KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE Steam Charts & Stats

i like this game a normal amount

The charts are decent, but the game is low budget and lacking polish. It gets a pass from me since I'm a fan of kamitsubaki.

A decent rhythm game with fun characters favourite being COKO since I like her laid back personality but overall the music is okay to great depending your taste with that being said the controls on keyboard are difficult & you'll have a much easier time playing on mobile than on keyboard. Buy this game if you want to play rhythm to pass the time because around 50 songs for at this price is worth it or just wanting to get into rhythm games since it is really polished & fun to play.

[b] clarification for people unfamiliar since people are giving negative reviews based on their misconceptions: [/b] this game [b] does NOT [/b] use generative AI. CeVIO AI is a software similar to vocaloid, a digital voice instrument that requires writing and tuning by the user to render a result like any other digital instrument, but that uses a trained machine learning model by the voice provider instead of just regular recordings from the voice provider to create a better rendered result. in the case of CeVIO and vocaloid6 it's for a more expressive voice, and in the case of softwares like SynthesizerV and Maghni AI it's for a more flexible and less digital sounding rendered result. regardless, all of the control is in the hands of the user and the programs are useless without b hours /b of user input. the ai terminology is leftover from an era before generative AI, where the ML (machine learning) models used in these softwares were the only AI that really existed and thus made it a cool marketing point. most companies are even dropping AI branding now, with dreamtonics removing AI from their synthesizerV branding with the release of version 2 since the meaning of AI has changed since these softwares released. now onto... [h1] THE REVIEW [/h1] [b] update 3/29/25 [/b] honestly, just get the game on switch. the game looks way better and plays way better in handheld mode on the switch, and you can also get the dlc on switch if you want it, so just get it there. pretty much all of my negatives aside from story things are not issues with that version. [b] Original review [/b] The game has very clear signs of being a mobile game first. from the criware engine for audio to the large touch designed UI, it's clear that this is just a mobile port, so that could potentially bug some players. Additionally, the game only supports up to 1080p which is quite strange, as even most midrange phones have a higher than 1080p screen nowadays. This causes the game to look kinda blurry on my 1440p monitor. The reference lane for adjusting offset is also bugged, causing the visuals and sound to be misaligned in the offset preview even though there are no issues in game. i imagine this is another occurence of weird mobile game port problems. The last issue is with the gameplay. the game regularly changes from 5k to 7k, with lanes 1 and 7 disappearing until they are needed. as a person who's only played VSRGs (vertical scrolling rhythm games) on PC that are 4k/4k with a gimmick and is thus having to learn 7k to play this game, having the lanes appear and disappear is HORRIBLE for muscle memory, and causes me to drop the combo nearly every time. i imagine this will be less of a problem as i learn 7k better but it does make the game less accessible for rhythm gamers new to 7k. lastly for issues with the game, it does that rhythm game story thing where the story throws a massive pile of mysterious jargon at you with no real explanation right away, making it really uninteresting to trudge through very quickly. after the first 4-5 or so dialogue scenes i started skipping the story entirely. [b] as for positives [/b] the game runs really well, the songs list the vocalist used, the producer, and any other writing credits as well, which is nice to see for a relatively unknown rhythm game (even as a person who listens to singing synth music, is a music producer, and owns KAFU boxed i didn't know this existed LMAO). there are some really great songs available and the song list is pretty long for a 4 dollar game, even though the DLCs seem kinda expensive. this is one of those where you'll probably be happy with just the base game due to the sheer amount of great content unless there are songs you really really want in the DLCs. The game also utilises kamitsubaki's aesthetic really well, so if you're a fan of their voice instruments or other projects made by them you'll find the aesthetic of this game right in line with your expectations.