wish i had that when i played lol. also looking forward to you playing more, i really like the songs of the levels after this, riya levels are a real treat

[@jeremyc4786]

So glad to see you playing ADOFAI! Love this game and how simple it starts, yet the concepts it eventually introduces are wild.

[@jeremyc4786]

Low key difficult to watch though because of how off the song audio is from the video

[@tvao9010]

I really wasn’t expecting this, this game is really interesting making you visualize rhythm as geometry

[@jayglenn837]

Welcome Dan!! Hope you & Ben get along xD I loved this one even tho it had little commentary, it was oddly satisfying to watch. I hope there's more!

[@appati]

I love how into it he is, so much so that his webcam shakes every time he presses a button

[@BruhMomentum22]

Hold on, Tyler grazing the rhythm game genre? How.

[@hamizannaruto]

Fun fact: He has 2 guitar hero video. He played 2 song.

[@Qawa]

His variety shitshow megastream covered game genres he didn't normally play

[@cludecat7072]

This game is the definition of a vibe

[@ilodino2000]

While I am surprised to see Tyler playing a rythm game, with the information we’ve gotten from this, it’s not surprising he could do so well! Piano probably helped, but the Guitar hero video linked at the end seals the deal lol. He was a veteran all along!!

[@CannOfSoup]

This is easily one of the last games I expected to appear on the channel

[@Econtilde]

I love this game and love to see more people playing. I hope you play more! You'd make a bunch of people pretty happy haha

[@someguy166]

If this becomes/ is a series, then I can't wait to see you (hopefully) do the dlc

[@Walker_96365]

“Don’t read chat,” he reads from chat

[@HardxCorpsxKali]

Not like Tyler will ever see this but for anything pertaining to music if you practice it for a little bit and then stop when you’re frustrated or tired then when you come back you’ll be able to do it perfectly. So if there’s a level you got stuck on you’d just be able to one shot it when you came back to it later. Did that on the piano tons of times where I will be 100% certain I didn’t learn anything at all and then sit down hours later and I’ll nail it first try. So I imagine that’s the cool thing about this game is that if you just do it a few times and then quit you’ll come back and one shot the level. Lol

[@breadeater1972]

Welcome dan and it's nice to see you playing a rhythm game, after card shark it might make you good at it!

[@the_nick_knack]

Already a big fan of the new editor, great debut on the channel Dan!

[@xleep712]

Oh I was not expecting THIS. Are you planning on playing the DLC too? It gets wild.

[@xleep712]

Also if you're looking for other rhythm games, I've heard a lot of good things about rhythm doctor, thumper, and notITG (although the latter assumes some experience with four key). If you've got VR, I'd add beat saber and pistol whip. Obviously you don't need to play any of these, but if you're really interested in some rhythm games that are fun and work well on video, I'd say check these out!

[@utubeiskaren7796]

"It's one mess up and you're dead... it's like the final boss of rhythm games" This exact quote could also be slapped onto Geometry Dash and be accurate

[@khanes5376]

Yk many people consider Geometry Dash less of a rhythm game and more of a 'rhythm-based platformer'.

[@AkeemKaleeb]

I like tapping along on my leg. It makes the video interactive

[@Jake_the_Brick]

YES! I watched your livestream for your milestone, as well as the livestream to follow up yesterday! I can't wait for you to get past level 12 and enter the Neo Cosmos (The DLC with new game mechanics). It's filled with variety and has a story mode!

[@vyrtago7369]

Gotta say, Tyler has an amazing concentration face.

[@TobyConger]

Congrats on the new editor, Tyler! And welcome to the editing team, Dan!

[@Shugaka]

Thanks Dan for making me laugh in the first 5 seconds, can’t wait to see your future edits!!

[@lnterest-ing]

Would love to see more videos on this game! You seemed to be doing really well on the levels you got through, and theres a lot more interesting mechanics in the extra levels!

[@pentagonofpeople]

I always want to call this "A Dong of Fire and Ice" when I see the acronym

[@Walker_96365]

Welcome to the channel Dan!

[@hesho24]

“This is like the final boss of rhythm games” This man has no idea what’s coming

[@Atomosphere]

You've heard of Freedom Dive, but what you haven't heard of is the true hardest rhythm game song, 1-X A Dance of Fire and Ice.

[@hesho24]

@@Atomosphere forget Freedom Dive, the most legendary rhythm game song of all time always has been and alway will be Ghost

[@Atomosphere]

@@hesho24 As in Camellia's Ghost? Isn't Ghost only really tied to the Beat Saber community? I really haven't seen it in any other game. Good song though.

