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MusicWave

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65%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
65% User Score Based on 57 reviews

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About MusicWave

MusicWave is a single player action game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Stephen Joseph and was released on May 1, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

MusicWave is a challanging Rhythm game for Electronic Dance Music that uses the home row of the keyboard. Players can create, share and download custom tracks through third party tools. With a modern skin and beautiful effects, each song will captivate your senses.

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65%Audience ScoreBased on 57 reviews
music9 positive mentions
  • Unique and interesting concept with engaging gameplay for experienced rhythm gamers.
  • Great music tracks and immersive atmosphere with appealing visuals and vaporwave aesthetic.
  • Potential for growth with custom song support and MIDI input possibilities; free to play and no microtransactions.
  • Lacks tutorial and beginner-friendly modes, making it overwhelming for new or casual players due to many keys and fast pace.
  • Significant input delay and no audio/video delay calibration, causing timing and synchronization issues.
  • Abandoned development with minimal community support and limited content updates, leading to a stagnant experience.

  • music

    41 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 71% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The music in Musicwave is generally praised for being good and fitting the rhythm game style, but players frequently report issues with audio-visual sync and a lack of calibration options, making timing difficult. The fast tempos and 10-key gameplay pose high difficulty, especially for beginners, with requests for slower tutorial songs, adjustable key counts, and more accessible difficulty levels. While the concept and music quality are appreciated, these gameplay and design shortcomings hinder the overall musical experience.

    • “"musicwave" is an engaging music rhythm project with bright graphics and original mechanics.”
    • “Upon researching the dev, the game, its tools, etc., you need a decent understanding of music, some small sense of music software, and some good old trial and error. This is a very good concept but is only scratching the surface of its potential.”
    • “But the music in the campaign mode is pretty good so it has that going for it.”
    • “Not being able to calibrate the audio/video delay makes this too much of a headache, and several notes in the first two songs are undeniably out of time from the melody.”
    • “You can't make music inside the game like they make it seem in the video (the whole reason I wanted to try it) and unless you have some sort of special 10 finger controller it is extremely uncomfortable to play on a keyboard and impossible to progress past the first two beginner songs that are pretty fast.”
    • “"musicwave" is an incredibly weak abandoned early access guitar hero ripoff with a focus on crappy EDM that nobody wants to listen to.”

  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The graphics receive mixed feedback, with some users criticizing the minimalistic and lackluster art style as outdated and bare-bones, while others praise the visuals as stunning, impeccable, and fitting the game's relaxing, vaporwave aesthetic. Overall, the graphical style appears intentional but may not appeal to everyone.

    • “The graphics are impeccable, and I award the creators on that part.”
    • “This game is good, visuals are amazing and I like the music.”
    • “The graphics are stunning for what the game is currently.”
    • “This game features very lackluster minimalist 'art' for graphics instead of anything remotely contemporary.”
    • “There is little to no community, game is over 2 years old and seems as the devs gave up on it... it's a shame because it could've easily been fixed, the beginning levels are really fast and hard, there is a hit-box and response delay on the notes, so you have to press beforehand, and bare-bones minimalistic graphics. I also feel like 9 lanes of notes is too hard for the first map you play.”
    • “Yes, contemporary 3D graphics take a lot of time and effort to create.”

  • gameplay

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -100% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The gameplay is simple and accessible, similar to other rhythm games like Mania and Deemo, making it easy to pick up quickly. However, it lacks unique features or innovation compared to established titles such as osu!, which may reduce its appeal for players seeking freshness in this genre.

    • “The gameplay is simple and easy to pick up, making it accessible since the game is free to try.”
    • “The game features mechanics similar to Mania, Deemo, and other rhythm games, appealing to fans of that genre.”
    • “Compared to other rhythm games like osu!, the gameplay does not add unique elements, focusing on familiar mechanics.”
    • “What's the point of Musicwave when its gameplay adds nothing unique compared to other similar music rhythm games, like osu!”
    • “Mania, Deemo, and other rhythm games have similar mechanics.”
    • “There's no risk trying the game as it's free, so it can be picked up quickly, with gameplay being simple.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Players feel the game’s replayability could be improved, noting that other rhythm games like Muse Dash offer better long-term engagement.

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MusicWave is a action game with science fiction theme. Common tags for MusicWave include free to play, indie, soundtrack, music-based procedural generation, early access and others.

MusicWave is available on PC and Windows.

MusicWave was released on May 1, 2020.

MusicWave was developed by Stephen Joseph.

MusicWave has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked MusicWave for its music but disliked it for its graphics.

MusicWave is a single player game.

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