A Musical Story launches today on Xbox, and we’re incredibly excited that you can finally play it. Creating this game was a real journey, as emotionally intense as the story of our character Gabriel. But let me tell you a bit more about the universe of A Musical Story. We wanted to offer players a […]

Think of a rhythm-based music game and immediately you'll usher up memories of the classics: Rock Band, Guitar Hero, PaRappa the Rappa. A Musical Story promises to let you create similar memories, although this one is most definitely different. 

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It’s hard to deny A Musical Story’s craft. The psychedelic soundtrack and dreamy visuals are independently great. But we’re in the business of reviewing games, and it’s here where it falters.

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I am of an age where most of my school memories are a jumbled haze, except for the occasional trauma nugget that likes to surface at inopportune times. (Everyone has those, right? Right?) Anyway, one of the few concrete recollections I have is that of a music lesson on tone (or symphonic, for the big word fanciers) poems. The concept fascinated me, the idea of using music to not just set tone and mood, but to tell a story, to conjure specific images in the mind of the listener.

Playing A Musical Story made me think of tone poems. One glance at any of the screenshots accompanying this review will make it obvious to all but the most unobservant that the game does have actual images alongside the music, but they're intimately entwined. There's no dialogue and the animated scenes lean on the side of being vignettes, so the music isn't just background noise, it's doing the heavy lifting.

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Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature, we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows PC as well as upcoming Xbox Game Pass and soon-to-be released ID@Xbox games! You can get more details on these games below and click their profiles for pre-order details […]

A Musical Story is, without a doubt, the most interesting looking rhythm game we’ve ever laid our eyes on. Part tap-to-the-beat-’em-up, part narrative-driven adventure about lost memories, the... Continue reading

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