I played the demo for this game not long after it came out on PSN. My brother and I both fell in love with the demo and played it for hours. Upon getting the final product, I can say that it's everything I expected and much more. I will openly admit that I am new to the Miku/vocaloid scene, so this is from the perspective of someone who, prior to this, had barely even heard of Hatsune Miku.
The game has multiple modes to choose from, so I'll give a brief synopsis of them now.
Rhythm Game- This is where you'll likely spend most of your time in the game. Project Diva F has a rather diverse song selection of around 40 tracks. The songs cover multiple genres from rock to pop (they are almost all extremely catchy though). I don't speak a word of Japanese, but even I find these songs to be surprisingly good. You start with a small selection of songs and unlock new ones as you progress through the rhythm game. There are four different difficulties (Easy, normal, hard, and extreme), and depending on which song you are playing (and how good you are at the game), even easy mode could pose a slight difficulty. All-in-all, an incredibly woryhwhile experience that is fun, addictive, and rewarding. I say rewarding due to the fact that completing songs gets you DP (Diva Points), which you use to buy various costumes/modules, accessories, gifts for the characters, and room items (we'll get to the last two soon).
Studio- In the studio, there are two different modes. They're not TOO significant, but I'll cover them here briefly. Live Studio allows you to listen to select tunes by Miku on a simulated stage (again, not too significant, but there are some songs in this mode that you can't play in the Rhythm game, so if you like the music like I do, that could play a role in you visiting this mode from time to time). Photo studio is a mode allows you to take photos of the vocaloid characters. Nothing too exciting about that, but you can use your own photos as backgrounds for the photos you take here, so that's something.
Diva Room- This is by far the strangest (yet intriguing) mode. Here, you bond with Miku and the gang by petting their heads and giving them gifts. You can also decorate each of their rooms with the stuff you unlock throughout the rhythm game. There are also minigames to be played here, but because I've spent all my time with Rin, I've only experienced the minigame called "Made You Look". It's a monotonous version of rock, paper, scissors where you play rock, paper, scissors, THEN you try to guess which direction Rin will look. If you guess wrong, it's a draw, and that round was a waste of time (I'm not a fan of this minigame...) Anyway, as you bond with them, you'll unlock room items that are relative to the character you're bonding with.
Edit Mode- Here is the final mode I will discuss here. In this mode, you can make your own music videos starring Miku and the others (up to three vocaloids). You can use the tracks in the game or your own mp3's you have saved to your PS3 (that, my friends, is awesome). As far as making the music videos go, it's pretty complex and in depth, so it'll take some time and dedication to get a good video made. I'm not going to explain everything you can do in it because there are a lot of options. The game does do a decent job with the tutorial for it though, and even with that, it'll take some tinkering with it to fully understand this mode.
FINAL VERDICT- I personally love this game. It quickly earned its place in my top 5 PS3 games. I never thought a rhythm game would hold that place, but Project Diva F has done it, and I'm assuming it will be there for quite some time. If you enjoy rhythm games, get it. If you enjoy Miku/vocaloids, get it. If you like it and want to see more games in this franchise brought overseas, tell your friends to get it. I'll be enjoying this game for the time being, and I'll be hoping for another release on the Vita and/or 3DS.
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Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2013
