停不下來的《音樂節奏》

在這個手機APP大爆發的年代，竟然有一款游戲類應用可以高居APP商店前三甲兩年之久。這款名為《音樂節奏》的APP到底有著怎樣的“長壽”秘訣呢？讓我們來一探究竟吧！

Smartphone apps are a dime a dozen nowadays. Each day， dozens premiere on app stores worldwide， but by the next week， only a handful havent been left to collect dust in users app drawers. But an exception does exist—Cytus， a cellphone game created by a company Rayark whose headquarters were located in Taiwan， China， has remained in the top three on the App Store for more than two years. How has it managed to do so， especially in a fluid industry where people constantly crave new thrills？ Lets check out the app to find out.

智能手機APP如今已數不勝數。在全球APP商店里，每天都有一堆新鮮APP上架，但是一周之后，只有很少一部分不會被遺忘，塵封到用戶收藏應用文件的“抽屜”里。不過其中一款APP卻出乎意料的“長壽”——這款名為《音樂節奏》的手機游戲由一家總部位于中國臺灣的公司Rayark開發設計，它高居APP商店前三甲的位置已超過兩年之久。在這個人人不斷尋找新刺激的易變的行業里，這款APP到底是如何做到“長盛不衰”的呢？讓我們對它一探究竟吧！

If youre familiar with Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero， then you should be no stranger to Cytus gameplay mechanisms. However， there are a few differences in this rhythm game. In most music games， the notes usually scroll toward a designated area where you must tap the notes in time. Cytus instead has a scan line traveling up and down the screen to match the tempo of the music. When the line passes through gray circular touch points， which gradually expand， flushing with color as they become active， you need to tap them or hold your finger down for longer notes. Occasionally youll be asked to follow a diagonal line of circles， dragging your digit through them as the line rises or falls.

如果你熟悉《舞蹈革命》《吉他英雄》，那么《音樂節奏》的游戲機制你也一定不會陌生。然而，這款節奏游戲有幾處不同之處。在大多數音樂游戲中，音符一般在指定的區域內上下滾動，你必須及時點擊音符才行。但在《音樂節奏》中，有一條掃描線在整個屏幕中上下移動，以匹配音樂的節奏。當掃描線穿過不斷變大的灰色音符的圓心時，音符被激活變紅，你需要點擊音符或是長按音符不松開（直到該音符結束）。有時，你還要跟著圓圈的對角線，在它上下移動時拖動你的手指穿越它們。

These features arent what really make Cytus stand out. What matters the most is the core of the game—the music. Cytus consists of 90 free songs ranging from techno to J-pop. And as androidapps.com points out， “Cytus is like the Billboards Top 50 of J-pop.”

這些新特點并不是讓《音樂節奏》脫穎而出的真正原因。它成功的關鍵在于游戲的核心——音樂。《音樂節奏》囊括了90首免費歌曲，從電子舞曲到日本流行音樂，應有盡有。正如androidapps.com網站所言：“《音樂節奏》就像日本流行音樂的公告牌50強榜單（《公告牌》是創辦于1894年的美國音樂雜志，以發布各類音樂排行榜而聞名）。”

According to developer Rayark， high quality original records were contributed by the likes of Japanese video game music composer Tsukasa Masuko and Japanese music producer Naoki Chiba.

據開發商Rayark所說，這款游戲中的高質量原創曲目都出自日本電子游戲音樂作曲家增子司、日本音樂制作人千葉直樹等人之手。

Even if J-pop is not your cup of tea， you can fully appreciate Cytus， because the songs themselves are energetic and well-suited to this kind of game.

即使你對日本流行音樂并不感冒，《音樂節奏》一樣可以讓你沉浸其中，因為它的歌曲都充滿活力，十分適合此類游戲。