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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:39AM (Unverified) said

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Audiosurf is a fantastic game. $10 is a steal.

I hope we see it on PSN or XBLA soon.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:42AM (Unverified) said

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Do they still offer the Orange Box OST or was that just a pre-order bonus?

So many people I must gift this game too.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:47AM Durinthal said

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I got it the other day and it still had the soundtrack. It's a fun game, though it doesn't work all that great with certain genres/pieces, like most things classical.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:50AM kevinski said

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I don't even know where the bonus soundtrack is. I didn't even bother looking for it. I pre-ordered the game, though. As a big fan of Amplitude, I was really excited about this game, and it certainly doesn't disappoint.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 12:06PM Android8675 said

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Agreed Chris, the BEST $8.95 I've spent in a long time. I love finding quirky tunes that have no scores online. I think I hold the only score for a bunch of random Beatles tracks.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 12:53PM (Unverified) said

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Kevinski: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\audiosurf\engine\Orange Box Soundtrack

It's sorted by game.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:40AM (Unverified) said

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I play this with my 360 controller, kept wondering if there was a 360 port coming. If it works with streaming sources then it might be pretty savvy, since I don't want to fill up that mini HDD with my 22gb of iTunes music.
Might even work on the Wii too, what with SD storage.

Now the dust has settled on this game I find myself only playing about 10-15 songs and trying to get on the top of the boards with them.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:45AM (Unverified) said

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audiosurf has been sadly underrepresented at joystiq
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 12:08PM Android8675 said

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It's been under represented everywhere, I mean, Valve just announced the game for the first time ever a week before it's release (as I understand it), and unless you were looking really hard, I don't recall seeing any PR before that announcement. I'm glad it's selling so well, power of the net.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:54AM (Unverified) said

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I love Audiosurf.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:51AM teamsammalone said

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I'd love to see this on XBLA though I haven't played it. As a big ska/punk fan, things might be pretty difficult. Streetlight Manifesto = expert.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:07AM copa said

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I don't know how well this would work on XBLA. Microsoft makes it too fucking hard to get your music onto the local hard drive (you can only rip untagged CD tracks). And without choosing the music, the game becomes a lot less interesting.

I'm guessing that Sony makes it easier to get music on to your PS3 HDD. Am I right?
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:33AM teamsammalone said

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It's not that bad. It rips faster than the old Xbox anyway. I allready have several CDs on there which makes games with painfully repetitive music (Carcassonne, Hexic HD, etc.) more enjoyable.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:50AM copa said

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Sure. To be clear, I am a huge fan of custom soundtracks and regularly stream music from my iPod and my local network.

But a game like Audiosurf is going to have to process music locally, much like Phase does. This means you have to get it onto the local hard drive. And without tagging, managing music on your hard drive is very painful.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 12:11PM maaax said

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i assumed it would stream music from your comp.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:58AM Ravi said

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Audiosurf is an amazing game and it deserved the awards and at 6£ its a freakin' steal!
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:01AM foxhound said

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Why I haven't bought nor played this game yet is a travesty against gaming. I'll redeem myself this weekend by buying it(and hopefully snagging THE ORANGE BOX soundtrack too).
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:14AM (Unverified) said

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The orange box soundtrack is located here "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\audiosurf\engine\Orange Box Soundtrack". Also I believe if you download the demo you get the soundtrack as well. Dylan is also going to add last.fm support too. Either way, this is a 10 dollars well spent.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:17AM (Unverified) said

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Audiosurf has been the best 10$ I have spent in a LONG time. It is an absolutely AMAZING game. You all owe it to yourselves to buy this gem, it ... words don't do it justice.

Make sure you try it with some party choons. I recommend Star Guitar and Private Psychedelic Reel by the Chemical Brothers and Trentemoller's remix of Go by Moby to truly see this game shine.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:42AM ThornedVenom said

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Not supporting DRM = WIN.


I'm all for legal, but not for DRM chains.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 12:29PM (Unverified) said

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it doesn't support it because apple, microsoft, and every other company didn't give them their drm sdk, api, whatever the fuck you give someone, not because he didn't choose to allow it
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 5:04AM (Unverified) said

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well it works great for classical if you have like the opera singing along with it. b/c the voice goes so high and stuff, I played this one mozart song with opera singing in the background and it was intenseee
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 12:21PM BlackIceJoe said

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I would buy this on either Xbox Live or PSN.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 12:42PM Covarr said

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He didn't say what console, but It'd work well on any system. You could use tilt to control the ship with Wii and PS3, or point at the screen for Wii control more similar to using a mouse. Obviously, any analog sticks or D-Pads would work, and I'm betting USB mice would also be compatible.

It wouldn't look as good on Wii because of the limiting 480P resolution, but I think it would still work and be fun.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 1:29PM (Unverified) said

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I would like this as a download for PSP as well. I've already got my games OST on the memory stick, few more tracks and I'll be a happy bunny.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 4:17PM Some Guy said

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i dont get why he said a console port is a natural fit, it might make finding music slightly harder.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 4:24PM Laxfly said

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How about loading an SD card full of music into your Wii system, or connecting your 360 to media center and copying music? You could definitely make it work.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:23PM Some Guy said

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right, which is why i said slightly harder.
its kinda stupid to load music on a SD card, take it to your console, use it, then connect to the internet leaderboards through your computer (if your using the wifi dongle)
and i think the mouse works pretty well for playing.
still, i would like to see it on a console.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:21PM chispito said

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I'm conflicted. I want the creator to get his due, and yet I also like being able to post high scores for obscure songs because everyone and his dog is not trying to beat them.
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