mallory dagreatest
The game is very good with a lot of classical music! But I have one big problem. The music doesn't align with the notes. The note is on the line you need to press before the audio plays. So if you try to press the thing at the same time the note plays, it says that you missed it because the audio is delayed which makes it unsatisfying to play....
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S.J. Margadonna
This game is worth 10 stars. Pianista is not only a free, extremely well-made game, but it is also musically and historically informative. It's obviously not a replacement for a real piano, yet it's so close that the higher difficulties actually help the coordination between both hands, a concept that is difficult to grasp when learning an instrument. 10/5
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The general rule with Android/iOS games is: behind every decent game is an awful pay structure that wants to siphon as much money as humanly possible from you. There has perhaps never been a better example of this rule than Pianista. The game itself is fantastic. The tracks are very thoughtfully arranged to make the player feel a real connection to the piano keys/chords being hit, the selection is massive and there is information attached to the composers for anyone whose Pianista sessions inspire them to learn a little bit about the people behind the music they enjoy. Unfortunately, it has one of the most insulting pay-to-play structures I have ever encountered in a video game. If you want to play for free you'll be watching 30-second ads before *every single song*, and even then watching the ad doesn't always register and give you credit. I'd love to buy the game, but instead of making an ad-free, purchasable copy available, the game offers you a rental structure whose price isn't that shy of a Netflix subscription. I can't emphasize enough how sleazy the pay structure is.
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