Trying the LOWEST RATED Rhythm Games on Steam

[@tokaku]

let's play a game. how many reaction images can you name the source of?

[@froginabox]

at least half of them are from yuri anime/manga; respect

[@cosmicsunsets]

one piece

[@bobyblue]

blond lady from shirobako!!! an anime about anime!!!

[@Krononon]

fourth comment on tokakus is good enough for me

[@juststillkane6108]

Hmm I'd have to see

[@TwilightKronos]

These were surprisingly SFW

[@foxtail286]

i expected instant demonetization, was pleasantly surprised

[@lilyofluck371]

it was why it was so low rated

[@Fenyx_Birb]

Lmao

[@andrian8535]

Muse dash question:

[@soure_cherry8960]

So befor the video started an ad was playing and i read this comment and it made me laugh

[@tempestissimo]

Project pulse actually has a lot of potential if the devs decide to revamp it someday, it looks cool

[@BlueStarRO]

There is a better game with the same concept called Soundfall on Steam. When I saw Project Pulse I thought it might be a rip off but it released a few months before Soundfall (according to Steam release dates). Still, Soundfall has development blogs prior to the launch of Project Pulse, so they might have ripped off the idea.

[@socialfox8061]

thats basicly hi fi rush

[@maxu0]

club girl is by far the best rhythm game ever made

[@rikpoke]

real

[@uglify1325]

lol

[@RodolfoGeriatra]

So true

[@in_somnium]

frfr on god

[@kurisurisuku]

ayo yeah

[@ClampyStew]

this reminds me of tzechi's video where devs tag rhythm on their game to attract rhythm gamer despite not actually being a rhythm game

[@tkhhayden1949]

Can’t people vote for tags on a steam game?

[@MangInutil]

It's the Twitch tag abuse all over again, huh?

[@kiricappuchin]

Rhythm Knights is quite charming in its own dumb unique way. Those endings and openings are silly but I like how bored the narrator sounds

[@envycollar]

bargain bin battleblock theater

[@eggeomlte]

@@envycollar you mean castle crashers?

[@airlynaces]

Looks like a Castle Crashers spin off

[@envycollar]

@@eggeomlte i was referencing their mention of endings and openings, which battleblock theater has the narrator talk in a similar but better way than rhythm knights

[@ergonomics4806]

SHUT UP

[@temmssmdisnas]

Rhythm Knight's humor is a mix between Battleblock theater and the first shrek movie and I love it.

[@navisochi]

for real i hope whatever student made it goes on to make great things

[@JohnThems]

Fun Fact: the Rhythm Knights devs are (were?) supposedly making an indie Smash clo- I mean platform fighter. You'll never guess which game that wouldn't even qualify as a D-lister is featured as part of the roster amongst a dozen B and C-list indie games. Note: They took down the Steam page since the last time I saw it so who knows if they're still actually going to make it.

[@cringebird]

I CAN EXPLAIN dallen got into some shit and the game got entirely scrapped iirc, it actually had some really weirdly good stuff planned for it??? but oh well rest in piss indie rumble

[@MarcusFigueras]

holy shit, they canceled the YIIK platform fighter?

[@miraleeks]

Probably shouldn’t be saying this but I’m the reason indie rumble got cancelled. I was shocked when they announced it but I deleted my old Twitter account because Dallen’s fans kept harassing me

[@cringebird]

@mira9760 oh wow, im so sorry they harassed you, like yeah guys im sad about the game too but getting angry at a victim wont help it come back, i wish twitter understood that sometimes

[@miraleeks]

@@cringebird Thanks for being kind :)

[@dtmcfries]

Man, it's been a minute since I heard of Rhythm Knights, I'm the victory screen artist and two of my sketches appeared in the ending cutscene (6:00), they were commissions for the game specifically, and I made those sketches like two years ago now??? Idk, but hey, even though RK came out like the way it is today, I had so much fun drawing the sketches, and the creator was great to work with. And If I haven't done those commissions years ago, I wouldn't do some greater projects today, so that's something good that came out of RK at least for me.

