IGN:
The ribbon of road ahead bucks and snarls, blocks and spikes cascading towards me, pulsing and bristling with internal energy. I do my best to capture the former and avoid the latter, diving between the track’s three lanes as needed. I’m dialled in to the action, head nodding to the music as I struggle to keep up with the flow, which becomes more challenging after the song crescendos and dynamically generated hell breaks loose in response. This is Audiosurf 2 at its best – a hypnotic rhythm-action game powered by songs from your PC or Soundcloud. Like the original, however, the ‘at its best’ part is confined to a few modes; the rest of them, sadly, are more miss than hit.
VRFocus - With a little over 2 months left of 2015, virtual reality (VR) fans are looking forward to the imminent arrival of the HTC Vive head-mounted display (HMD). Both HTC and partner Valve have confirmed that the kit will launch in a somewhat limited fashion before the year’s end with a wider release expected in 2016. A full reveal for the consumer hardware, its release date, price and launch line-up are expected in the near future, then. Today, it appears some new additions to the kits software suite have accidentally been revealed.
Rhythm games are an interesting genre in the gaming world. The titles can often feature wildly different mechanics or provide game changing twists on familiar formula’s. One of the more popular entries emerged back in 2008 with Dylan Fitterer’s puzzle/rhythm hybrid Audiosurf.
Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
There is a good deal to like about Audiosurf 2. I had played the first game several years ago back when I picked it up as part of Steam Sale (yup, Potato Sack). The first was one of those games I could come back to for short bursts of time and enjoy, and this sequel follows along the same path. It is enjoyable, though it does not feel all that different from the last game, for better and for worse.
So what is Audiosurf 2? At its heart, the game is about racing, but it's creative hook comes from the music you listen to. The music is analyzed by the program and turned into a track that impacts the speed and layout of the race. This is the primary hook from the original game, and here the sequel tries to sell the additional enhancements that the software can make from reading into the music tracks.
