Pair rhythmic records to your curious customers as George, AKA Mr. Records
It’s always a delight when a new rhythm game comes on the scene and does something clever or new. Mr. Records takes the familiar, side-scrolling button tapping that we’re used to and wraps it all in a story about an elderly man named George who has decided to open up a record shop. Each of the songs that you can play are ones that you can go on to stock in your shop – once you’ve played through them as a rhythm-based level – and then match up to your customers.
Gitaroo Man’s wailing guitar and analogue stick pairing, Taiko Drum’s cute mascots and Parappa The Rapper’s, well, story, were all things that made them stand out, and I think that people will speak similarly about Mr. Records’ shop sections and the little conversations that you have with your customers.
While George’s slipping and sliding looks great and the record shop setting allows for a lot of music genre strafing, I think that a lot of people are going to remember its simple matching game that you play with characters as part of running the shop. Characters such as the clueless boyfriend who wants to impress his music-loving girlfriend, or the forgetful old lady who largely remembers vinyl cover colours or close ups of the singers have stuck with me where some of the music hasn’t.
I played through half a dozen songs while at Gamescom, and while some of the timing could do with tightening up (although the developers said that screen syncing is in the works – so there is hope) it’s the shop parts that I can’t wait to see more of. That said, I will, very gladly, suffer my way through any songs that it throws at me in order to find out the fate of each of the customers, and learn all the wacky facts about the fictional bands that fill up Mr. Records’ shelves.
Mr. Records currently has no release date, but when it does release then it will do so for PC and Nintendo Switch 2.
