Overview
In this guide, we will be talking about The Golden Rules for Getting a Good RankOnly read this if you are ready for story spoilers! You have been warned!This guide is still a work in progress, its content may be changed. All suggestions are appreciated!(I also fixed some grammar mistakes, now it’s better to read)
The Basics
A Rank S on the Results screen:
If you have played just shapes and beats for a while, you can skip this part.
To get a Rank S, you need to complete a track with no hit. (you can’t get ranks in Story or Party mode) You get 20 BP (or 40 BP in Hardcore) for a Rank S. If you complete 15 tracks to Rank S, you will get the achievement “Guitar Solo” and unlock the DJ Variant of the Boss in the lobby.
Gameplay by Daglom: [link]
The Golden Rules
1. Remember, the pink, it’s bad!
- Try to not touch the pink shapes!
- You can use dash to dodge the shapes!
2. Dash!
- If you use the dash function professionally, you can pass trough everything!
- BUT, if you use dash too frequently, you can easily get in troubles…
3. Focus on not being hit.
- Go for the Rank S, not the achievements, friends, or bonuses.
- If you try to rescue friends, or do some crazy pro moves, you can easily get hit
and lose your Rank S 🙁
4. Calm down!
- You can always pause the game, go out of the room and calm down a little.
- If you are too excited about getting that Rank S, you may possibly get hit and lose the Rank S.
5. Try to play a track that is not that hard.
- The first part of the other section below is definitely worth a try.
6. Follow this Guide.
- Yeah…
The best (and the worst) ways
Tracks: (these are just my opinions, you may do better or worse)
Modes:
I’d highly recommend doing this stuff in Playlist mode because you don’t have to worry about anything else than just the level. Challenge mode has various things that can get your focus, that leads to no good, you only get far more BP. Story or Party mode doesn’t give you ranks or BP.
Playing styles:
Play more calm rather than playing aggressive, competitive, or show-off. Playing slowly at your own pace is the best thing you can do.
Other stuff:
I don’t recommend you to record the gameplay, because it makes it more intense and exciting and you possibly won’t focus on the actual gameplay or just dream of the perfect Rank S.
Don’t speak to someone or listen to other stuff (listen to the game’s music!) because you won’t focus on the actual gameplay.
Reading the other section above will definitely help you.
Other stuff
- Don’t quit while the game is auto-saving.
- Don’t leave immediately from an online game if you took damage (and you know that’s not gonna be enough for a Rank S). Your teammates want to complete the challenge, and you still get a nice amount of BP.
- Don’t rage if you can’t get a Rank S. Also, don’t destroy your computer.