Cytus II Reviews

I have been supporting Rayark for years now. Probably since Deemo, back in 2014? Deemo, Cytus II, and VOEZ were my favourite go-to rhythm games whenever I was out and about, and had to pass time. Even the first Cytus was extremely creative with their hidden songs! I have put more hours into Cytus II on my phone than expected. Everything about it is beautiful, each character has a different genre of music, there is actual story, and they put time into threads and responses in game that talk about stuff that’s happening. It’s so immersive and I loved it. However, I found out recently that Rayark had gotten rid of their artists and are replacing them with AI??? I was always raving about how great Rayark is about giving credit where it is due, but if they did this just to cut costs, then I cannot support them any more. I really loved them, but I really don’t want to support companies who try to capitalize on AI creations. Putting artists out of businesses so easily is horrible when they’re making good money with all these songs. So unless they can solidly confirm otherwise, I’m going to be really sad about not being able to sink more money into these games.

Look, I want to say that I adore Cytus. It was a blast to play, and I played it to death. So many good songs, all in a beautiful and fun package. But there was always the underlying issue of DLC. Several of later chapters were locked behind a $10 paywall. That was fine for me. I had all these other fantastic songs, after all. Cytus 2 has ruined that peace of mind by changing how they distribute the songs in DLC. There was great variety in the free content of Cytus. No matter which chapter you played, odds are, there was something you’d like. Cytus 2, on the other hand, restricts songs by artist. Have a kind of music you really like? Hope it’s not DLC. And for me, it was. I strongly dislike two out of three of the free artists. But I can already tell I’d love the DLC characters! All of them seem perfect for me! But I can’t play their songs unless I shell out a frankly absurd amount of money for a game that made me pay up front anyway. And that’s not even the worst part! I’m a guy that loves a good story, so when Cytus started throwing it at me, I loved it! But if HALF of the story makes me pay $30 for it? Well, I’d be very upset, and write a one-star review for the game. Ooh, that’s a good idea. I should go back in time to tell my past self to write this review!

The game has great music just like many of Rayark’s previous invites. So good that I’d like to follow the creators of some of the songs in the future.
However this game does have some misses. This would’t be a problem if it wasn’t for my main complaint though, which is how it seems some songs were organized for the game without even the thought of “is this possible to play?” Ever taking place. Due to how many hours, maybe months even, of time that I’ve put into Rayark’s Rhythm games, I like to think I’m pretty good. But I have to say that some of these songs ARE NOT POSSIBLE to hit all the notes with without being a programmed machine. I’m sure there is a reason why they chose to make it this way, as otherwise would be a huge oversight. But I can’t see that reason justifying the helplessness some of the songs leave you with.
I’d also like to mention the $80 dlc with a growing price for an incomplete story, but many people will talk about that from other reviews. But, as someone that has likely put in $100 dollars+ into these games before Cytus 2, such underhandedness is too far.

I got Cytus 2 a few months ago, and it’s definitely a fun game. It’s ad-free, which is a plus for any free mobile game. It runs extremely smoothly, and the graphics are great. A lot of the charts are great, and some of the songs have definitely grown on me. Eventually, I got to the point where I couldn’t progress any farther without buying any song packs. That’s when the game instantly became unplayable for me. There are about 10 DLC characters, plus many song packs. Each character dlc costs about $10. That means that in order to get all content, you have to spend at least $100 dollars- not counting the extra song packs for free characters. There’s also the recently added capso system, a gacha system that gives a chance to unlock some dlc songs, in case you don’t have that much money like me. However, the capso system also costs $10 to unlock, instead of being free like most other gacha systems in free games.
I wouldn’t mind this as much if the dlc were extras. Unfortunately, they all contain major parts of the main story.
Basically, the game’s fun, but be prepared to spend a lot of money to get the full experience.

I love this game! But every time I come back theres 3 more character or 20 more songs slapped in my face begging me to buy them. I used to play this game when there were only about 8 characters total, it was the best game ever! I understand needing money to continue the game, I understand thats how all games work… but the free things I used to have before in this game suddenly need me to pay for them — and it doesn’t feel nearly as fun scrolling through the songs and seeing 10 locked songs you need to pay for… The only fun I have is reminiscing while playing the older/original songs and seeing the funny social media commentary thats part of the main mission. Besides that I’m not too sure anymore :(
Near the beginning when they came out with more characters I did buy some, they were definitely worth it! But I just don’t think I’m rich enough to continue buying every character and endless amount of songs…

Also… did you guys REALLY get rid of your art team and replace them with AI artists…? Please tell me you didn’t.

