Sadly, the rhythm game genre is not what it once was, so when a new one comes out, it garners attention. In No Straight Roads, music is the focus, as the main theme is EDM versus rock. At E3 2019, developer Metronomik was kind enough to let us try a demo for its upcoming game. Seeing as how music games hit hard with me, I felt right at home while playing.
The setting is Vinyl City, a place overrun with Electronic Dance Music. It?s up to Mayday and Zuke to take back rock music and cleanse the city of the evils of EDM. While talking with the co-founder of Metronomik and lead game designer of Final Fantasy XV, Wan Hazmer, I learned that the idea of EDM versus rock is something that the developers themselves deal with, with the main point being that rock is dead, kind of. Interestingly, though, Hazmer is a big EDM fan, and the composer has a broader view on the music.
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