The DJMax series of rhythm games has made a massive leap onto home consoles with the PlayStation 4 release of DJMax Respect. Featuring over 100 songs from all previously-released entries, plus 40 brand-new tracks to tap to, could this be the best DJMax game ever" Time to find out in our DJMax Respect review.
Easy on the Eyes
Most rhythm games are easy for consoles, even handheld consoles, to process and present without any stuttering. Naturally, the powerful PS4 and PS4 Pro can handle DJMax Respect without issue. Some of the late-game songs have dozens of notes per second, plus accompanying screen effects and text overlays when those notes are hit (or missed). All of this action goes on while a video plays in the background, created by an artist’s interpretation of each song. There’s nary a frame skip to be found, and any missed notes are the result of poor timing by the player. Games that require precise timing are dependent upon accurate hardware, though. To that end, DJMax Respect offers calibration tools to offset any delay present in the television or receiver that the console is hooked up to. This is a new problem for a series that is generally on portable hardware without such issues, but it appears to be handled just fine. This is a good thing, because once a song’s difficulty is above six stars or so, the number of notes to hit increases dramatically. DJMax Respect has some of the hardest songs ever seen in the genre.

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