osu!stream 4+

Better Off

(EDIT: The day after I posted this, the testflight link for osu!lazer was reset. If your a supporter you can enter the beta for it. If not, sorry. The link for non supporters hasn’t been reset yet)

I mean, theres no harm in trying. All songs are free right now so you aren’t missing out. The songs are actually pretty good, but the timings just feel off. Let me tell you, this takes lots of practice. The timing is almost TOO perfect. Your going to be getting “100” score a lot until you master the timings. I mean, props on getting the timing just right. Playing casually isn’t very fun as some songs feel too easy, or extremely difficult. The reason it’s so low is well…the game is old and isn’t getting any new updates, and I get why. Compared to other mobile rhythm games, this just doesn’t have much to offer besides the fact it’s completely free. As said, you’re better off playing actual osu! on desktop. If you really want to play touch screen, play it on a touchscreen laptop, or better yet, try to gain access to osu!lazer mobile, or just wait for it’s release. Lazer is in a way better spot than this ever was.

Brilliance taken to a phone

osu! is a game about clicking circles. What’s so brilliant about that? How you do it. Clicking the circles the beat of songs requires aim, speed, and calmness. This is why osu!stream is also brilliant, maybe even more brilliant than osu! itself.
osu!stream excludes every game mode from osu! but makes up for it by adding the stream gamemode. Stream is like the standard osu! gamemode, but songs either get harder or easier depending on how you are doing. Doing bad? Take less circles. Doing good? Take more circles! Think you are the best? Try expert mode.
Many benefits come from playing on a touch screen, including being able to click 2 circles at once, and just overall easier gameplay than the original osu! where you have to click with a mouse, needing to aim like an fps game. Although this game is discontinued, peppy (the creator) has been working on a new client for osu! planning to be released to all available platforms, including mobile, so soon, mobile players will be able to use all the benefits pc players get, like the original four game modes, standard, taiko, catch, and mania! So that is a very long explanation on why you should get this and get the new client as soon as it comes out. Ok bye

A Few Gripes

I did enjoy the gameplay, but there are a few issues I’ve had which prevent me from rating this higher. First, the song selection is too small. Easy fix, but there are few songs I actually want to play. Second, timing windows seem too small. I feel like I get so many 100s just for being milliseconds off time, and it’s really frustrating (might just be a git gud issue). Also, the pause button will absolutely kill you. Pressing continue instantly starts the song again, with no warning or anything. If you have to pause, don’t even bother pressing continue, just reset, because right now there’s no point.

Overall, gameplay is fine and this looks like it has great potential, just isn’t there yet.

Developer Response ,

thanks! but this is probably the final release

unfortunate you didn't like the song range