Osu!

Osu! is a rhythm game based of the Nintendo DS game "Osu! Tatake! Ouendan" (or "Elite Beat Agents" in the US). Any of you who own a DS should know of this fantastic game that got 9.5 from IGN. Osu! is the exact same gameplay, except this is for the PC.

This is the song selection screen:



As you can see, there are thousands of songs that are downloadable from the main site. The gameplay, as you can see, is the same, addictive one from the DS:



The game also has different modes, including Taiko!



The site itself is really easy to navigate and it's easy to find the songs you want. Most anime songs I know of are here and ranked.



You can visit the site and get the game here. It's a really fun game, and even if you've never played the DS game, I'm sure you'll like it. The only downside is that it's quite hard to begin with. Play it a bit and I'm sure you'll be fun.

Some Osu! Players...

I don't really know how to play it any tutorial?

Downloaded it, and its great. I kinda suck though, with my horrible reaction time and such.

You guys who started playing this should share your usernames so we can add each other! :D



You just click the circles as the larger circles close in. It should tell you.



You are using the Keyboard, right? Many people actually click with their mouse. > <

You can also use the "Easy" mod, which you can select from the bottom. It halves your score but makes the song much easier.

You can use your keyboard? news to me.

But yeah, usernames schmitty on it.

Use the "Z" and "X" keys. "Z" is Left Click and "X" is Right Click. You can change that in the options. The video is also amazing. Cyclone is insane (Ranked #1).

Added you. I see that you like "Don't be Lazy". ^^

I downloaded the game, I'm not to sure how to exact the beat maps onto the game though.

my name is the same nick I use on fakku.

All you have to do is drag the beatmap file into the "Songs" folder inside your "Osu!" directory.

Added.

I was a fan of Elite Beat Agents, so I'll give it a shot. Username is Halestorm.

Picked this game up now, 58% accuracy on the tutorial, wtf I sux.

Seeing someone of the Osu! community is being a terrorist, I had to use my alternative username "nachorz". Add me, or something!

/Edit: A question regarding that game. I now played some easy map, and after I finished it with a "decent" score I moved on to it's version of increased difficulty - where I repeatedly died without any idea why. Several tries later I actually realized that it's because most of those buttons are overlaying each other and I would just have randomly misses popping up without any other means to figure them out but through trial and error. Is that common in this game or is just that one beatmap designer simply sadistic? Running the map on the "Easy" mode makes matters only worse, seeing the buttons get even bigger and overlay each other even more...

Username is "Catch" add me now Imperial! :D
Also, it's time for DJMAX songs.

I registered, username is biketough. Let's give this a shot!

Added. Nice job btw with your points.



Added.

As long as you're playing a Ranked beatmap, it has been approved by a moderator so there should be nothing unfair. From what I can see in your play history, you've become quite a good player. You have a higher accuracy than even me!

Maybe we should verse some time. ;)



Added. :D



Hope you enjoy it Mike. And can you confirm with Hibia regarding whether he is the 'Hibia' on Osu?

I don't think that has any meaning. That's the average of now... four beatmaps. Yay. I've got golden S (Whatever that means.) on a 2 star and a 3 star map, and the best I got on a five star (After now two days of learning it.) is a green B rating, and I'm still constantly failing on it whenever I'm trying to do it on "normal" mode with it's unforgiving HP system.

I watched "Don't say lazy" on auto mode. Bricks have been shat - this game is ridiculous regarding difficulty. Seriously. I can't see myself pulling that off any time soon.

This game is very difficult, yes, but have you seen the replays of the top scoring people? There are a lot of insanely skilled people into this game.

Also, did you see the video I posted above, Cyclone (Ranked #1) playing "Justice to Believe"?

Now I did.

Back to my five star map then, it is. Who the fuck am I to complain about difficulty anymore.

But seriously, you're on a row. You've had almost 200 plays - and you've only been playing for like 2 days.

Looks like a lot of fun. I will download as soon as the website works. >:[

It's working.

Whoo. I beat my first five stars map without any difficulty decrease. Watching that guy's video and now using two keys instead of one for clicks is actually doing wonders.



What's up with New Zealanders and their unmatched talent for stalking people. D:

But no, I'm not that much of a freak. Half of my plays were retries in the first stage of a song, like twenty seconds into it, resulting out of epic fail and it's following rage due to dropping to 65% accuracy right after the start.