[@jgn]

I'd like to see a video on rhythm games inside of not rhythm games (stuff like karaoke in yakuza, squid beats in splatoon 2, I remember a gatcha game [I think it's name is dislyte] having a blatant ripoff of spinrhythmxd)

[@Josuh]

the splatoon one is actually good tho

[@Gamblegork]

I think Gacha Life has one too (but it's terrible)

[@snailetiquette]

Touhou Lost Word received an update adding one as well

[@dogfellow3848]

Tokaku plays yakuza 5 just for haruka campaign : the movie

[@sachitechless]

Rhythm Knights definitely feels like it's trying to be like a Castle Crashers or Battleblock Theatre with what they were trying to do but it's definitely not good.

[@Cybrtronlazr]

You should try a game called "UNBEATABLE [white label]." It is really cool game, kind of like Musedash and Taiko but the visuals and soundtrack are absolute bangers and it has story which is always a plus! It's absolutely amazing that its free.

[@coelacanth1343]

She actually has!

[@yggdrasilgaming2173]

Im pretty sure she's played that before

[@alinalnnn]

i really like the editing of this video and the overall pacing was really nice, it felt different to a lot of your other videos where it seems like you opted into using more commentary rather than gameplay which imo was a great choice, good video (not saying that your last videos were bad just that this one was done more differently than those and that i think its a good change) 👍

[@nokorius]

an in game universe **miku screaming crazily as always**

[@Lemomd]

i really like this channel its actually super entertaining and ive only been watching for like 2 weeks

[@bpruszczyk]

I love series "gry z kosza" ("games from a trash", translated roughly) created by polish youtube film creator, hed. i am so happy of combination that type of format with rhytm games and, especially, hosted by tokaku. it's more than i have ever expected i will see. also, all of this titles are, in games from a trash sense, real masterpiece.

[@untitledplaces]

Steam is the only platform where you can find good games and useful tools or just plain out horrible games with random genres combined and to find comments praising it rhythm games is one of them, 10/10 platform and games available to be bought

[@415alpha]

So, here's the very interesting thing about VELUCITY: Recently, Seed Games was acquired by Square Pixels, who made EZ2ON REBOOT : R, and immediately news of a potential revival of VELUCITY came out. The game originally had an even worse rating but ever since the news, the ratings went up as you've seen in the video.

[@corvaecorp]

sonar beat is just “we have chrono circle at home”

[@dantakuart]

Something super dumb to be happy about but I love that you use Rhythm Thief OST for the bg of the video and the count of each new game c': That game is dear to my heart and hearing the songs make me happy ;v;

[@tokaku]

believe it or not, I knew about the game even before it became popular because of the meme edits. I specifically remember my older sister being all over the game on the 3ds and watched her play that exact level the theme was from. She asked me to play one level for her because she couldn't do it LOL it was that one where the main character had to jump from the top of the ceiling between obstacles and stuff?

[@sentrogaspers9813]

@@tokaku le gateaway??? God that track is *chef's kiss

[@billybutalsonot7899]

Remember every bad rhythm game is a fnf ripoff, a crappy version of osu mania, or just a random game with some music playing in the background

[@chocobro3198]

I deep dive Steam sometimes to find obscure rhythm games. It can be quite entertaining. But while I find the abysmal ones funny, a lot of games indeed have the rhythm tag without even remotely being a rhythm game. I always report those tags. If any of you guys see one such game and feel like doing the same, that'd be much appreciated. If it gets reported enough the tag will be removed.

