UNBEATABLE [Demo]: Ghost In The Pitching Machine (100% S+)
15PARAPARAPARAPARAPARA... SWING!
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You know... I think I like Rhythm Games but only when the Ryhthm aspect is a part of an entire bigger system, rather than purely an "Arcade" thing, which is funny, because I love "Arcade" games. Big fan of the simplicity of that "get in, play your game, get out"; it's why FGs are my favorite genre after all or Metal Slug or Crash Bandicoot 2 (it makes sense in context, I assure you)...
ANYWAY, UNBEATABLE, right? Pretty fun game with a very strong premise and while usually I would show that entire premise, this time I figured I would only focus on the two main things that really sucked me into playing the demo for way longer than I expected (Perfecting both the Pitching Machine and Normal Bootleg took me unironically a total of 10 hours or some such... Not sure what that says about my skills but it's fine), which is the Pitching Machine Minigame and that one specific Arcade Song.
The Pitching Machine is incredibly funny to me because the "Nightmare" variant can be unlocked completely by mistake simply by the personal interest of trying to perfect the Easy or Hard version, as you'll end up passing the day into the place and switching into the Night version, at which point you are stuck playing AN EXTREMELY meaner version of the minigame (two parts of the song have an actual instant kill if you miss the ball, it's honestly hilarious) both Gameplay wise and "vibes" wise.
Playing the Easy or Hard version, which have a quick, safe, tutorialization of the timings of the 3 shot types and suddenly, without warning, being thrown into a super fast, super aggressive, very mean version of the minigame is very very funny to me. Not sure why but it is.
The other is just the Arcade Song that I found myself more absorbed into; figured I'd try to showcase that aspect of the game as it's there and it's quite solid too, especially if you are actually into the Rhythm Genre. I'm not exactly an expert so my skills stop at Normal or maybe Hard if I were to try REALLY HARD. Even just trying to 100% Normal was an incredibly tough challenge so...
Aaaaanyhow, I've been ranting, as per usual.
Final point: You should play UNBEATABLE, as it's coming out soon (This November) and it's shaping up to be a really cool game!
UNBEATABLE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2240620/UNBEATABLE/
Fun Fact: All the vocal parts in the 3 songs for the Pitching Machine are constantly repeating "Batta batta batta... swing" (despite me hearing "Parapara...") which is an "out of fashion" taunt to mess with the Batter's timing.
The song re-shapes the context and concept by using the "batta batta"s as a way to actually time (some) of the strikes and to also keep your timing a bit scattered as a mixup during the Night Section.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro & Main Menu
00:35 Side Event Starting Point
02:41 INFINITE BALLS (EASY)
05:13 EASY RESULTS
05:35 No Easy Prize...
06:11 INFINITE BALLS (HARD)
08:06 HARD RESULTS
08:26 The "Prize"
08:52 Practicing Into The Night
11:46 [The Dying Gasps of They Who Will Never Be.]
12:32 INFINITE BALLS (NIGHTMARE)
14:52 NIGHTMARE RESULTS
15:23 True History By The Way
16:57 The End Of The Side Event
18:00 Arcade Mode
18:25 "Proper Rhythm Bootleg [Normal 100%]"
19:33 The End