BaD#7: BIT.TRIP CORE (Very Brief) First Impressions

On 02/10/2015 at 08:09 PM by Alex-C25

Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2015

Those who have read my second part of standout games i've played in 2014 may remember my inclusion of Bit.Trip Beat, the first game of the Bit.Trip saga. I really enjoyed it, so on the mid-sale Steam did last year, I bought its continuation for just 1 buck. Made by Gaijin Games (now apparently called Choice Provisions), Core was originally released on 2009 for the Wii just like the first game and even avaiable four months after Beat

Bit.Trip Core continues the Beat tradition of Atari 2600 inspired nice graphics on acid and hard rhythm gameplay set by its predecessor, but while Beat was inspired by Pong, Core changes the mechanics; here you have a cross that shoots lasers on beats using the keyboards directional or WASD keys, in conjuction with the space bar.

I gotta admit, I started the game with the left foot. Since nowhere it said you could also use the directional keys, I started kinda frustrated at Gaijin for its impractical and uncomfortable controls with the WASD keys and was even baffled why they didn't include a pad option. I'm still baffled at the latter, but now that I discovered you could also use the directionals, the game turned much better and precise.

I don't have much to say really. Once you get the hang of the controls, you start to improve and advance further into the stage/song, the music gets intense as you progress and there's more precision involved. One thing I should also say is that this game is also as hard as Beat (even on easy) and still has some problems with trial-and-error. I also should say that the boss is also so hard I simply haven't beaten it. Fuck that third wave of beats!

Despite that, i'm having a kind-of equal entertainment like in the first game. I just need to damn beat the first boss.

On other news:

- I forgot to mention that last weekend I decided to take advantage of the Square-Enix sale on Steam and buy Deus Ex: Human Revolution-Director's Cut. Divine Divinity was also pretty cheap so I bought that too.

- I don't care about the Grammys and I usually just wait to see the next day the winners while also snark at some choice nominations. However next morning didn't prepare me for Beck turning out to be the winner of the night, beating freaking Beyonce!...... And i'm all grateful for it.

Cary Woodham

02/10/2015 at 09:10 PM

I reviewed most of the Bit.Trip games on Wii. They're really cool but also really hard!

Alex-C25

02/11/2015 at 08:08 PM

Yeah, you said that on one of my blogs before.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/10/2015 at 10:15 PM

The Beck thing was hilarious on my Facebook. People who don't know him were trolled pretty much.

02/11/2015 at 08:11 PM

You should have seen Tumblr. Because they have a cult of personality there are many Beyonce fans over the site, they were quite upset that their queen lost and the SJW fans are calling it an "injustice"

NintendoFanJon

02/11/2015 at 04:08 PM

I got the Bit.Trip Complete disc edition for Wii they released. It was $20 for all 6 games and you got a 40 track soundtrack. An awesome bargain.

02/11/2015 at 08:12 PM

Pretty awesome indeed. I could get that collection, although I may as well finish it on Steam.

mothman

02/11/2015 at 04:20 PM

Go Beck Go! Proof that people are still interested in real musicians.

02/11/2015 at 08:13 PM

"sigh" Sorry Peter but i'm gonna go sour and tell you there's not such thing as "real" musicians. I love Beck and I'm not into Beyonce, but that phrase is pure bad elitism.

02/11/2015 at 08:28 PM

Nah, a real musician is someone who can actually write a song and/or play an instrument. Beyonce is a dancing doll who has songs written for her then changes a single word so she gets credit for it. That's the definition of phony :P

I'm not being elitist in any way. I sing but I'm not a musician because I never learned to write or play an instrument.

02/11/2015 at 09:22 PM

Nah man, Beyonce is a lyricist (her credits are on Wikipedia) and she has a lot of control in her music despite the billions of producers.

Look, I understand where you are coming, but I just hate that phrase and I hate No True Scotsman actitudes in general. I can even be a devil's advocate on some Pop artist despite not being into it.

02/12/2015 at 08:28 AM

I understand what you are saying. Yes what she makes can be categorized as music but she doesn't play anything or know how to write music (as in musical notes) so she is not a musician. Beck on the other hand is.

What she is most definitely is a business woman who runs a business and I don't argue that she has a lot of control but then so does the CEO of any business.

Also if you click on any of the songs mentioned on that wikapedia page you will notice that each one is credited to at least two other people sometimes many more.

The song writing process is that the other members of the team write the song then the lyrics are given to Beyonce for approval. She may change a word, maybe two or suggest a harmony and voila she gets a song writing credit, that isn't song writing and It's not unique to her, it's common practice in today's mainstream music business.

So my original comment wasn't that she doesn't make real music. That would be dumb because by definition it is. She's a vocalist and a business woman but definitely not a musician

Here's just one article regarding the song writing controversy.

http://theurbandaily.com/2014/07/18/linda-perry-blasts-beyonce-songwriting/

To conclude, musically I'm about as far from an elitist as you can get. My contention is that there are only two kinds of music in this world. Good music and bad music. I listen to all genres and even though I might say I don't like country or rap there are artists in both of those categories who I respect and some that I actually own albums by.

Sorry if I'm being negative but music was my first love and as you can tell I'm still passionate about it. :)

02/12/2015 at 10:26 AM

Ehh don't worry, your comment wasn't so negative and I can also get pationed about music give the apropiate circumstances.

I can definitely agree on the vocalist and business woman part. She excells at it. But now that I can see what you mean on the musician part, and it's honestly now that I know how little she puts on the music despite being the center of attention. Seriously, there's about 4 credits for producers and songwriting on almost each song of her newest album alone. Maybe we should give the praise to the producers and the other songwriters instead :P

02/12/2015 at 10:30 AM

Five Stars for that comment Alex. the people who do the work should get the credit.

Aboboisdaman

02/11/2015 at 07:40 PM

Deus Ex HR was one of the last games I played on my PS3 before retiring it. It's pretty good. I liked the original as well even if time hasn't been so kind to it.

02/11/2015 at 08:14 PM

I've played 4 hours of the original and I quite liked what I played, but I can definitely see the aging.

PixlBit