SUPERSTAR SMTOWN

I love the superstar games (specifically jypnation and starship) so I decided to download smtown to also play there. The user interface for this game is unnecessarily different and extremely frustrating to navigate. All of the common features across the superstar games, like the event, collection, shop, etc. tabs are located in completely different areas in smtown. Additionally, the song library is also completely different and harder to navigate because everything is a smaller size. Another feature that bothered me was the event missions. There were so many missions that were somehow all related, but because of the sheer number it was so confusing. You’d have one section where you earn tier points and another section where you actually receive the rewards for them. There was too much unnecessary clicking and having to go back and forth between tabs. The rewards for the actual missions are also so much smaller than jypnation’s, which made me less motivated to participate in the missions. Besides the different layout, the actual gameplay for the songs is fine and identical to the other games. I would say that it’s a great game for smtown fans who only play this installment, but a bothersome game for superstar fans who want to enjoy the entire franchise.

SSSM the game is VERY pay to win when it comes to events. It’s hard to get the limited theme cards without diamonds especially because the events call for A grade and above. The only way you could get the event cards is if you BUY diamonds or save up, which isn’t easy with a new event EVERY week & the diamonds we get from attendance is very low. Without diamonds you can’t get the cards except for the SINGULAR A card you get from the event itself, it’s even harder when it a group & not a single person (some events only have a B card) or if you upgrade the cards to A from obtaining lower grade cards. I’ve been VERY close to getting the event wallpapers & cards but can’t because I don’t have enough diamonds to buy more cards for the event which is very upsetting because I want to get the items. We only get 10 diamonds in the attendance which IS very low when compared to the Japanese games which has 50 for attendance. Can the diamonds attendance increase please🙏🏼🙏🏼 Over the years the company (SM entertainment) has become extremely money hungry. When I first started playing (in 2017 I think) the game was fun, it’s lost that. Not only that but the event card rate is ABYSMAL!! There’s a 1% chance of you getting the cards, not everyone has the resources to get them whether you’re buying the 35k card packs or the 300 diamond one (depending on the event). 1% probability is CRAZY especially when you have events BACK TO BACK.

I simply love games like these! I loved Tap Tap Revolution and the World Tour thing, I just love the music and the tapping along the beats is fun. I just wish they fix a few things, the “Perfect, S-Perfect, Good, Bad” from the middle of the screen, I pay attention to the upcoming notes but soon I find myself looking the the number continuously popping up in the middle of the screen and I most likely mess up. It is very distracting and It just makes it seem messy, can you put it more higher in smaller font or to the side please? Also, I have played Superstar BTS and their notes are different from SM and JYP, can you make em similar and also the display of albums like the one in BTS. My friend has BTS but no JYP or SM so she played on my phone and was so co fused so couldn’t locate around at all, it would take her a really long time. It Artist and songs seem similar so you never know when another Artist comes up, it’s also of scrolling around. The Lobby is also a bit messy, I hate it when we first open the game and there are these pop ups, it took me awhile to get used to pressing X and ‘CANCEL’ and ‘OK’ at the right pop ups or else it’s a continuous loop of pressing ‘X’ and ‘Cancel’ and ‘X’ and ‘Cancel’. I just love the layout of Superstar BTS, I know that the app only has a singular group until SM and JYP which have multiple solo artists and groups so the layout would be different. Sorry about the long rant, hopefully you do something but I know it’s tiring to read a whole essay so it’s aight. Just thought it would be good to let it out.