[@hesho24]

@@Atomosphere it’s most known in the beat saber community because it was the hardest song in the official game and someone decided to make a fan version that they would update to be harder every time someone beat it until it became almost impossible (to my knowledge GA7ST has only been beaten by one person ever but that might not still be true) but it shows up in pretty much every rhythm game wether official or not and it’s always made batshit difficult. Check out the osu!mania clear by lemonguy, the osu! Clear by bubbleman, and (of course the adofai clear by nephrolepis if you want to see some insane ones!

[@Zenith_Guard]

You guys clearly have never heard of the dreaded... _Slow Ride on Easy_

[@furioustester4056]

This game looks really fun, I love how it visualises sound with blocks and the space between them

[@aartbluestoke3352]

11:40 - when you miss a beat the train in the background rewinds :D

[@RezaRnew100]

Ok now aliensrock playing rhythm game... And also the title are correct for me personally. (I never thought that aliensrock will play this game)

[@apia46]

- Too Late! "ah i think i was going too fast"

[@johncalhoun7769]

It's fun to tap the back of your phone and play along at home. Definitely makes the video more fun!

[@Creepaminer]

Watching him go to the calibration and seeing over 150ms literally hurt lmao thats a HUGE delay

[@kenet7877]

Your honor, Tyler is simply too GOATED. He's good at every game.

[@Gregariousness1]

He’s simply 12-X

[@xray8012]

Oh God I realised that next ADOFAI video is gonna have the HARDER songs, yunno the ones... Plus 7th Beat Games also Made Rythmn Doctor as well

[@reptilechurrasquero9048]

I started playing this game last week, and it is fire! (Pun intended) good luck with the dlc lad :)

[@huntertw]

There's nothing I love more than a good variety game from the man himself. Maybe we can get you to play ULTRAKILL, that'd truly be bizarre (And there's a secret you would love) Edit: NEVERMIND LMAO I just checked the twitch vods and I'm about to have so much fun watching this

[@cz1822]

In case you didn't notice, the tempo change symbols (the hare for a speed up and tortoise for a slow down) are actually animated. The speed of their animation matches the new speed after hitting that space. If you watch them carefully enough, you'll know what the new tempo will be even on your first time through the song.

[@OlieB]

I suppose that's a downside with playing visually rather than rhythmically. If you're literally watching the next tile or two in order to time it rather than sticking with a rhythm, then you can't look ahead at the symbol to match that speed

[@obsidiangrimoire]

If you like this game I would also highly recommend Rhythm Doctor by the same devs. It's also a one button rhythm game, but with a loose story and introduces some interesting mechanics on the bosses that I don't want to spoil

[@Gregariousness1]

Adofai is a “””””””one button”””””””” rhythm game

[@obsidiangrimoire]

One button rhythm game until you get to insane customs. IIRC you can do the entirety of the core game with just the spacebar though.

[@Gregariousness1]

@@obsidiangrimoire some bonus levels are practically impossible to one-tap like EMOMOMO, One forgotten night, and options. and while the main 12 level can be one tapped level eight and beyond get a lot faster and it is recommended to switch to two

[@Geospyder8_GD]

This video in particular got me into ADOFAI now I have over 200 hours in the game. Good job Tyler

[@person4119]

You’re so lucky to have the checkpoint in 6-X it wasn’t there when I first beat it and it took me a good 5 hours

[@pictureplanet1]

Tyler is a natural at rythm games.

[@VoidWorldGaming]

I was just stunned looking at this video on the recommended page, wondering weather or not this was some other channel I was looking at lol

[@rocketlanterns]

Ive spent so long trying to pass the firestix edits that i forgot this is how the songs actually go lmfaoooo.

[@blatantslander]

Tyler's most challenging game, rhythm games! Truly a nemesis!

[@frujey]

You know i find it crazy that this game can go from this to a like 7 key rhythm game in stupid hard custom levels

[@Frif]

Sick to see you try this game! It's one of the most fun ones I've played, I can't wait to see what ya do with it :)

[@Gingernut96]

Fun to see a rhythm game on here! Have you played Crypt of the Necrodancer? It would be awesome to see some, especially as they've recently put out a new DLC :D

[@trianthania]

YOOOO Adofai!!!! Hope you like the game man, def one of the best rhythm games out there :D

[@aglayaxable]

So glad to see someone else playing this game, so i can finally appreciate the background

[@DL-zv5xc]

Love it! A note for the editor, could they try to sync the audio and the game? It helps a lot with viewing!

