gaming BIT.TRIP Saga

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Hey everyone.  Just curious as to who here has played the BIT.TRIP series.  It's a series of indie games first released on the Nintendo WIi (later released on iOS, Android, NIntendo 3DS, and Steam).

 

The six main games in the series are:

 

BIT.TRIP Beat - hit "beats" with a Pong-style paddle in time with music,

BIT.TRIP Core - hit "beats" with a laser that can shoot in four directions,

BIT.TRIP Void - collect and "bank" black beats and avoid white beats,

BIT.TRIP Runner - run, jump, slide and kick obstacles and collect gold,

BIT.TRIP Fate - rail shooter / bullet-hell, and

BIT.TRIP Flux - reprise of Beat with elements of the other games included.

 

The games together tell the story of the birth, life and death of a character known as Commander Video.  The story is told through a series of cutscenes between levels, and partly in the highly abstract and symbolic gameplay itself.  It's quite deep and profound, it has at least one meta-story in it (in my opinion, the series is a commentary and celebration of the video game industry as a whole), and it's surprisingly difficult.

 

I love it, personally.  Curious to know what others think of it.