The rhythm genre in video games has undoubtedly been and is one of the most entertaining genres and has its fans, but the popularity of this genre has decreased over time and has reached a point where there is currently very little attention paid to games of this genre in social medias, and as a result, bigger studios pay less attention to this genre, and currently most games of this genre are made by indie studios.
Spin Rhythm XD is the first Super Spin Digital game that was released for mobile in 2021, for PC in March 2023, for Nintendo Switch in October 2023, and for PlayStation in July 2024.
The mobile version of this game is currently unavailable due to the studio’s termination of cooperation with its publisher.
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay is very smooth and has no annoying problems.
The game slowly introduces you to how to play the game and synchronize with the song and has a great tutorial section. There is a tutorial for each difficulty in the game that introduces you to that difficulty.
On easier difficulties, you may think that you are dealing with a simple game that quickly becomes repetitive, but by raising the difficulty, the game takes on new life and challenges you. By raising the difficulty, each level changes completely and only its soundtrack remains the same.
This game encourages you to challenge yourself well, when you play on higher difficulties, the gameplay changes completely and new moves open up for you.
In easy mode, you have to match colors, match colors and press X when needed and sometimes spin left or right. in normal mode, new moves are added and you have to hold X if needed until you reach the end, in addition to spinning left and right, scratching is also added to your moves, which means you have to quickly move the joystick left and right. in hard mode, you have to use R1 and L1 as well and the number of your moves becomes much greater than before and it becomes a real challenge and gives you a challenging gameplay, In addition, now when you hold X, you have to be careful to release it in time.
in XD mode, pressing R1 and L1 is not enough and now you have to hold it if needed and release it in the right place, In addition, now the combination of pressing, holding and moving the buttons and L3 becomes much harder and faster and shows you the real challenge.
All of this makes the gameplay of this game very interesting and exciting and encourages you to challenge yourself and add your name to the game’s leaderboard.
As you level up, you can unlock skins for different parts of the game that give you a lot of customization power and these skins have a good variety.
You can customize the wheel skin, track texture, track edge, note skin, menu pallet and menu assistant and this is a very nice feature.
SOUND DESIGN
Sound design in a rhythm game is definitely more important than in other games and should be given more attention, and fortunately in Spin Rhythm XD it is well done and the soundtracks are well synced with the gameplay, giving the player a great experience.
The number of soundtracks in the Deluxe Edition that I was given was good and acceptable.
VISUALS
Visually, this game has managed to create a beautiful atmosphere that harmonizes with the music, with beautiful backgrounds and effects, and flawless performance and resolution, giving the player an excellent visual experience.
VR MODE
The VR mode of the game is a great addition.
The gameplay is similar to the flat screen mode, but in VR, instead of turning the wheel with a joystick, you turn it by moving your hands.
This mode is not much different from flat screen mode and is the same game in VR, but PS VR2 owners will definitely be happy to have it and it is worth experiencing in VR.
LOCAL MULTIPLAYER
In addition to the flat screen and VR modes, there is also a local multiplayer mode that you can play with your friends and compete for higher scores.
This mode could have been much better with an online multiplayer support, but unfortunately it can only be played locally.
CONCLUSION
Very diverse and fun gameplay with smooth controls and attractive challenges, excellent and harmonious sound design that helps the gameplay, very beautiful and artistic visuals, a great VR mode and local multiplayer, this game is definitely a must for rhythm genre fans.
