BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Software

I'm just going to go ahead and say that this is one of the best rhythm games on the appstore. The gameplay during live shows feels tight and responsive, and also challenging. There's also the addition of visual novel elements with a story being told, but it's not an integral part of the game if all you want to do is play some songs, which I'm sure some will appreciate. The graphics - of course, depending on whether or not you like the anime art style - are pretty phenomenal. The backgrounds and settings are well drawn, and the characters use the whole "Live 2D" thing that REALLY makes them pop out and gives them more personality. I also really respect the fact that this can stay a free game as long as you want it to. Sure, you could buy a whole bunch of stars and do a ton of gachas to get the perfect band, and you could consider that pay-to-win, but it really doesn't feel that way when playing. I'm not barred from any GAMEPLAY because I choose not to pay for things, which was a pet peeve of mine when I tried to play other games like Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery or Sims FreePlay. The new characters and bunch of stars become goals for you; they're things to look forward to. Overall, I've had a blast with this game in the several hoirs that I've played it, and I'm most likely going to continue playing.

I love this game so much! There’s nothing bad about it and I play it a lot in my free time! It’s great, But I do have some recommendations from stories to songs. Here’s a few that would be cool in the game. One thing that would be cool is trading. One day me and my sister had enough stars to get a character. We spend it and I got Ran and she got Aya. I needed Aya and already had a Ran, while she wanted Ran and already had two Aya’s. We really wanted to trade sadly there is no trading mode. I think this would be a cool addition to have trade requests in the game to send to your friends. Another thing that would be cool in the game is in the band stories on the first story to Afterglow, Roselia, Pastel*Palettes, and hello happy world you can get all the characters on each band. I though this was really cool because then I could get the one I wanted. I realized that there are pictures in the stories that are characters to. I thought it would be cool that after the story was done we would get these characters, so that would be cool. Also there should be a leader board just in general to see what place we are in the world. I think that’s it for now. Like I said this game is AWSOME and I’m looking forward to seeing more updates and songs. Thank you for your time.

This game is magical. I’m a huge fan of rhythm games and am constantly amazed by how polished and well-made BangDream is. The beat maps flow so well and the characters and storylines are wholesome fun. The craziest thing to me is that the gacha element is implemented surprisingly well! When I saw that there was a gacha element and microtransactions, I remember groaning, thinking it would be constantly in my face while I use the app. (I had never had good experiences with similar sorts of games). However, the game NEVER pushes the microtransactions and they are COMPLETELY unnecessary to play and progress through the game. It is also, in my opinion, very generous and gives you more than enough credits to play the gacha. I even find myself excited to play the gacha because I feel like I earned it by getting full combos on songs. Eventually I even spent some actual money on the app ($10) because I felt guilty that I was having so much fun without paying for anything. But that is all I’ve ever paid after 2 years. Last year, I convinced my partner to start playing and now she is just as into it as me. She even bought us matching BangDream pajamas. Also, Kokoro is best girl and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. xoxo