[@GELTONZ]

So as the one person on the planet that LIKES Dance Magic, I do wanna rush to that game's defense just a smidge. Though admittedly this is because I suffer from Bust A Groove Withdrawl and while Dance Magic is FAR from that game, it was at least an ATTEMPT to make a game like that. The battle mode, I felt, was more like a rythmic Pokemon battle than a fighting game as it focuses on building up power and inflicting status effects so you ARE trying to strategize while hitting keys to the beat. But I also admit the combat is mostly about being sure to keep your shields up while breaking down your opponent's shields and building a combo so you can smack them with a really strong attack. The game also has a standard DDR style mode as well as crappy Move support on PS3. The BEST part though is that you can import your own music...AND use it in online multiplayer even on PS3! So my favorite moment was going online on PS3 and playing Kitty-N's theme at my opponent...and immediately getting a message after the match asking "Yo! Do you have Strike's Theme?". So yes, Dance Magic is only played by deeply desperate Bust A Groove fans. Still, that's a thing that could have been abused SUPER hard if the game ever got popular and I'm sure has some legal hiccups to it as well. That said you have to manually do the BPM by tapping a button to the music and unfortunately that means user imported songs usually fall out of sync really badly. Interestingly, Dance Magic was going to be a full boxed release with a Kinect supported 360 version but SOMETHING happened to it. I remember its big selling point was "Featuring Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO!" which is why like 3 of the characters can shuffle. But as you can see the final game does not have this. In fact, the entire soundtrack of the final game came from some kind of free music site. Interestingly I remember hearing a non-vocal version of one of the game's songs while I was working at Walgreens.

[@tokaku]

yep I don't think dance magic is a bad game. I could tell it had potential but something was off (though from my usual rhythm gamer standpoint I don't like it) but at the same time I looked over the other ports and could tell the reason why the PC port was getting negative reviews was because it didn't hold up to the other console versions

[@hex.agon1]

You should try Hi-Fi Rush. It’s Bullets Per Minute + Persona and it’s one of the best rhythm games I’ve played yet.

[@lefandomtrash7746]

Seeing videos like this makes me think what would happen if more mainstream KZbinrs tried their hand in rhythm games. I know some have already done Beat Saber or Friday Night Funkin’, but I’m curious about the ones veteran/regular players tend to go towards.

[@lizardwizard8930]

i recognise most of the yuri manga panels in the vid and i would say you have great taste :). they are also pretty underrated and not popular which sucks.

[@AtMasasi]

I love tokaku's videos they're: life changing ☑️

[@floot727]

0:30 yeah most dlcs have trash ahh mapping because theyre so old not mentioning the fact that you have to literally pay ten times the price of the game if you want to have extra 10 hours of gameplay without modding

[@fignite8641]

Rhytm knight sounds like a castle crashers fan project

[@bulby9645]

4:30 mad rat dead is another great example of a game that pulls this off!!

[@casuallymakingyoutubevideo396]

rhythm knights is castle crashers but FNF no joke

[@Jokypond]

real

[@casuallymakingyoutubevideo396]

@@Jokypond ong

[@jyujin98]

i see you are a person of culture, you played flowers

[@NeneRomanovaBGC]

Dance Magic looks like a lot of fun. Very similar in gameplay to the PS1 game Bust a Move/Groove.

[@spicygroggy]

Just came here to mention Dance Magic's strong influence from Bust a Move/Groove. Such a classic game.

[@lelele7350]

idk why but that sonar rhythm game feels like it could've been like a mix of horror as well with that game over screen..

[@kakawatez]

rhythm knight is literally castle crashers with fnf mixed together LMAO

[@death_sh3ll]

is rythm knights classic trying to be or have the castle crashers theme?

[@vindj2391]

0:56 jokes on you light theme is actually black on white, white on black is dark mode 😏

[@usagi_moonlight]

Hey tokaku, i wanted to ask from where you got that clip of luka puting tape on miku's hand and well, miku screaming, because i couldn't find it anywhere xD (the clip that i referring is on 2:03, i believe)

[@byrontheusurper6505]

10:00.... you mean a Sonar? Sonar beat is like a Sonar? Shocker!

[@Kai-cy7rs]

It’s funny at the start when you said “white on black pops a lot” when it was showing black text on a white back ground (which is black {text} on white {sheet})

[@Aelith766]

So many cultured reaction images, such cultured game decisions, I am fulfilled.

