The negative reviews are mostly *I bought a skill-based rhythm game and I'm not good at it, so the game as a whole is a negative.*

It's an amazing game.

I want to love this game, but some details about it really prevent me from getting hooked on it

I thought I'd find this game really fun but it's utter pain.

Movement is tied to the beat which feels frustrating to play with, especially when you have to travel a far distance and there's nothing between you and your destination. Each floor has it's own single song so the music can get repetitive rather quickly if you're stuck on the first few floors.

There's permanent upgrades which is nice, but you can't carry your currency over between runs so you have to play harder floors to continue to unlock things. So if you suck like me, you'll hit a steep difficulty curve unless you can push through.

There's a coin multiplier (also sometimes tied to damage or defensive items) that falls off if you miss a single beat. So it seems like you're encouraged to move with every beat and never stop. But then it's incredibly hard to read enemy patterns or do things like read item descriptions.

Basically the game feels more stressful than fun. But I think it's a really unique gameplay concept, so if you're into difficult roguelites and rhythm-based games, it's definitely worth a try.