Rhythm Thief is like a combination of Layton and Space Channel 5. Set in Paris, you move a character around the city from location to location, talking to other characters and playing games to progress. In Layton these games are puzzles; in Rhythm Thief they're (unsurprisingly) rhythm games - listening for a scale of notes, tapping in time, or responding to or repeating movements.
It's charming, even if the story is a bit weak. I'm well towards the end point now, after six hours, chasing Napoleon through Paris after a daring hang-glider rescue off the Eiffel Tower. Some of the rhythm games are pretty difficult, and I'm currently stuck on a second Samba-de-Amigo-inspired side level which was reached by talking to a dancing Mexican. I think the buttons just aren't responsive enough.
The other amusing thing is that the on-screen text doesn't always match up to the spoken words. Challenged by Napoleon on the tower, he gave an evil laugh. On the screen, he said "Ooh hoo hoo!". Charlie, the detective's son, has a comedy cockney accent; the text read "roam free", he said "runnin' rampant". Of course, this may be the case with other handheld games but I very rarely play them with sound on. This demands that I do - and the soundtrack is great.
It's charming, even if the story is a bit weak. I'm well towards the end point now, after six hours, chasing Napoleon through Paris after a daring hang-glider rescue off the Eiffel Tower. Some of the rhythm games are pretty difficult, and I'm currently stuck on a second Samba-de-Amigo-inspired side level which was reached by talking to a dancing Mexican. I think the buttons just aren't responsive enough.
The other amusing thing is that the on-screen text doesn't always match up to the spoken words. Challenged by Napoleon on the tower, he gave an evil laugh. On the screen, he said "Ooh hoo hoo!". Charlie, the detective's son, has a comedy cockney accent; the text read "roam free", he said "runnin' rampant". Of course, this may be the case with other handheld games but I very rarely play them with sound on. This demands that I do - and the soundtrack is great.
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