I'm ashamed to say that, as an old player who has been mixed between hardcore audio games and two-dimensional card drawing for many years, I am very interested in "BanG Dream!" "I have heard of this IP for a long time, but I really decided to play this "Dream Concerto!" Girl band party! 》, it's still a recent thing. I happened to be visiting the music area today, so I wanted to chat about my experience this time.
Let's talk about the picture first. The art style of this game is quite pleasing, and the Live2D performance effects are among the first in similar mobile games. The characters are exquisitely drawn, and the characters have rich expressions during daily conversations, with vivid eyes, mouth corners, and small movements. Especially when it comes to the performance, the 3D stage modeling, camera movement, and exclusive costumes for each song have a strong visual impact. Although the overall rhythm is bright and cute, it excels in its exquisite details. It is not a nerdy movie, but has a refreshing feeling like a campus band youth drama. It is relatively mature in terms of optimization. I ran it on a mid-range machine without any frame drops, which is a plus.
In terms of gameplay, it is a typical combination of "drop-in audio game + idol development". The core playing music feels very solid, the note judgment is loose but not brainless, and the span from easy to difficult is reasonable. It is friendly to novice music game players, and veteran players can also find challenges in the expert and special difficulties. The most interesting thing is its "band formation" system - different characters have different band skills and attributes, and the combination will affect the score and blood volume, which gives the team a strategic dimension. In addition, each band has its own plot line, and the character portrayal is very good, and it doesn't feel like a simple skin-changing card at all.
Speaking of krypton gold, an objective evaluation must be given here: it belongs to the "conscience to a bit unexpected" type. Even if you don't have krypton cards to draw cards, you can also rely on daily accumulation of star stones. Although the four-star rate is not high, it has a guarantee and a wish list, and the number of cards given away in the event is quite considerable. What's more important is that the songs and most of the core gameplay are completely free, and there is no need to pay money and there is no battle power crushing. Of course, if you want to have all the illustrations and all the costumes, it will definitely be a bottomless pit, but in terms of "experience the complete game", you can definitely have fun with 0 krypton.
The social aspect is one of the highlights of this game. Offline live linkage, band fan community, friends working together to play songs, real-time room interaction... you can feel that this is a product that truly manages the "band atmosphere". From time to time, there will be cross-server activities, and everyone will participate in activities together to compete for the rankings. The energy is very similar to the feeling of opening a black forum in the early years. Moreover, the in-game chat emoticons and Q-version character interactions are very cute, and you won't be left alone.
If I were to find fault, it would probably be that the pace of the plot is too slow, and the daily dialogue in the early stages is a bit slow, which is not friendly to impatient players. In addition, the materials dropped by playing songs are highly repetitive, and the demand for development resources in the later period is large, which can easily lead to fatigue due to repeated grinding. There is a high proportion of covers of old songs, relatively few original songs, and the expansion of the copyrighted music library is also slow.
Overall, I give it a rating: 8.5/10. The screen is 9, the gameplay is 8.5, the gold is 9.5, and the social interaction is 8.5.
It does not rely on hard harvesting to force krypton, nor does it have the pressure of fighting monsters that burn out the machine. Instead, it uses solid audio game gameplay, delicate character creation, and warm band stories to let players slowly sink into it. If you like music, youth group dramas, and the thrill of "working together to host a live", then this is definitely worth a try. 🎶
Logically speaking, it is not the most hard-core music game ceiling, but it is the kind of warm work that can make you laugh out loud at the screen while playing songs on your commute or in a single room late at night. The dreams of girls may be the stage that we adults have rehearsed countless times in our hearts.