Topic: Rhythm Heaven Groove

I have a love/hate relationship with perfect runs. The little heart appearing in the corner adds so much pressure! I'm sure many have had the experience of getting perfect on a level when the game isn't tracking it, but once you're asked to do it and having every input monitored, it raises the stakes so much.

At the same time, it reminds me a lot of the experience of playing music in real life. You might be able to perform a piece from memory or execute some difficult lick no sweat in the comfort of your own home, when no one's watching. But get on stage in front of a live audience, and everything changes. Memory breaks down, every little mistake is amplified, and there's so much potential for your mind to wander.

I like that rhythm heaven replicates that feeling a little bit with perfect runs. The answer in real music performances is to practice, practice, practice, until the actual execution is second nature and you can focus solely on interpretation. But I always hated practice because the repetitiveness removes the novelty which removes my interest (hence why I changed my major away from music performance back when I was at university).

Also in a real music performance, it doesn't really matter if you miss a note here or there - making mistakes is human (wasn't until the rise in significance of recorded performances that perfection started to be sought after since the recording lives forever, but even then, you can splice in fixes to any errors pretty easily, especially with modern recording technology).

So anyway yeah, love it and hate it. Love that perfect runs add tension and replicate performance anxiety, hate the zero tolerance nature and limited tries. Adds a lot of replay value for each game so overall it's a great aspect of the series.

Is rhythm heaven groove as good as the reviews say?

Yes.

Not sure how to answer that really. Everyone likes different things. If you're at all rhythmically inclined, it's an absolute blast. If you can at least tap your foot along to music, you'll do fine, for the most part.

It's a quirky game, a collection of mini games really, probably most similar to wario ware if you've ever played any of those.

Rhythm Heaven Groove is a hard game you only advance if you do really well in each game. It’s pretty cute though.

could someone please explain what each of the multiplayer games are and if you like them?

@UNROLLME Some of the multiplayer games are competitive (e.g. whoever clicks closest to the end of a 10 second timer wins) but a lot are co-op songs.

Most games have 3 levels, with the 3rd level being some of the most challenging songs in the game. We haven't been able to finish most of the level 3 songs as a group, even playing with musically inclined people.

Multiplayer games were a highlight, but we ran into some frustrating latency issues with our TV. I play single player tracks mostly in handheld