Music games are slowly starting to infiltrate the casual game space. Some, like Music Catch, find an audience and grow into cult hits. But others, like Raycatcher, don't seem destined to make the same kind of impact.
Raycatcher isn't a bad game, just not a complete one. It's not really engrossing, there's no sense of progress and very little challenge most of the time. GDN was just never pulled into the gameplay enough to truly want to continue playing again and again. It is a good concept and for a first crack at that concept it's not so bad, it just needs more to it for them to suggest you run out and buy it.
There are some technical requirements that won't let it run on some machines and it plays your music but GDN sees no evidence that it USES your music. They say is synchs but they failed to see it whatsoever.
Raycatcher, an innovative game that syncs gameplay to your mp3s, is now available on Steam.
The title goes for $5, but if you purchase before Friday, April 24th you'll receive 10% off.
Out of Eight writes: "Considering the rabid success of Audiosurf, it was only a matter of time before imitators started flooding the information superhighway. The popularity of music-based games cannot be denied, from Rock Band to Ultimate Band (OK, maybe not that last one). Enter Raycatcher, a two-man operation that has you raycatching (it's in the title, people!) to the rockin' beat of whatever crappy 80's song you happen to have on your hard drive. Catching rays is no longer limited to the beach! Sorry, I couldn't think of a better pun. Let's just move on, shall we?"
