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Concept Album: Alive, Knight (Chapter K), Timeline (Chapter T), and L (Chapter L). Averted in α, where the preview is actually from "L" itself. The Computer Is a Lying Bastard: The track preview for "L" in the original versions of the game is actually from "L2 (Ver. Chapter R has these characters (like the warrior from "Sanctity" or the rabbit creatures from "Sweetness And Love") appear as well. Call-Back: Chapter Million is made up entirely of remixes of earlier songs thus, the artwork features many characters from those songs. Brutal Bonus Level: Thought "FREEDOM DiVE" was sadistic enough? Meet "FREEDOM D↓VE" (yes, with a down arrow), a Secret Level accessed by swiping down on the former song's eyecatch at the song select screen that has 2,000 notes in 140 seconds in its Hard chart. Bonus Feature Failure: The "Alive" songs don't track your TP records. Freedom Dive has a bonus chart from version 10 onward, accessed by swiping down over the title. "Conflict" and "L2 ver.B" especially stand out in difficulty. Bonus Boss: All secret songs (except "Saika ver.B") are level 9 on Hard. Α on the other hand does show the hidden tracks' titles plainly when you play them. #Cytus hidden sogs update
They do have official names note usually just "Ver.B" or "II" tacked on at the end, but sometimes longer for example, the two hidden songs on the splash screen for "Entrance" make up the "Precipitation at the Entrance" series, but you'll have to look at soundtracks or their artist's websites to learn them, or use the Twitter and Facebook share buttons (until an update turned sharing into just posting screenshots).
All There in the Manual: The hidden songs don't have their names shown. Its hidden counterpart "Infinite Fields" does the same trick. Actually Four Mooks: "Hay Fields" ends with a note.followed immediately by a note in the opposite direction stacked on top of it. Instead of chapters being DLC, each has to be unlocked by fulfilling certain conditions in a prior chapter.Ĭytus contains examples of (story spoilers only hidden for locked tracks): Α includes the option to play with buttons (much like on VOEZ and Deemo on Switch, also Rayark games ported by FHW), an online matchmaking versus feature, an updated visual interface, and new songs including a DJMAX crossover chapter and an Omega chapter that includes songs from the cancelled Cytus OMEGA. It also has a new story, told more directly through in-universe internet posts.Īn Updated Re-release of the original game by FlyhighWorks, Cytus α, was released for Nintendo Switch in digital format on April 25, 2019, and in physical format in Japan on the same day with the North American version to follow on May 14 and the European/Australian version to come at a future undetermined date. It features two new note types, the "flick" note and a longer variation of the hold note, as well as charts where the scanline can change speed. It went into Vaporware status before being ultimately canceled in 2018.Ī sequel, Cytus II, was released on Janufor iOS and March 7 for Android. The special chapters Prologue, Retro, Timeline and Dee mo can be purchased separately for 4.99 USD each, alongside Night Keepers for 3.99 USD and L for 9.99 USD, bringing up the song count to 200 songs for roughly 36 USD.Īn arcade Cytus game, Cytus OMEGA, was announced at the Japanese arcade expo JAEPO in February 2015, and location tests were held in July 2015. This goal was met in March 2015, and as of Cytus 8.0, released in July 2015, all ten main chapters, as well as the special chapters Symphony, Knight, and Million are available for play upon purchase, with 149 songs across all of these chapters. Initially, Rayark adapted a "Million Downloads Plan": three chapters were initially available with the next two chapters being DLC purchases, and every 100,000 downloads would reveal a new chapter and unlock the oldest DLC-locked chapter, the idea being to reach 1 million downloads to provide roughly 100 additional songs total. Occasionally, there are "hold" notes that must be held down until the entire note passes, and "drag" notes where the note must be dragged as the line sweeps over it.Ĭytus is available for 1.99 USD. The game can be described as a horizontal, non-splitscreen version of DJMax Technika: A black scan line scrolls up and down and you must hit notes as the line goes over them.