[@kramzii]

Hi, where can i find these manga panels that you are using? Are you manually cutting out each or is there a pack with them? Great video though

[@funey9541]

bruh the 1 frame masterpiece bg when you said "this absolute masterpiece"

[@DJ4x]

Bless the algorithm on this day for giving me "Iron Pineapple but for rhythm games". I hope this becomes a series.

[@IIDX_RAINY]

Talking about VELUCITY, the game is now runned by SQUARE PIXELS (where they publish EZ2ON, the game was originally made by SEED GAMES but SQUARE PIXELS took over SEED GAMES), and the developers of EZ2ON hae said that they will remake VELUCITY in 2022 and they are perceiving the problem of it. Thanks for the nice video :)

[@JessicaFEREM]

I fucking love bullets per minute. I suck at the game but playing through it is so fun I don't mind

[@kipnaplayer5185]

01:59 would have been really cool if u were streaming and asked viewers to join to test it out

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

Have you ever played the Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe flash games?

[@AngelicDirt]

~5:35 - I... I breathed wrong. I breathed wrong... while eating fire noodles... Ow. Ow, but also worth. ... Tangentially, did they just try and steal the entire aesthetic of Castle Crashers and fail? Hard? XD To actually add to the convo, price means so much. Especially when it comes to a video game. Price means SO FRICKING MUCH. You have to think: If this game is crap, all I should really have to pay is time. If I have paid maybe a buck, it should at least be functional. If I've paid five bucks, I should at least get an hour or two of (MOSTLY) glitch-free play. Ten or higher, I'd be asking for a fully-functional game and mebbe some frills and updates, no game-breaking glitches, plus, in this case, working options and fully adjustable offsets. This is 2022; we know so much about so much. How is a FREE rhythm game better than a similar paid experience? We can do better... I'd say "stop throwing your money at things if you can't tell if it works or not", but then we wouldn't get funny a$s videos like this, so, uh... carry on. :V

[@Loxu69]

Beat saber player here, their DLC packs aren't bad its just its like having DLC packs for osu!, it's literally pointless

[@bwnzix]

im wondering if you going to do some arcade vlog anymore because i really like your sdvx arcade vids

[@byrontheusurper6505]

Damn, i am getting into the rythm game sauce, this shit kinda interesting

[@BlueStarRO]

For people who like the concepts of Project Pulse, you can check out Soundfall.

[@Arkhalis404]

i swear to god rhythm knights just ripped of castle crashers and their art style and made it a rhythm game. The knights are literally the default castle crashers knights. And at least one of the backgrounds is a rip off straight from castle crashers.

[@maxchozochorizo9056]

I knew the guy who made rhythm knights in high school lmfao. Glad he’s doing about as well as I thought he would

[@YamiSuzume]

When starting this video, I have the feeling I'm watching a kickstarter campaign

[@baconatortapeworm]

5:30 those castle crasher rip-offs look so goofy

[@TrickyJebus]

When are you gonna try BPM or Metal Hellsinger????

[@bzipoli]

first time here got a few questions -how is a game a metronome simulator and not just a metronome? -why a game not having songs from 2019 is automatically a negative point? the point of these games is having the most up to date songs? i have some other questions but i'm really tired i'll leave it to the next one

[@tokaku]

metronome simulator as in uhm... the player pretending that they're a metronome? kinda thing... I guess? that's what I thought when I said it and as for let's sing 2019 not having songs from 2019 being a negative point... it's a lot like how some videos on youtube change their titles to reflect the current year even though they released their video before that. For example, if I were to make a video about osu lazer 2021, but changed the title to reflect 2022. It's not accurate and it is misleading, since osu lazer has definitely updated and added more features since 2021. This is the same case with songs. If it says 2019, you would expect something from 2019 in it. There is the counter argument that subscription based programs and services such as adobe programs (they start updating with 2023 in their name in 2022's november/december) do that, but it is really not the same with something that relies on things outside of their own production. In other words, songs by other artists that would only exist in the future.