If you're a fan of cytus then there's no surprise that the top selling music game is back. Yes cytus 2 has dropped and it's a combination of old school cytus with a dash of Voez. Visuals are top notch and the soundtrack is a mashup of varied genres divided between the characters. This game has my undivided attention for the time being.
***Would it hurt to put in a practice mode? If players keep making the same mistakes on the same places on a chaos level no amount of tries will change the outcome. And your game would receive more playability.*** 4/5 stars because you don't want the players to be able to practice.
***Note: the song "Alterna Pt.1 -Cosmogony-" is quite literally the most painful song I've ever had the misfortune of hearing. It's a brutal assault on the senses. The vocal combination of Ayatsugu_Neverend feat. Kimi sounds like a frog was paired with a less talented Cyndi Lauper. The concentration required to finish the song on any difficulty is a few steps less than trying to land a space shuttle.

Just what I expected from Rayark. I loved the original cytus, and when I heard a sequel was coming, I was half excited and half worried. As much as I loved the first one, I didn’t want to set the expectations too high and hype myself. However, Rayark succeeded to make this second one a masterpiece, by keeping the basic and the most important keypoints of the first one in gameplay, while adding some modern touches, such as simple yet awesome interface designs, new note designs, interesting storytelling, and so on. The only reason I’m not giving the game a perfect score is because the new note designs contain too much particles and blinking lights, and frame drops happen in an old phone, like my iphone 6+. This is actually very distracting, and I would like it if the developers will add some performance options, like less particles or downgrading the whole graphic during gameplay. Or returning the old designs, Idk. Anything that will boost the frame rates in-game. Rather than that, I’m digging it. I’m going to buy both dlcs after I get all the songs for the original characters. Love the wonderful work, Rayark. Hope you keep it up.

I quite enjoy playing this game, definitely one of my favorite rhythm games to play. However, it is quite expensive to buy all the seven (7) DLCs. It'll add up to $70+ which is a lot, even though this game is beautiful and wonderfully made. It would be nice if there was a way to buy all the characters together for less instead of paying $10 each. Perhaps give the $10 (or less) option for buying the characters separately, and a cheaper option to buy them all together.

Though, with what you get I'd say it's worth $2. You get a good pack of songs from four (4) characters, and three (3) different gameplay levels of easy, hard, and chaos. I enjoy playing the songs, even though chaos can get quite difficult at times.

Tip: Use all your fingers if you're playing on chaos, or a difficult hard level. I was playing only with my thumbs but didn't understand how playing chaos was even possible until I watched a video where the player laid the iPad on a table and played using all their fingers. Maybe I'm just dumb 😅

This game is sooo well designed and you can see the care and quality put into this- thank you!! I love how they world build and story-tell- it’s unique. I didn’t play the first cytus since the game graphics didn’t really appeal to me- but this one is just amazing! I played voez, Deemo, and dynamix before getting into this game-
The only complaints I have are that the prices can be a bit high at times but it’s pretty worth- I immediately bought the miku pack but it didn’t disappoint~ I like how they included sales which definitely helps with costs- the only real issue is with the pause button in game.. I get the double tap is supposed to prevent misclicking the pause when you’re actually playing, but it really should just need the one tap- too many times I’ll play and I need to pause but it ends up ruining my score..(at least make it a setting?)
Thank you for this amazing game!

So happy to see there’s a second release of this game.

I’ve been playing it for months and recently bought Connor and a robot song pack. The game is fun and great and harkens to a time when rhythm games were all the rage. Seriously, I miss DDR! But this is like DDR for your hands and let’s be real, we mashed the controller buttons then, too.

If I could make an improvement, it would be to how the screen looks after the game is unpaused. I often forget to turn off notifications so naturally, everyone decides to text me when I’m playing. The message appears on screen and of course, I tap it and the game pauses to load my messages. Well, for many rounds where the bar moves quickly, I forget which direction the bar is going so after I unpause the game, it would be helpful for it to have arrows pointing or up/down words in the direction the bar is moving. Otherwise, I miss the taps immediately and there goes my full combo.

