‘Taiko No Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat’ Pop Tap Beat Apple Arcade Review – Nearly There – TouchArcade
When Apple determined to launch a ton of video games and broaden the scope of Apple Arcade in early April, Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat from Bandai Namco Leisure was one of the new releases. Ever since that large recreation drop I’ve been slowly catching up on all the brand new releases, however one caught with me since that day, and that’s the rhythm recreation Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat.
I found Taiko no Tatsujin by means of an import launch on PS Vita due to how vibrant the gameplay appeared and the way diverse the track choice was. Previous to that, there had been some Taiko video games on cell however they had been all area locked or had one thing placing me off attempting them. The PS Vita having plenty of rhythm video games I loved undoubtedly acquired me attempting extra within the style on the platform. Taiko no Tatsujin V Model featured a great deal of music from video games, anime, and even some pop songs like Gimme Chocolate! from Babymetal. I performed a ton of it however was fully obsessive about the franchise from the PS4 and Nintendo Switch releases for which I even purchased the drum controller bundle for Nintendo Change.
Alongside Sega’s Project Diva Hatsune Miku video games, Taiko no Tatsujin was simply my favorite rhythm recreation sequence, so I used to be very pleased to see a brand new entry arrive on Apple Arcade within the type of Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat.
When you’ve by no means performed a recreation within the sequence earlier than, Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat follows an identical construction as previous video games the place you must hit (or faucet) a drum in sync with the notes. There are completely different be aware varieties that require both hitting a special a part of the drum (essential drum or exterior) or speedy presses and extra.
Because the track progresses and also you handle bigger combos, the animations, characters, and total visuals hold ramping up within the background. You might be scored by every faucet that may range from Good to Dangerous relying on how appropriately you time your faucet. For the net mode, you possibly can both matchmake with anybody looking or enter a code utilizing symbols to match with a good friend. It is just one versus one proper now.
Rhythm video games dwell and die by their track choice and that’s my solely actual grievance with Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat proper now. It has already seen one large replace that added 10 new songs and there’ll possible be extra coming quickly. This was clearly finished to make sure individuals stay subscribed to Apple Arcade as we now have seen with many video games both transport in elements or getting updates to maintain individuals coming again.
On the one hand, I like having a Taiko no Tatsujin recreation on my iPhone and iPad with excellent cloud sync that doesn’t require me to maintain paying for brand new songs, however Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat has lower than half of what you’d usually see in a Taiko no Tatsujin recreation on console. Hopefully in just a few months, the sport has a a lot larger track listing.
Talking of the songs, the pop part consists of the Zenzenzense from the wonderful film Your Identify and Babymetal’s Gimme Chocolate. The opening for Dragon Ball Z, Neon Genesis Evangelion, are additionally right here alongside one track from Pac-Man, Ace Fight, Tekken 7, Ridge Racer every as those that I loved from the anime and recreation music sections. Music from Digimon Journey, Captain Tsubasa, and One Piece can be included within the present track listing.
These songs all have simple, regular, laborious, and excessive issue settings. The final two will certainly destroy you, at the very least initially. As you full extra songs each on-line and offline, you possibly can unlock cosmetics for Don Chan (the principle character you play). These vary from full costumes to completely different elements you possibly can combine and match with the colours out there.
Visually, Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat is excellent. It appears to be like beautiful and runs completely on each my iPhone 11 and iPad Professional (2020). When you’re on an older gadget, you possibly can flip down among the visuals to keep up a rock strong body price. I had no points within the time I’ve spent over the months on each units. In actual fact the load instances make it laborious to play the PS4 and Nintendo Change variations if I simply wish to shortly play a track like I can do on iOS.
On the subject of controls, you should use full contact controls that work properly or use a controller. I performed with my PS5 DualSense controller and contact controls. The contact controls will really feel at house to anybody who performed the Nintendo Change recreation with contact controls. When you play with contact controls, you possibly can play with a semi-transparent or strong drum on the underside or a break up drum with the identical choices.
In its present state, Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat is a good addition to Apple Arcade. Hopefully it will get extra songs and even modes by means of large updates like most of the video games on the service have been getting in current months. When you’ve by no means performed a recreation within the sequence earlier than, Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Faucet Beat is a brilliant polished entry that’s mild on content material proper now however remains to be a pleasure to play and an awesome rhythm recreation to simply pickup and play.
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