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Audiosurf - Ride your music
Awesome Locks | 11:30 AM on 02.17.2008 16 comments





In case you didn't know, this pretty slick little game came out over Valentine's day, and let me tell you. This is probably one of the best music related games that I've enjoyed since DDR (Sorry, Guitar Hero isn't really my cup of tea)

It's kind of like a mash up of F-Zero, tetris, and Frequency. You can upload whatever music you want (much to my surprise, even in formats like .ogg and .flac ^_^) and 'ride' along the track, making clusters of similarly colored blocks and getting points to flex your e-peen on the leaderboards.

The game is also one of the first titles that has taken advantage of the recently released Steamworks so rock on Valve, helping out the little guys.

There's a demo available on Steam, you can play for ~1 hour before it prompts you to buy the game, and it's only $10. So go on! Try it already!



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Holyetheline's Destructoid Blog
I need to get back on Steam again then, lol.
MrSadistic's Destructoid Blog
So you enjoy DDR... but not GH. Wow.

Also, I tried Audiosurf and it was fun for about 10 minutes. I guess it isn't my "cup of tea".
Chaosye's Destructoid Blog
@MrSadistic

BURN THE WITCH.
The Dutch Slayer's Destructoid Blog
Its one of the best games I have played in a long time (read bioshock :P).
Very cool my music experience has changed a lot last 48 hours :D
Triphoppin's Destructoid Blog
this is also out on PC...has been for awhile
youkilledmyguy's Destructoid Blog
I posted about this the other day. It's an awesome game. I recommend playing it along with Nine Inch Nails' Heresy.
Mxyzptlk's Destructoid Blog
That's it, I'm so downloading this when I get home.
atheistium's Destructoid Blog
do want :(
WDot's Destructoid Blog
For $10 it's not a great deal, and pretty much any song works well on it. Heck, I was having a blast with Coldplay and the Strokes songs (Strokes songs can sometimes fill the freaking screen with blocks). That said, I think this'll motivate me to expand my music collection.
WDot's Destructoid Blog
*Oops, it is a great deal.
njsykora's Destructoid Blog
I'll check out the demo but this has to go up against Phase in this arena now. I don't think that's a battle it can win.
Wedge's Destructoid Blog
No, this doesn't go up against Phase. It is NOT a rhythm game, which is the biggest misconception people have. It's an action puzzle/racing game, depending what mode you play it on. The playing field just happens to be generated from your music.

And there's really no excuse to not get it at $10.
Eschatos's Destructoid Blog
I will buy!
ajaxender's Destructoid Blog
I love this game!

Btw, Hans Olo is me. I think im still winning a couple of songs :P


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