I love this game. It has a good feel to it , all levels of gamers can play, it has great songs, and a story that hooks you like a giant fish and keeps you there. But the thing that I’m wondering is. Will it continue? I remember in Deemo there was the first ending, I guess an update came and the story was added. I want this to be the case . I’m not gonna spoil but the ending is way to much of a cliff hanger . All cliff hangers bring even more questions but they’re all, “ is the main heroin going to live . “ or, “ I wonder what’s behind the mask .” But this game didn’t do that. The questions I’ve had were “ what happened to them? What exactly happened ? Why is this happening to everyone? Wth just happened to her ? And who is that !? “ yet when I looked online , I was only introduced with more questions from Easter eggs you WOULD NOT be able to see without editing. I really hope this is like Deemo and the story continues because I NEED ANSWERS !!!

I normally don’t leave reviews, especially for games, but I had to leave one for this. I haven’t played the first Cytus game but I got this one for the Miku update. As a huge Hatsune Miku fan, I was very curious to see how they would incorporate her into this. I was pleasantly surprised with how they portrayed Miku and how their original story grabbed my attention and kept me wanting to know more. As for the other characters, I love how everyone’s story connects in some way. The characters are all interesting and unique and the songs for each of them are very fun to play and listen to. I also enjoy reading the Twitter-like social media posts and how everyone interacts with each other. The rhythm game aspect of this is something I’m genuinely impressed with. Some games you have to build teams with special characteristics or get special items that save you from having an offbeat note deducted from a full combo, and I don’t especially care for that. In this game, if you miss, you miss. And it makes me want to get better at the more difficult levels to improve my skill and timing rather than spend money on things that will save my offbeat notes for the sake of a full combo. Overall, this game gets 5 stars from me. It’s well made, has great art, great music, and an actual in depth story to it. Well done!

I was a huge fan of Deemo, the storyline and the songs were beautiful, but I liked Cytus I less because the beat you’re supposed to hit always seemed a bit “off”, which made it pretty difficult for me to play the game. Also, the game interface was very distracting in Cytus I and sometimes it was hard to tell which beat comes first. These problems were solved in Cytus II! Not only that, the songs are actually much more diverse in genre and higher in quality in my opinion. IF YOU LIKE ROCK OR METAL, YOU HAVE TO BUY THE XENON CHARACTER. I was pleasantly surprised by the metal and rock songs included in this collection, and while 10 dollars sounds like a lot to pay for a few songs, I don’t regret it at all.

As for the story in the game, I haven’t gotten that far yet and everything seems a bit confusing. This social media style of storytelling is not my favorite, but I bought the game for the songs, not the story, so I’m okay with it.

I stumbled across this masterpiece of a game accidentally around the time of its release while looking for a way to occupy over twenty hours of flight time. I must admit that I IMMEDIATELY loved it and was impressed. Two years later, and I do not say this with the intention of flattery or exaggeration, I firmly hold that this is the best game ever made for the mobile platform. This game has continued to provide a joyful and challenging experience that has not seemed to fade over time. However, it is only after playing songs from the newly released characters ‘Sagar’ and ‘Rin’ that I am moved to write a review. You have created such an incredible experience with Cytus from the mechanics, to the story, to, ESPECIALLY, the music library that has been curated. With these two characters specifically, you have expanded into not only different styles, but into completely new instruments and genres of music from different cultures, and that is a beautiful thing.

Music is a universal language. Please do not stop creating, curating, and expanding the musical exposure you are providing for your players. You have the continued support of at least one very satisfied player.

And seriously, this game is just so much FUN! 😱

I don't think there's much more to say. The story is very satisfying and progresses well with the game. The game itself grants a lot of freedom, allowing players to pick their difficulty. This lets newer players get better until they can take on Hard or Chaos. Chaos mode seems to lead to endless entertainment as you challenge the full difficulty of each song. There's also expansion packs (pretty expensive, but for a good game, the company has to make money) . The game isn't pay to win like many free games are today, and it's not bombarded with ads, another far too common feature of free games today. The story is also very original and how it is presented is also unique, and the creators continue to add content and deliver care to the game. Overall, I really can't say there's anything wrong with this game (perhaps some people may think it's too hard, or it might not be their style, but that's not really the game's fault, and there's an easy mode) .

