I still don't get why everyone's obsessed with Mono.

Eraser FTW.

Never saw the appeal of this game. The clip makes it look even worse.

Good on them though for selling well.

I was excited by the early buzz, and downloaded the demo.

But I'm not sure I really get this game. In a typical music game, you are encouraged to play in the rhythm of the music, which is intuitive and fun.

From what I can tell with the demo, you need to operate out of rhythm most of the time. It appears that the goal is to avoid the abundant cool-colored blocks, so that you can rack up combos with the sporadic warm-color blocks. So I spend more time avoiding the beats than trying to hit them.

Maybe my problem is that I've been trying to enjoy it as a music game, when it is really more of a straight arcade shooter.

I bought it. Can't say it was my greatest purchase. I think the regular modes give me too much to do that I get overwhelmed, but Mono gives me too little to do. Oh well.

Is this game good: yes or no?

Does it come with preset songs or does it work with any mp3?

I got this mostly because it's nice to have a game to play along to your favorite tunes.

Plus, I'll pay $10 for almost anything. Except a prostitute. You know there's something wrong if the service is that cheap.

You have to think of it more like an interactive music visualization than a game. If you dont like music you will not like this game.

Holy damn, that game looks awesome!

Is it just me or does this game make Space Oddity even more eerie than it already is?

Addictive and only $10.

This game is best played with an xbox 360 controller in my opinion. I find it easier to do tight turns. Unlike the mounse and keyboard, the controller sort of 'slaps back' to the middle when you let go of it. In other words, if you lean to the left or right you'll go to the left or right track. When you let go of the analog stick it automatically slaps back to the middle track. This makes playing really tough boards easier.

To answer anyone question wondering, yes this game is awesome. It is unlike any music game i've ever played. What makes it stand out is the leadership boards are based on each individual song. So if you are the only one that has the MP3 for Michael Jackson's 'Heal the world song', you'll be gauranteed the number one spot for that song, till someone else plays that song.

Audiosurf can even email you when your high scores have been beat on a particular song. It's such an interesting concept.

Release for XBLA, plz. Assuming you can still use whatever you want for music (especially networked or via ipod).

It's not a racing game. Who or what are you racing against? It's a strategic puzzle game with a racing design element. Asshat.

I completely agree with copa.

I also bought the game and I really like it, but i do find it a shame that the whole blocks-chiming-to-the-music is lost on account of the fact that i have to avoid them! If only there were a game-mode where you had to hit all the blocks and thus sort of 'dance' to the music.

Also, in double vision, it would be nice to have at least some form of ability (like pointman or pusher) to give a bit more strategy to the game, other than just waiting for appropriate colours.

Pointman FTW.

Ironman Ninja Mono here.

But yea the games fookin awesome. With the 10% preorder discount I got it for £4.something and bought it for my girlfriend when she got hooked on it.

So it should sell well. Helps that its dirt cheap too and just has oh-so much replayability.

And why the hell does the person playing that suck so bad? Does anyone even hit gray blocks anymore?

And I also didn't know Bowie was so big outside of the UK!

"...winning the Independent Games Festival Award for best audio"

How the Hell does it win Best Audio? YOU pick what songs you play in it - it has no audio included (other than The Orange Box tracks - but wouldn't that have won, then?) If I play Madonna (I won't, no fear), does it still win best audio? Apologies if this has been brought up previously.

It sort of reminds me of a past incident... http://www.joystiq.com/2005/12/11/joystiq-takes-highest-honors-at-spike-vgas-finishes-dead-last/

I'd like to see them try to play something from Dragonforce they'd probably be invisible through half of any of their songs.

Ignatius-

The mono modes are less challenging, but they integrate much better with the rhythm and dynamics of the music. You can actually see how the blocks correspond to the beat. In the other modes it's too chaotic to appreciate.

Sorry if this shows up as a double post.

hmmm what if there were community 'alternate' courses that keep the overall shape of the course but let you place the bricks

because computer beat detection doesn't always match up with what we hear.

could even have a voting system after 3 consecutive down votes someone else gets a try at making their course the alternative course. it wouldn't take huge amounts of bandwidth to do this a 10k text file would hold most any new course.

Is there any way to buy and/or play this game without Steam?

The game rocks. It is awesome. It is only 10 dollars. If you like music, (which most people do) you will like this game. Buy it. Its cheap. It rocks. Enough said.

I blame /v/irgins for this. Just look at the top songs.

I tried the demo of this, but didn't even get into the actual gameplay simply because the audio clip that told you how to play was stuttering so badly I couldn't tell what was being said. Honestly, how fucking hard is it to play a damn audio clip properly? And in an audio-oriented game?!? Sheesh!

Just as well though. From the videos it looks pretty boring. And if the main thing that makes it fun is the leaderboards, or being able to listen to any song while playing it, then it doesn't sound like a game worth bothering with in the first place. I can just play a *fun* game that supports leaderboards and custom soundtracks (Hell, don't even need custom soundtracks, just a mute button and a stereo).