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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone Short Review

By: RJ (@rga_02)

• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone
  
• Developer - SEGA
  
• Publisher - SEGA
  
• PlayStation 4 (and your local arcade)

Miku seems to be poised to be the new mascot of SEGA overtaking the likes of Sonic or Sega Sanshiro. I’m kidding of course, but she has had wonderful reception in the Western World as of late. Her games are being localized, appearing on late night talk shows, and she happens to be friends with Scarlett Johansson. It’s only natural for her to get a new game. 

SEGA took a free to play approach for this game. The base game contains two songs and to fully take advantage of this game you would need to buy a pack or two. Regardless if you buy one pack or both, you will still be greeted by a plethora of songs to get frustrated on. Colorful and Future Tone contains 100 and 120 songs respectively with each pack costing $29.99 each or $53.99 for both. Colorful Tone is more pop while Future Tone is more rock. If 200+ songs aren’t enough to satisfy your Miku Miku, then you’ll be satisfied to know that this game contains so much modules and accessories for you to deck out Miku and co. Being the videogame fashionista I am, I spent a lot of time customizing.

Going to the game itself, this is a pure rhythm game through and though. There is no objective to the game itself. Just get a higher score than what you got before, just like the arcade version this game is based from. 

The controls on this game can get a bit claustrophobic and a bit cramped for your hands. It’s not quite comfortable playing this with a DualShock 4 and would probably be more better suited on a dedicated controller. For example, when it goes to the “hold note” prompt, it is close to impossible to perfect the next note just due to the layout of the controls. However once you master the impossible there is nothing more satisfy than clearing the song - in my case, just passing the song was a blessing. Hatsune Miku is one of the few series out there that does make you feel good after “getting gud.”

Another small thing to note is that there lyrics in the game aren’t translated. They are in Romaji however if that floats your boat.

Future Tone is a great rhythm game. It does its job well being a pure arcade port and there’s nothing more to it. And sometimes that’s all that matters.