The Other Gamemodes Overview of osu!

Game screen offering to choose one of the four game modes of osu!

Another element of this game that makes it so special is that there are three game modes in addition to osu!. Each of these game modes share the same objective: to pass the song you are playing, and avoid failing it. Here they are:

• Taiko-This game mode represents playing a drum. There are four keys on the keyboard used to play this game mode. Two keys are used to play the middle of the drum (red notes, keys x and c), and the other two keys to hit the outer rim of the drum (blue notes, keys z and v). Finally, there are yellow sliders, which represent drumrolls. With these, the player is supposed to drumroll (well, obviously), or in other words, constantly press two keys of either both red or both blue. However, the drumroll needs to be synchronized with the BPM (beats per minute), or else the drumroll won't count.

Taiko game mode

• Catch the Beat (CTB)-This game mode's name, like most of the others, tells what to do. You control a character with the left and right keys (hold shift to sprint), to catch beats. Beats fall from the top of the screen to the bottom, and your objective is to catch those beats as they reach the bottom. As easy as this gamemode looks, it gets very challenging in the harder difficulties. To be masterful in this gamemode, one must require precise timing (to finely catch the beats without breaking the combo) and have steady fingering, as a slight miscalculation in holding a key will bring you to your doom in fast-paced songs

Catch the Beat (CTB) game mode

• Mania-In this game mode you play what looks much like a musical keyboard. This is the game mode that most closely represents Guitar Hero. How? It's kinda obvious. There are notes similar to normal osu!'s circles and sliders. You hold the corresponding keys for some while simply pressing the key for others. The controls are somewhat complicated. You use keys on the keyboard to play notes, and those keys can be different keys depending on what difficulty you're playing on. But, as the newest game mode in osu! as well as being the game mode that can become faster and faster paced than the other game modes, missing just one note can be an automatic loss in some cases. Without a doubt, osu!mania can definitely be one of the more challenging game modes. If you would like to find out more about this game mode, go here!

osu!mania game mode