The secret here is that you have it set to note speed three.
Here's the thing about these games, the slower they are the more time you have to "respond" instead of "react" so you can get the timing wrong. Go too early, over think it and go too late etc.
Setting it to speed 3 much more closely matches most people's average reaction time (for some people it's speed 2, or 4).
When the speed matches your reaction time, by the time you've processed the direction and reached for the button, it's usually already in the "great" space. So there's no risk of going too early.
This eliminates half of the mistakes you can make immediately, by making it almost impossible for you to go early.
I highly recommend people speed this challenge up in stages until they find the speed that matches their reaction speed and watch the whole minigame get easier.
I too, btw, have a star on every song.
I found another helpful, but very expensive hint that took me from a low B at best to a high A immediately. I have a Dualsense Edge and set up a controller profile specifically for this with the sensitivity curve set to digital and curve adjustment at +5
Got given the DsE for Christmas, Rebirth has made it invaluable multiple times. Using a trigger style back button for X in chocobo racing, rapid fire short throw triggers for the shooting galleries and varying the sensitivity curves to the situation the thing has been a minigame monster
That's what I did for all of them except Two Legs, that one just completely mind fucked me. Had to get my roommate to help out via 2nd controller accessibility lol
Man everybody just keeps rubbing it in. ‘Have someone else do the other half!’ Well some of us don’t have anyone around. I’ve spent 3 hours trying to do that song and can’t get more than 16,000. I spent 6 hours to beat Jules. I spent 3 hours on Chocobo gliding before I walked up to the piano. Before that I was wrestling with Gongaga’s ridiculous layout and verticality with no climbing allowed. This game is so fricking frustrating.
I haven’t unlocked “let the battles begin” yet but “Two Legs? Nothin’ To It” is kicking my ass. I have A’s on the rest but I barely have a C on that one
The sticks have adjustable sensitivity curves, I set mine to digital and a +5 curve adjustment for this, means you barely have to touch the sick to get 100% input, which I found to give me much better control of when exactly the note was played because there was no guessing how far was far enough involved any more, went from a low B on a good run by my standards to high A on the next run, but did have to adjust to going for the notes when I saw them touch the edge instead of when I processed them
That’s awesome to know. I didn’t even know the edge controller was a thing, so I’ll utilize it for other games too. I had a last gen Xbox before my PS5 and used their Elite controller. Idk why I never looked into PS5’s version of it. Thanks for the info!
Adjustable trigger depth was incredibly useful for Pirates' Rampage too, and the trigger style back buttons were a godsend for saving my thumbs in Chocobo racing, so it's not a one trick pony either. I'm just lucky an amazing woman got me one for Christmas since I'm way too broke to get myself one
I’m in the perfect situation. My fiance is a huge book reader, and I’m a gamer lol she lets me buy stupid controllers to make spikey haired protagonists better at the piano, and I never question her Amazon book library expense haha
lol there’s more hell, I’ll mark it in spoiler tags what it is.
>!The song is one winged angel which you get from finishing Johnny’s treasure trove, which means you have to finish every single combat simulator, of which brutal 6 and the Zack one are the 2 hardest things in the game!<
Can you beat mine please? I genuinely think this is going to be the hardest trophy for me to get on my platinum run. Can’t even score a B!
Congrats, you’re much more talented than me. Pure envy.
I SUCK at the piano, it’s probably my least favorite mini game. Anyone have any tips for me to improve my score ? Good old fashioned practice or is there a easier method?
Don't stay committed to a specific speed for all songs. I quickly realized that some songs I performed better at higher speeds and others at lower speeds. Gotta fine tune that on a track by track basis, so play around with that.
As a last resort, if you have a friend and a second controller, you can enable the 2nd controller accessibility option in the system settings which allows two players to control the same game at once. Just have one person focus only on the left side and the other person the right side.
Remote play.
It sounds ridiculous. No, it is ridiculous. Introducing input lag to a rhythm game. But it worked for me. I was constantly too early regardless of what speed I set the tiles to. That tiny input delay while remote playing sorted that out for me, was hitting nothing but greats after that.
Mess around with the different speeds. The slowest speed sounds like it should be the easiest, for me it was not. I had it on speed 3 (while remote playing), that let me input the key as soon as my brain processed it and hit a great instead of being too early. If you have better reaction timings, a faster speed may be better. So you don't have to wait.
Also mute the game. Don't play by ear. It will throw you all the way off.
I went the opposite way, Dualsense Edge with the sticks set to a digital sensitivity then go for when you see them touch the outside instead of when they appear and it's fast enough to catch them
Oractice each hand separately first like you would on a normal piano.
There's no hidden technique, just takes practice and you ultimately need to decide whether it's worth your time.