[@luna197-old]

adofai is more about learning the songs you play - you can learn to sightread stuff, but it takes a lot of skill; also a lot of pop songs aren't made into levels because they don't have interesting rhythms, however most artists popular in rhythm games do have their songs made into custom adofai levels i think i'm pretty qualified to talk about this (all sections of all levels pure perfected in the dlc), however i'm definitely not a top player

[@MrRyanroberson1]

checkpoint concept: you get to respawn at a checkpoint exactly twice. every checkpoint has its own counter. when you hit a checkpoint from behind, the count resets to 2. This way you either have to improve quickly or improve consistently, and you can't just luck spam your way forward

[@timbomb374]

Interesting way of visualising the beats of music too.

[@dizzle1640]

Seeing someone popular play this game makes my heart happy. Also this game with checkpoints makes me upset cause I had to beat it before they added checkpoints

[@albinocat]

Based adofai player Can’t wait until you beat some of the custom charts, many of them are super bananas! Also, the Neo-Cosmos DLC is really fun, I highly recommend it, assuming you haven’t already gotten it.

[@somerandomdude8837]

"There is no mistakes, there is only jazz" -Tyler 2022

[@rikk8371]

Good gameplay Tyler & good editing Dan 👍👍

[@chatfou57]

Very nicely surprised to see this, and also, in case you didn't know, all keys have the same effect in this game (someone probably told you this during the stream but just in case). So maybe you can find a more comfortable hand position to play the game (I'm personally an O and W key enjoyer)

[@somerandomperson4586]

Some criticism for dan the new editor. Calm down on the zoom ins to the camera. You want to zoom in only to emphasize on unique or outstanding moments. Not every failure. Other than that its good for the other parts.

[@ZesTofthelemon]

Oh I'm looking towards seeing you have fun with this

[@alphaofficial6466]

oh my god i love this game but i would have NEVER expected you of all people to play it

[@packman852]

Praying for Tyler to try out Rhythm Doctor if he's enjoying ADOFAI. One of my favorite rhythm games of all time

[@snaukball8764]

YES YES YES YES YES Is this gonna be a series? There are many worlds left.

[@patrokwanzana4075]

I love this game, I've never expected you to play this xD

[@ultraninja5783]

1:45 "this is like the final boss of rhythm games" oh my you poor little soul. You have no idea of the abyss that awaits you in the rhythm game hell hole

[@name_unbekannt9976]

If ADOFAI is the final bod of rhythm games, then user created geometry dash levels are the optional hard mode version of the fight.

[@timbomb374]

I can always trust this channel to bring me unique and interesting games.

[@RodrigoTheHappyDog]

Underrated gag: putting Tyler in the train at 10:50

[@nanobugs933]

I love this game! I was actually playing it and watching the actual stream lol. Have fun with the six other worlds :)

[@angrychipmunks76]

That is an insane offset. I've never seen someone play with an offset noticeable when watching.

[@Spirituouss]

Great vid, it's nice to see you play a different kind of genre that you don't play often on the channel, can't wait for tomorrow's stream and the 1M Mega Shitshow (also just so you know, you can use any keys on the keyboard, which is helpful on really fast sections like the skewed triangles beacuse you can use both your hands👍 just a Lil tip for tomorrow if you replay adofai)

[@electricnezumi]

This is one of my favorite games of all time! Hope you keep going!

[@GamerTowerDX]

Yoooo 7 Beat Games representation! I hope you get to play Rhythm Doctor aswell, that is one of my favorite games but ADOFAI is awesome too

[@devilbowser253]

Ive known about this game for a while and im glad to see you play it

[@katie-ampersand]

Love the new editor's style! Similar to the one we're used to but with their own Style and Personality

[@jodysgamingchannel9480]

What a way to wrap it up. That was an absolute trip from start to finish. I only dropped by for a bit, but so glad I did! Welcome to Dan! Looking forward to seeing if I can spot who's editing each one going forward!

[@keppy1618]

i love how adofai can visualize rhythms so even people who don't really play rhythm games can get into them!

[@doubl2480]

Can't wait to see you continue this game! It seems fun!

[@BuddemsMorgan]

The X letters are like school tests They put in the stuff you learned, but then they add some random stuff you never learned

[@F2PAlius]

I really hope he plays Tunic one day, i think he will like it.