I love eighteenth-century composer Frederic Chopin. I love video games. I really like video games featuring Frederic Chopin. With the release of Fred3ric, available now at Nintendo switchch eShop, Forever Entertainment is cementing its position as the most prolific producer of Chopin video games. They made three of them, beating both Bandai Namco (Forever Sonata) and the Bloober team (Master Master: Chopin).
To get up to speed, Chopin made his way to his grave in the 2012 rhythm game Frederic: The Resurrection of Music. After that he wrestled with the finest modern arrangements of his famous songs in 2014 Frederic: Evil Can Come Back. In this new approach, you face the greatest threat, the physically produced versions made by some of the greatest composers of history.
Fred3ric it also hosts the time-abandoned-punk composer Chopin against the evil cybernetic god Zeitgeist. Although his previous plans to corrupt Chopin by tossing him in with the other rhythmic singers have failed twice, Zeitgeist does it in the third, because it's a machine and not a real thinker.
What is different about Chopin's opponents. Instead of battling modern genres of music made by members of pop stars, he simply breaks down the likes of Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach. The Zeitgeist attracts big time designers, promotes them spiritually, and frees poor Freddie Chops.
Bach becomes Hyper J.S.Bach, an Ultra keyboard player. Beethoven's well-documented hearing loss is not a problem for Ludvig Van Cyborg, a hyper uber-Beethoven sensation of cyber.
Previous entries in Frederic the series has led players to tap the poppy mix of Chopin music. Fred3ric it threatens the music of Chopin's opponents into favorable medals. Beethoven's section, for example, features an amazing combination of his fifth song and the title "Ode to Joy." In the section of Norweigian composer Edvard Grieg it's a good mix of several songs I know but I don't know the name because it's Edvard Grieg. Good stuff.
Fred3ricRhythm game battles are the norm. Notes drop, press the order buttons correctly to keep your score above your opponent. Players can use the buttons to represent notes on the Chopin keyboard, but the game is designed for touch controls. Putting Switch down and playing it with a touch of lightness touches the screen feeling more natural. Unfortunately I can't record footage from Switch when it doesn't work, so consider the screenshot below for me to play.
Fred3ric it is short and sweet. There are only eight stages of fine reading, and the performance is fast approaching for players who are familiar with even classical music. There is no learning curve for learning new songs, as in other rhythm games. These are the normal channels made by a familiar face with strange cydernetic enhancements.
With their animated cartoon cutscenes, sense of humor, and the ridiculous handling of some of the best music artists in history, Fred3ric continues to tell the bizarre joke Forever Entertainment started rolling back in 2012 The Awakening of Music. I'm older.
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