[@ToonKid4]

9:03 for the best singing youll ever hear in your life

[@byrontheusurper6505]

Poject Diva is very fun even tho I only played the demo

[@melone_]

this video would have been way different if it came after o2jam online

[@mystrallsnowlight]

The only interesting part of Rhythm Knight is just how funnily bad the Opening and Ending sequence its so bad that is become so funny, in good way

[@SakamotoNeko]

I recently managed to grab the Velucity O2Jam pack because someone bought it before it got pulled from the store. Game's charts are still hot trash tho

[@Rezeee]

You know its bad when the game blinds tokaku's already blinded eyes even further.

[@peomarder]

Yoooo, is that a Rhythm Thief song???

[@peomarder]

do a rhythm thief review

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I should play necrodancer again

[@jadebayoba7073]

Rythm Knights its just FNF Castle Crashers wtf 😭

[@haydenhowell9277]

How did rhythm knights get on the xbox

[@AJ_UK_LIVE]

A lot of pain was felt here. Salute.

[@Yurio]

4:03 ADOFAI players: 👁👄👁

[@CherryChrii]

idk if you played (or heard abt) this game but try hi fi rush it's basically project pulse, but great!!!!

[@ToonKid4]

tokakus singing is so bad its good 10/10

[@Sibikase]

I know, it also really funny

[@ToonKid4]

@@Sibikase sub goal for tokaku singing teo (her outro song)

[@Sibikase]

@@ToonKid4 Lmao

[@ToonKid4]

@@Sibikase jolene tokaku lastname is the best singer in the entire universe, i got sooooooo emotional

[@Hstudiosproductions]

You should try one of the most underated game that is still good. "Moirs". Saddly it was short

[@jcudejko]

I enjoy... light theme Subbed

[@kirstenonic05]

Ah, a fellow light mode Project Diva player

[@PROGUY101]

Wait a minute... So Dance Magic is basically Patapon?

[@kura7010]

0:54 light theme for the win

[@byrontheusurper6505]

Rythm knights is kinda cute in a way.

[@noobstackmusic]

holy shit rhythm knights

[@AriaHope]

If you want an actually good metronome fighting game please try Hi-fi rush, definitely an contender for best game of the year already

[@microcyan]

steam = online version of a gamestop experience but in a modern store type.

[@mapache9044]

i love how youtube thinks you played beat saber

[@vaioretto-chanjade5810]

am i high or are most of the manga/anime reaction screenshots from yuri manga? edit: lol i *just* saw the pinned comment

[@drksaxx]

its time for bust a groove. we gotta go beyond steam for our beats

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I love fnf, it's been a while since I was into this game

[@gack2]

i ignored basically the whole point of the video and just focused on the pvz loonboon bgm LMAO

[@mrmaelstrom5264]

This is one of the many of the rhythm games ever.

[@b00shy68]

Why did they do my castle crashin’ boys like that

[@todoxx]

why are the flowers visual novel games here

[@Murphy64]

Great video!, just wondering if anyone can tell me what that program or game u used at 8:22 for the offset. Thanks!

[@tokaku]

it's unnamed sound voltex clone

[@Murphy64]

@@tokaku great thanks so much!

[@porlock_the_lock]

velucity remake confirmed by square pixels. coming soon 2023 maybe

[@cringebird]

I WASNT EXPECTING TO SEE DALLEN HERE???

[@snowstorm6734]

ahhh yes the castle crasher rhythm game. RHYTHM KNIGHTS. (this game is why murder should be legal)

[@Slimebiter]

I’m not gonna lie the sonar game looks REALLY fun

[@kzuda]

2:18 a-train...?

[@lotin63]

I won't sleep tonight...

[@KPoWasTaken]

pog pvz background music

[@FishSnackems]

4:06 what's that game tho

[@eeveepeeveasy]

Rotaeno

[@FishSnackems]

@@eeveepeeveasy thank you fr

[@eeveepeeveasy]

@@FishSnackems Np seems like a rhythm game id enjoy playing

[@shooman6982]

ty for reminding me that megamix is in discount