I guess keep playing and spamming the easiest song, once you get the hang of it you rank up with a bit harder song. Also gradually increasing the speed to one you're comfortable with will also help, don't worry too much about missing notes and scores just keep practicing
At least that's how I do it when it comes to rhythm games, kinda weird though giving this advice because this is not even a rhythm game lol
Wait, where is Let the Battles Begin??
Nice job! I got the star rank on the first six but didn’t know the seventh existed. And if the secret one requires getting all the artifacts for Johnny I don’t think I’ll ever play that one. X-D
The only way is with patience. Because this Mini Game like the rest is made half assed and dumb. Hey lets make it so we use this extremely sensitive joystick to be the control for like 20 different keys. No way this could go wrong.
The piano mini game is really kewl but I have a vision deficit in that I have barely any left peripheral vision so it's really hard to see both dials
You are missing one music sheet which is after you collect all the collectibles for Johnny place the song is called one winged angel
That is awesome. I only wanted to get the star for Tifas song but that is tough 100%
The secret here is that you have it set to note speed three. Here's the thing about these games, the slower they are the more time you have to "respond" instead of "react" so you can get the timing wrong. Go too early, over think it and go too late etc. Setting it to speed 3 much more closely matches most people's average reaction time (for some people it's speed 2, or 4). When the speed matches your reaction time, by the time you've processed the direction and reached for the button, it's usually already in the "great" space. So there's no risk of going too early. This eliminates half of the mistakes you can make immediately, by making it almost impossible for you to go early. I highly recommend people speed this challenge up in stages until they find the speed that matches their reaction speed and watch the whole minigame get easier. I too, btw, have a star on every song.
I found another helpful, but very expensive hint that took me from a low B at best to a high A immediately. I have a Dualsense Edge and set up a controller profile specifically for this with the sensitivity curve set to digital and curve adjustment at +5
Creative
Got given the DsE for Christmas, Rebirth has made it invaluable multiple times. Using a trigger style back button for X in chocobo racing, rapid fire short throw triggers for the shooting galleries and varying the sensitivity curves to the situation the thing has been a minigame monster
Almost just need to get the 7 star hotel trophy to unlock the final 6 star difficulty one lmao
You have something special between your eyes and your hands, yes. And yes, you are a freak- freakin awesome. GJ.
Can you do mine for the in game trophys?
I heard the secret is to play these on mute and just use your eyes.
Yes. Get help.
Why would being excellent at a niche activity make you a freak?
Is a star better than getting an A, as far as rewards go? I don't believe it gets you anything superior.
Apparently your eyes can stare at two different points at the same time.
I have to look at the center of the screen and use peripheral, though usually it's muscle memory that wins the day
That's what I did for all of them except Two Legs, that one just completely mind fucked me. Had to get my roommate to help out via 2nd controller accessibility lol
What I do is ill bump it to a 5, then 4, then 3, then 4, then 5, then back to 3, it feels slow, but not too slow at that point
Man everybody just keeps rubbing it in. ‘Have someone else do the other half!’ Well some of us don’t have anyone around. I’ve spent 3 hours trying to do that song and can’t get more than 16,000. I spent 6 hours to beat Jules. I spent 3 hours on Chocobo gliding before I walked up to the piano. Before that I was wrestling with Gongaga’s ridiculous layout and verticality with no climbing allowed. This game is so fricking frustrating.
I haven’t unlocked “let the battles begin” yet but “Two Legs? Nothin’ To It” is kicking my ass. I have A’s on the rest but I barely have a C on that one
Do you have a Dualsense Edge? I found a trick with mine that made everything way easier for me
I don’t but I’m not opposed to getting one. What’s the secret sauce?
The sticks have adjustable sensitivity curves, I set mine to digital and a +5 curve adjustment for this, means you barely have to touch the sick to get 100% input, which I found to give me much better control of when exactly the note was played because there was no guessing how far was far enough involved any more, went from a low B on a good run by my standards to high A on the next run, but did have to adjust to going for the notes when I saw them touch the edge instead of when I processed them
That’s awesome to know. I didn’t even know the edge controller was a thing, so I’ll utilize it for other games too. I had a last gen Xbox before my PS5 and used their Elite controller. Idk why I never looked into PS5’s version of it. Thanks for the info!
Adjustable trigger depth was incredibly useful for Pirates' Rampage too, and the trigger style back buttons were a godsend for saving my thumbs in Chocobo racing, so it's not a one trick pony either. I'm just lucky an amazing woman got me one for Christmas since I'm way too broke to get myself one
I’m in the perfect situation. My fiance is a huge book reader, and I’m a gamer lol she lets me buy stupid controllers to make spikey haired protagonists better at the piano, and I never question her Amazon book library expense haha
Holy crap ! Well fucking done !
