
The rank is awarded at the end of the level and based on your precision, combo and other factors. Hitting an enemy with enough precision awards a perfect score for that enemy. These help you target enemies more precisely. It didn’t go well.Īs your character runs, two circles are shown in front of them at all times. Bonus footage of my first attempt at Master difficulty can be found here.

I’d suggest that the difficulty level is aimed towards casual rhythm game players as even the highest difficulty levels felt easy to pass and reasonably difficult but not impossible for a decent player to get a high rank. I found that the difficulty levels were fairly distinct, which each being a big leap up from the previous one. Not all stages have Master difficulty, but those which do require it to be unlocked by earning an S-rank on the hard mode of that stage first. The amount of enemies and obstacles which appear depends on the difficulty mode. Running into the obstacles or enemies depletes the health bar.

Occasionally you may need to hold one, press both together or quickly press both repeatedly for certain enemies. Most of the time you just use these to attack enemies or dodge obstacles. One brings you to the ground level and attacks, while the other has the character jump and perform an air attack. Your character constantly runs while you use two buttons or keys to control them. The basic gameplay of Muse Dash is fairly simple. This is all done to upbeat music, most often Chinese pop. In this game, the player dashes through 40 stages, taking out enemies, dodging obstacles and collecting points while trying to survive to the end of the level.

This review is based on my experience playing the Steam version of the base game. The Nintendo Switch version could be considered a complete edition with significantly more songs, but the other versions are separated into a base game for a lower price and DLC music packs. The game can be purchased on Steam (PC), Nintendo Switch and for mobile devices. It combines the ideas of traditional music games with aspects such as enemies, health bars and earning abilities. Muse Dash is an anime-themed rhythm game.
