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Audiosurf - Ride Your Music

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  • 26-02-2008 12:10am
    #1
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,535 ✭✭✭✭


    Original Post: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055243099:
    Me! wrote:
    http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=12900&l=unknown&cc=IE

    Here's an interesting Game.

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    Audiosurf is an all-reflexes 'racing' game, where the track is generated from any music file you plug into it.

    For instance, the slope of any track is determined by the overall speed and tempo of the track. Slow sections are uphill, while insane riffs are fast and downhill. Harmonics and Overtones determine turns, banks and even corkscrews.

    Here you can watch the game in action:

    Here is Mono Gameplay version: colect matches of 3 or more, while avoiding the grey blocks. This is the most insane song I have seen played on it yet.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBtIXvNko0Q


    Here is ColorMatch gameplay. Hotter colors are worth more points. Like Tetris, avoid overfilling.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4S2WFWFu7A


    and of course: not STRICTLY limited to "music" **Warning: turn down your volume a wee bit**

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP6CJCNXNkw


    There are 3 difficulties, and each has their own set of characters. For example, there are 3 Monoplay characters, several multicolor characters. In the video for bohemian rhapsody is the pusher: left and right clicks push collected blocks over by 1 column. Another interesting version is Double: where one car is controlled with the keyboard, and one is controlled with the mouse. Good for 2 players or the extremely ambidextrous. Rumour has it there will be multiplayer Co-Op mode in a future release this way.

    After you've completed your track your score is submitted into the global database were it is pitted against the world and your neighbouring IP adresses.

    The game will accept all major audio formats, such as mp3, wma, m4a, and audio CDs. at this time however files with DRM protection are not playable - though I imagine thats not a big issue for most people.

    For 8 Euros after sales tax, this game is completely worth it.

    The demo is available on Steam now and includes the Orange Box Soundtrack which is extractable, so I laugh at anyone who paid money to listen to the Still Alive song:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEvDFq4Werg

    Most fun I've had all week :)


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