Crunchyroll: Spin Rhythm

Wish I could’ve played this before it became a crunchyroll exclusive cuz it looks really cool and fun and I ain’t paying 14 bucks a month just for games

Let me start off by saying I love Spin Rhythm. I have it on PC and put about 100 hours on it and played on all sorts of devices, from KBM to my Steam Deck and Steam Controller (2nd gen). So when I heard there was a Spin Rhythm mobile port, I wanted to try it. Gameplay and progression wise is exactly the same as PC, which is great. I’m used to playing with the trackpads already when I played on Steam Controller, so converting to this input was effortless. This is probably my favorite rhythm game, as it’s pretty easy to pick up, the charts are fun, and you kinda feel like you’re actually playing the songs instead of some overcharted mess. However, I’m giving it 3 stars instead of 5 stars is because it’s pretty much overpriced compared to every other platform + there’s no custom songs. The price is about $11.99 bucks per month, but you do get access to other Crunchyroll games and anime - However, I don’t watch anime and I don’t really play any other games so I really wished there was a one time fee to just own the game straight up without an expensive subscription No custom songs is pretty disappointing; Don’t get me wrong, the original OST is such a banger, but with this price level I absolutely expected custom songs support - Would just be nice if we could just upload a file, kinda like Minecraft Bedrock on mobile, to add custom songs to our library. I do also note that there’s no cross progression; I’d have to manually unlock every cosmetic/song, which is honestly not too much of a big deal because I level up stupidly fast by beating one XD song, which allowed me to buy multiple songs I’ve been playing, but it is still a small thing that I wish got added I do also appreciate the ability to play in both portrait and landscape, but I really wished you could fine tune the settings even further by making some settings, like camera zoom, button opacity, etc., separated from each mode. There is some settings that are separated, like the button sizes, but I wish there was more Also, no offline support sucks a lot. I got this game while on vacation because I had the itch to play this game, so I was kinda left hanging when booting it up during airplane rides and got stuck at staring into the Crunchyroll logo without wifi Overall, gameplay is 10/10, but what holds it back is the expensive price and lack of modding capabilities compared to PC