Whenever you have some downtime, just play. It's incredibly easy to just start up between things.

It takes 5 seconds to start, and then 5 more seconds to be inside playing a map. But playing with mouse-only is also very possible (not many people do it, it's hard), touchscreen is also a thing but even more rare, and not great. The most common setup by far is mouse+keyboard.ĭrawingtablet+keyboard is widely seen as the 'best'. You're free to use any input device you want that can move the cursor and any button to click the objects. That's the goal.īut those times when you get a sick full combo, it's a good feeling. You can't win in this game, just suck slightly less compared to all the rest. You have no team mates to blame, it's all you, and you're terrible at osu, just like everyone else.

It's very competitive and the ranking system is accurate enough to value real skill over just 'play time'. It's a rhythm game where you point your cursor at objects on the screen and then click on them along with the beat. If you've never heard of any of the nintendo DS games, then the simplest way to put it is: The gameplay concept are the same in Osu! except there's a lot less stories being told in the background. It's more or less a PC port of the nintendo DS games 'osu tatakae ouendan' also known as 'Elite Beat Agents'. If you're the kind of person who just wants a video instead of a bunch of words: That's the game.

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