Freeware PC

Your rhythm game craving can now be adequately fulfilled.

Straight from the Osu! website: "osu! is a rhythm game based on the gameplay of the popular Nintendo DS series Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! and its overseas counterpart Elite Beat Agents. While trying to keep an authentic feel gameplay-wise, osu! has a wide range of online features, such as player rankings and replay exchange. Also available is a fully functional in-built editor allowing intuitive creation of your own beatmaps, and a quickly growing library of user-created content."

As mention in the above description, Osu! remains faithful to the DS rhythm game but brings it the PC and adds a lot of user created goodness. If you don't know what Elite Beat Agents is like, watch the video below for what the gameplay is like.



The greatest thing about Osu! is the community, there are thousands of songs to download from their website right off the bat but unfornutely none come with the program.

An editor comes with the game so you can make your own beatmaps as well as a great online component so you can challenge other players and your friends.

The menu system, interface, graphics and controls are really simple. My one and only complaint is the not so simple learning curve. Most of the songs I downloaded took a number tries to complete, even on the easiet difficulty.

Other than that, you've got a great rhythm game with limitless potential.

Download beatmaps and the game at http://osu.ppy.sh/ for free!

The Bottom Line: 9 out of 10
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