Games Audiosurf - the best audio and visual experience THIS YEAR!!! (Read 2215 times)

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Audiosurf is a full game currently buyable on Steam for $10, and it is WORTH it because not only is it COMPLETELY INNOVATIVE but its an amazing experience all around.

Audiosurf takes any song on your PC (in many different supported formats) and analyzes the song. By analyzing the song, Audiosurf creates a track that you, in a ship, travel along. There are many different ships, each ship is its own gamemode. One ship may let you randomly shuffle the cars (more on this later) you have collected randomly, another lets you push cars, another is two ships in one that you control at once, etc.

Audiosurf spawns cars on the track, which you race towards and collect. They are in various colors (based on the song) and you have to get 3+ near each other to score points from them and throw them away.

Its really hard to explain but it is amazing. Its like Klax (if you've played it, if you haven't: shame on you) only with music you choose and cooler.

For songs, songs that are fast and loud are generally the best, they make the track bend, go up and down, etc. Classical music, heavy metal, and rock work the best for COMPLICATED super cool tracks, while country, blues, etc all make the track somewhat basic and slow.

If you want it, PM me, I can hook you up with the full updated version that works without Steam and supports the scoreboards, but I implore you to purchase this game if you even semi enjoy it since it is an indie game that was luckily picked up by Valve for Steam. Support these guys, they deserve it!


Here are completely new screens, showcasing the game with max settings all in Ninja Mono mode:





This is a special effect option called "Rust"


This is the most PC intensive effect called "Paint" that makes everything look like it was painted.

Post songs that you think make amazing tracks here too (lots of bends and curves, basically a wild track!!), and that way others can maybe try them out??

Awesome Song Track List:
Kingdom Hearts 2 One Winged Angel
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers - Theme Song (Full version)
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Freebird - Lynard Skynard
Poison - Alice Cooper
Vertigo - U2
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
The Final Countdown - Europe
One Winged Angel - Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children
Fury of the Storm + through the fire and flames - DragonForce
Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down

Here are some videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3IX_WNP9yg - Futurama Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPaCQOXgvRY - Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

Site:
http://www.audio-surf.com/
Last Edit: August 24, 2008, 11:47:21 am by HL
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man i wasnt impressed by the franz ferdinand video but i watched the chop suey one that was just under it and it looked pretty awesome
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man i wasnt impressed by the franz ferdinand video but i watched the chop suey one that was just under it and it looked pretty awesome

yeah its just 1 of the 10 game modes in the game...
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You were listening to Power Rangers haha? Sounds pretty cool, so what all I do is get this, listen to ANY song and it creates a track I can race on, and depending on what type of song I play like a techno song it will be faster or more.. buzzy I guess.. Fucken AWESOME!!

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It DOES look quite interesting. But Klax is klap! That's like "crap" in an asian voice! Hahaha!



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klax was cool, man. i prefered it over columns and shit anyway due to the sound effects alone!
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Saw this at the IGF and it looks pretty cool. I'll try it out when the actual thing is released.

big thanx to dragonslayer for sig!
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klax was cool, man. i prefered it over columns and shit anyway due to the sound effects alone!

this man obviously knows his games well


how can anyone think klax was crap


srsly


i can't wait til beta 2 to see what they changed...
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Somebody should make Vib Ribbon for PC
http://djsaint-hubert.bandcamp.com/
 
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That reminds me of the visualizations in Winamp, except you can't control those and get points...
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Somebody should make Vib Ribbon for PC
i love that soundtrack



and this game looks cool but i guess ill wait for beta2??
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you found this on /v/ didn't you
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Played a few songs on this, it's quite fun really. I'm still not all that good at it but getting gold metals is way too easy.
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you found this on /v/ didn't you

You are so gay for saying this.
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i take back what i said earlier, elite mono or whatever is easily the most fun mode

my fave songs so far are the either 100% really fast ones (i obviously have a lot of these) or the balanced ones

wizards in winter is really awesome for this btw
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Man, I felt all those videos are really bad (even the Chop Suey) but then I saw this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-z6YK92otg

The rest just didn't really feel like they went with the music. Probably just me though. *p-ch-pow*
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they very much do go with the music when you're actually doing it. you feel your fingers moving in rhythm without even realising

on that note, fury of the storm by dragonforce on ninja mono is excellent

edit: oh, its pretty much the same as the link esh gave haha. except i like fury of the storm more :D

edit: oh here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqNLDaw2BM4
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Stadsport must see this

Also I must try Cock Ver 10 on this
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ps advent children version of one winged angel is awesome on this too
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ps advent children version of one winged angel is awesome on this too

yeah i totally just tried this

its like the kingdom hearts 2 one




but better....

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