I have never written a review before but this game deserves one. It’s absolutely incredible and truly one of the finest games I have ever played. The core gameplay is engaging with a perfect difficulty curve. The more you play the more your skill inches up higher and higher and there’s always another chart that was juuuuust out of reach that you can finally now full-complete (MM). The story (yes! Story!) is fantastic, full of engaging characters, deep world-building, complex themes, and unique non-traditional storytelling methods. The cutscenes are rare but are always top-notch quality when they appears.

And finally, THE MUSIC. Rhythm games live or die on their music and Cytus II thrives on a *stellar* soundtrack. There’s something here for everyone and nearly every song is worthy of headphones time on it’s own even separated from gameplay. Rayark has curated an incredible collection of songs from a wide swath of genres that you will want to play again and again.

This game is a masterpiece. If you have any affinity for rhythm games you will absolutely love it.

This is possibly the best game on CytusII Store. It’s so beautifully crafted in all aspects. Gameplay is super smooth, and the maps are a ton of fun and so satisfying to hit. The story is brilliantly told through its various POV’s and has several shocking and creative storytelling parts that are incredibly immersive. The developers have clearly poured their heart and soul into this game because everything about it is just so well polished. I got the game when it came out and have been following it, rabidly consuming any and every update as soon as it came out. The story is so compelling. It’s also great how considerate they’ve been about their DLC’s because they’re not essential to the story (except maybe for ConnoR) but do add a lot and are rewarding if/when you do buy them.

The singular complaint I have is a bug with the Tap FX when using my headphones (Bose QC 35’s 1). The FX are delayed for some reason and it’s actually a huge problem that causes them to sound off. It’s something Rayark should look into. But aside from that, I honestly can’t recommend this game enough!!!

—urgent— it appears that 2.1 has a bug which will not register the songs which were part of previously purchased BM song packs into their respective chapters. It still shows the packs as purchased, and the game will register songs from packs which are purchased after updating to 2.1.
—actual review—
This has to be my favorite rhythm game on iOS (and I’ve played many). The most startling thing about it is how they managed to pull off the story-we can all agree I’m sure that most rhythm games with a storyline have a pretty crappy story. This one, however, like other games from Rayark, has a captivating (albeit complicated) storyline, regardless of the fact that it’s genre isn’t the easiest to create a storyline for. Aside from that, the gameplay is great as well. I get much less lag from this game than others. The visuals are also beautiful.
Though I will say this about the charting: in general it’s pretty good, but the 2 new song packs in 2.1 each have a level “15” chart which plays like a fan made chart. The rest are good, I’m just not liking this new trend.

So far I enjoy the variety of backgrounds more from the first Cytus but overall this game is amazing. It deals with some of the oddities of the original Cytus in creative ways. The really fast moving reaction bar prevents me from not seeing the notes that would appear under my thumb/fingers (depending how I'm playing). You can also tell that Rayark has used lessons they've learned from Deemo and VOEZ when it comes to mapping the notes and adding variety. The maps feel more natural than in the original as well. I'm enjoying the story so far. I'm not done with it yet although I'm not sure if this a sequel or prequel at this point. Idk when I'll buy the other characters but it really does seem like it would be worth it. Can we get the million downloads challenge again ;) ?

Edit: you unlock more levels as you play, it's not 9.99 for 3 songs. I'm pretty sure they'll be adding songs to each character too as time goes on so I'm sure the initial purchase of 9.99 for 10-11 songs will gain value when more songs are added. Then original launched with 30 I think. This one already has like 55 so this will be exciting!

This game is absolutely amazing! The gameplay, the story, and the music are all well-made and enjoyable.

The design of the game fits to its theme. The story is about a world with virtual internet called CyTus and musicians that live in that world. They socialize with their fans and share their news on iM, a form of SNS. A system called OS shows each of the musicians’ story.

Although Cytus2 is a rhythm game, it’s heavily based on story. There are characters and their songs, some free and some pay-walled. You process by playing songs and raising levels, which unlocks the main story and some additional stories of each characters. The DLC pack is pay-walled for people wanting to know more about characters’ back story and play their songs.

Personally, I value songs in a rhythm game more than anything else. There are a lot of free songs to choose from, and from what I’ve played, there are almost too many good songs. If you are planning on downloading it, I suggest Fight Another Day by PAFF and Pure Powerstomper in ROBO_Head.

I suggest buying CAPSO, Alice, and Hans if you fall in love with the game. They were the most worth it for me. Buying other DLC characters depend on the music you prefer.

To sum it up, I just want to say that this game is worth every penny you could spend on. Definitely recommended to give a try.