I don’t think I could personally recommend this game, but if the idea of it sounds appealing to you, it might be worth the $20 asking price. If the normal difficulty gets a bit too mundane for you, this should spice things up a bit. This mode makes each song quite a bit harder, and changes up the experience quite a bit for each song. This is the Hardcore Edition of the game, which also adds a Hardcore difficulty to both the Challenge and Playlist modes. The playlist mode is basically just a free play, no string attached mode. There’s a challenge mode that tasks you with clearing two songs and a boss, and you earn in-game currency based on your performance used to unlock more songs. There’s a total of 39 songs, though you’ll have to unlock a good amount of them. A pretty sizable soundtrack, even a co-op mode with both local and network support. If the core gameplay looks compelling to you, there’s certainly a lot to get out of this game here. I prefer my rhythm games to be a bit more tactile in nature. I can’t say Just Shapes and Beats is a bad game, just is a game that’s not really for me.