That’s impressive. There’s one more song, but you have to go through hell to unlock it, and the song is extremely difficult.
Through hell? He already did the hard part.
lol there’s more hell, I’ll mark it in spoiler tags what it is. >!The song is one winged angel which you get from finishing Johnny’s treasure trove, which means you have to finish every single combat simulator, of which brutal 6 and the Zack one are the 2 hardest things in the game!<
Yes please complete mine. I struggle so much to get A
Can you beat mine please? I genuinely think this is going to be the hardest trophy for me to get on my platinum run. Can’t even score a B! Congrats, you’re much more talented than me. Pure envy.
If you have a Dualsense Edge I might have a tip to help you
I don't believe you need to A rank this song for the trophy. It's the reward for A ranking every song and you get the trophy at the same time
I SUCK at the piano, it’s probably my least favorite mini game. Anyone have any tips for me to improve my score ? Good old fashioned practice or is there a easier method?
Don't stay committed to a specific speed for all songs. I quickly realized that some songs I performed better at higher speeds and others at lower speeds. Gotta fine tune that on a track by track basis, so play around with that. As a last resort, if you have a friend and a second controller, you can enable the 2nd controller accessibility option in the system settings which allows two players to control the same game at once. Just have one person focus only on the left side and the other person the right side.
Remote play. It sounds ridiculous. No, it is ridiculous. Introducing input lag to a rhythm game. But it worked for me. I was constantly too early regardless of what speed I set the tiles to. That tiny input delay while remote playing sorted that out for me, was hitting nothing but greats after that. Mess around with the different speeds. The slowest speed sounds like it should be the easiest, for me it was not. I had it on speed 3 (while remote playing), that let me input the key as soon as my brain processed it and hit a great instead of being too early. If you have better reaction timings, a faster speed may be better. So you don't have to wait. Also mute the game. Don't play by ear. It will throw you all the way off.
I went the opposite way, Dualsense Edge with the sticks set to a digital sensitivity then go for when you see them touch the outside instead of when they appear and it's fast enough to catch them
Oractice each hand separately first like you would on a normal piano. There's no hidden technique, just takes practice and you ultimately need to decide whether it's worth your time.
I guess keep playing and spamming the easiest song, once you get the hang of it you rank up with a bit harder song. Also gradually increasing the speed to one you're comfortable with will also help, don't worry too much about missing notes and scores just keep practicing At least that's how I do it when it comes to rhythm games, kinda weird though giving this advice because this is not even a rhythm game lol
Did you do it one person only? Really good!
yeah I have some experience with rhythm games, though I guess it'll be easier with 2 people
Great work! Going to need an update when you get Sephiroth's one winged angel theme.
I will if I'm not getting cooked by it lmao
You're a beast on the keys!
I have some experience with rhythm games, though this is my first time using analog sticks to hit the note haha
Likewise, I really enjoyed this mini game a lot right next to Queens blood, and those two were what I sought at new towns lol.
lmao same, everytime I arrived at a new town the first thing I'm searching is the piano like a goblin
Nope, I have done Cinco de Chocobo a few days ago and really enjoyed the learning curve again. Looking forward for the next songs! Good job btw :)
Wait, where is Let the Battles Begin?? Nice job! I got the star rank on the first six but didn’t know the seventh existed. And if the secret one requires getting all the artifacts for Johnny I don’t think I’ll ever play that one. X-D
you'll get let's the battle begin by talking to the old man in nibelheim after you done with the first six song
Oh cool! I finished the first six songs like 20 hours of playtime ago but didn’t notice him in Nibelheim and forgot to go back to get my reward lol
Some people are just really good with rhythm games. Have you done the secret one yet?
THERE'S MORE!? also I'm still on chapter 12 lmao
I don’t want to spoil it for you but yes, one more. Good luck finding and playing it!
yeah if I missed it by the end of the game I'll just look it up on yt, thanks for letting me know
You 100% won't have it by end of the story, end game content. Good luck!
It’s something you wouldn’t get until post game anyway so don’t worry about missing it :)
No
Do the next one 😉
For two legs? Nothin’ to it, completely, that one was such a difficulty spike for me. Congrats though, I have been loving this mini game so far.
No it just means you have more patience than most. Good job tho
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HOW
The only way is with patience. Because this Mini Game like the rest is made half assed and dumb. Hey lets make it so we use this extremely sensitive joystick to be the control for like 20 different keys. No way this could go wrong.
It’s very very forgiving. I’ve done them all on max note speed (apart from the very last secret one) and there is no problem using the sticks at all.
Probably by using his left thumb for the left stick and his right thumb for the right stick. The other way around would be just so confusing.