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A Musical Story

A Musical Story

A Musical Story is a PlayStation 4 music and rhythm game released in 2022 developed by Glee-Cheese Studio. It centers on music, rhythm, and performance, button or peripheral timing, and sustained performance, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 4 twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, speaker, light bar, or motion input where the game uses them.

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About this game

A Musical Story is a PlayStation 4 music and rhythm game centered on music, rhythm, and performance, button or peripheral timing, and sustained performance. Songs and difficulty tiers support short repeated practice, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Music, input prompts, and synchronized performance carry the appeal, while HD output, HDR or PS4 Pro modes, HDD streaming, surround audio, and television-distance interfaces need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that calibration, input latency, peripheral conditions, and dense charts can affect precision. Platform conditions also include HDD installs and loading, patch version, storage space, DualShock 4 battery life, PS Camera or PS VR requirements, visual modes, frame rate, and network services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.

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8.0 / 10PlayStation 4

Listening becomes participation in a musical journey with limited later variation.

A Musical Story divides a touring band’s journey into short phrases that the player reproduces with two buttons. Building each instrumental part before hearing the complete arrangement makes attentive listening feel productive; success reveals how that part belongs in the song. Wordless images and melancholy rock, folk and ambient music develop the companions without lengthy dialogue. Across roughly two hours, the phrases become more intricate, while automatic chapter saves and an assist option keep retrying manageable. The limitation is variety. Repeated four-bar sections and similar tempos become more apparent midway through, even as the music remains appealing. Enjoyment depends strongly on an interest in this particular musical mood and a willingness to listen patiently when a phrase has no obvious beat.

Strengths

  • Separating parts closely connects listening and input.
  • Music and wordless storytelling share a clear mood.

Weaknesses

  • Similar tempos and four-bar repetition limit variety.

Who it is for: Rhythm players who enjoy close listening and melancholy independent music.

Play notes: A short musical story; assistance is available for difficult phrases.

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Parts grow gradually more complex over two hours, but similar tempos and repeating four-bar sections become noticeably uniform midway through.

Reviewed7.2 / 10Not provided
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Reconstructing individual parts gives two-button rhythm play a sense of musical participation, with the completed arrangement rewarding listening.

Reviewed8.2 / 10Not provided
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Wordless animated stills and rock, folk and ambient arrangements develop the touring musicians, aligning melancholy with the act of assembling music.

Reviewed8.7 / 10Not provided
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Automatic saves after short chapters and phrase assistance reduce interruption and retry costs, though sections without an obvious beat demand patient listening.

Reviewed7.8 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Release date
2022
Platforms
PlayStation 4
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Tags
Replayable2D GraphicsRhythm-based PlayMusic PerformanceStory-drivenPick-up and PlaySolo-friendlyLow Entry BarrierFast-pacedShort Sessions
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Play modes
Single player
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