Review: Lyrica (Nintendo Switch)

A young man who dreams of succeeding in life through music suddenly slips through time and space into ancient China and meets a mysterious poet. Please enjoy the story that is intertwined with the historical anecdotes and classic masterpieces of famous poets.

Pros:

  • Nice graphics.
  • 259mb download size.
  • Rhythm action gameplay.
  • Lyrica is full Touchscreen.
  • Optional tutorial.
  • Lyrica has its own in-game achievements.
  • Options-speed (1-5), tap volume, sfx, and fx sliders along with an input timer correction timer.
  • 3 modes- story, challenge, and songs.
  • Decent soundtrack.
  • Story-2 characters Chun and Yang. Play levels with set targets and unlock images.
  • Songs-arcade mode. Pick a song and difficulty.
  • Challenge-handful of set objectives on certain songs.
  • Full stats screen.
  • Photo album-shows off completed images. As you play story a level will then reveal a square of the image until complete.
  • Lyrica has you earn EXP and achievements to unlock new songs/images and sfx.
  • 3 difficulties-easy, normal and hard.
  • Many input types for notes in a song from a tap, double tap to swipes and holds.
  • Face button shortcuts on the menu.
  • Easy enough to learn the ropes.
  • Best played with headphones.
  • Quite a large library of songs.

Cons:

  • The soundtrack makes or breaks it but to be honest it’s not too intrusive.
  • Have to unlock the Yang story.
  • No interactive tutorial.
  • Lyrica lacks leaderboards.
  • No song progress bar.
  • Casual game.
  • Hard to distinguish icons at times.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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