I’m pretty good at DDR and Taiko no Tatsujin but I was never able to make it past easy difficulty in this game. Even the harder songs on Easy difficulty had me mashing the buttons as fast as I could, which sometimes works, just to try to keep up. Not only that but you can speed up the rate at which the notes fall by up to four times to make it totally impossible for any real human being. If you love rhythm based games like Beatmania and are looking for a challenge then you should import this. On the other hand if you’re only decent but really enjoy Korean pop, rock, R&B, and animation you still might want to consider it as a two CD music disk with great music videos.


The manual is in Korean but does that really matter? All menus in the game are in full English except for the save menu. A large portion of the songs are in English as are their lyrics in the manual. It really doesn’t get much more import friendly than this.

You can also try before you buy by downloading the PC version.

You can download a trial from here:
http://game.netmarble.jp/cpsite/djmax/download/down_01.asp
And register to play here:
http://www.netmarble.jp/Member/Regist/

• 58 Songs with great supporting sounds
  
• Beautiful animation
  
• Engaging Beatmania gameplay
  
• MV & OST modes
  
• Lots of unlockables

• Hard
  
• It's really freaking hard
  
• Did I mention it's hard?