A Life in Music 1.5

Reviews

3 ★, on 2019-08-02
An alright game experience... I enjoyed the soundtrack, but the controls and gameplay were so incredibly slow it was driving me nuts, especially waiting for text messages to pop up. I would have preferred if you allowed me to click through text messages like you did with the dialogue. The sound design could use a lot more variation (e.g. the same exact cough noise used every time), and I wish there had been a choice for a happier ending, but it was a realistic story I guess.

5 ★, on 2020-05-29
the story hit too close to home and i couldn't stop crying halfway through. i'm a music major and this game explains a lot of what we experience daily -- the music, the romance, the family relationships. nice efforts in the rhythm game too, but i must say i'm a bit confused with the tapping, sometimes as i tap the current notes, the upcoming notes also got triggered and counted as a miss. all in all it's still an amazing game, thank you for bringing forth this topic to us! all the best.

4 ★, on 2020-11-22
The music, art & story is great. FInished it in one sitting + no ads. The art style's nice, the story was slow and rushed at the same time. There were times that it was dragging specially in the middle, the story is warm and heartbreaking as well. It's just annoying how you have to wait at times for you to be able to press the screen, like everything's in slow motion, I do get that at some scenes it adds that dramatic effect but sometimes it's just annoying.

4 ★, on 2022-06-01
The story is really amazing, starts as a generic teenage love story but gets a interesting twist on the way. The reason for 4 stars is the musical mini game, the pictures you unlock by playing it are not related to the story, but are cool pictures of the past about the composers that are mentioned in the story. The actual problem is that it's not very well optimized: you can very easy miss notes, especially when there are the double hits. This game doesn't require this kind of mini game.

4 ★, on 2020-02-24
A must play. Been playing story driven games for years now and can confidently recommend it. If you expect extraordinary gameplay, you're in the wrong place. 2D - side scrolling games have their own limitations. There is scope of improvement on the overall fluidity of the game. (There are occassional stutters, and some double tap register timing issues with the rhythm game) Story is enjoyable. Kept me wishing for a better ending. Choices having a larger impact on story would've been appreciable.

4 ★, on 2019-05-19
I'm waiting for the last two acts to drop. although the story wasn't something mind boggling and I found the pictures (those stills you show for moments) as childish. The graphics are vibrant but there isn't much of a gameplay or exploring part so 3 stars is the most it can get. It definitely needs more to explore. or maybe I'm expecting too much... Update: Wow. Crazy ending. I did not anticipate that I did thoroughly enjoy it. Something unusual. that's good. Keep it up!