Lethe
A Music Scroll
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Music
Languages
English
Tue Jul 11 2017
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
1. Add a new music
2. Sets the interface size to write changes
Lethe is a theatrical music game that blends beautiful artistic scenes, sand painting scrolls, and high-quality music. Players discover the lost memories of the 'Lethe' continent by gathering elven energy and solving rhythmic puzzles to uncover the story of Taya and Omari. Featuring original music from celebrated artists like Onoken and Vanros Kloud, Lethe offers an immersive 3D experience fueled by emotion and timeless fairy-tale aesthetics. This award-winning title redefines the music game genre.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Lethe is an absolute masterclass in artistic rhythm gaming. It describes itself as a 'theatrical music game,' and the description fits perfectly. Every level feels like a moving sand painting, telling a tragic and beautiful story of the characters Taya and Omari on the continent of Lethe. The visual style is unlike anything else on the App Store—it’s hand-painted, ethereal, and deeply emotional.
The gameplay deviates from traditional lane-based rhythm games. Notes appear organically on the 'scroll' of the screen, requiring you to gather elven energy and solve environmental rhythm puzzles. The soundtrack is equally impressive, featuring tracks from renowned composers like Onoken and Sakuzyo. It’s an immersive, high-production experience that feels more like a piece of interactive art than a simple mobile game. For anyone who appreciates high-quality art and music, Lethe is an essential download.
Features
Hand-painted Sand Painting Art Style
Original Soundtrack by Global Composers
Immersive 3D Fairy Tale Narrative
Award-winning Art and Sound Design
Multi-language Support
Tips & Walkthrough
Tap the elven energy orbs as they appear on the musical scroll. This energy is required to unlock the story and progress through the continent.
Notes will appear in patterns that mirror the story's emotions. Follow the rhythm closely to 'paint' the scene and reveal the next chapter.
Gameplays
Gameplay is intertwined with narrative; as you hit notes, the hand-painted world around you evolves and tells the story of the characters.
The game offers multiple difficulty settings and note-time adjustments to cater to both casual listeners and rhythm experts.
Screenshot
Q&A
Lethe uses a 'musical scroll' system where notes appear as part of the story's art, rather than just falling down lanes.
Ratings & Reviews
Amazing art and music
Thu May 18 2017 dauphicThis is a really fun rhythm game, with great music and beautiful art. The difficulty is well done and it poses some challenge to progress to the end of the game, so you don't have to artificially challenge yourself with higher levels. It does have some minor flaws in the gameplay, though: there are a few cases where the note timing doesn't match the music by enough time to throw you off, some stages have poor note placement where the next note will be covered by your hand, and sometimes the movement and coloring of the background art draws your attention away from notes (Cheerful Banquet is really bad for this). Still a great game, though
Great app!
Tue Jul 18 2017 Mains bodkinUpdates: downloaded the latest version. The new song they added is beautiful! Totally love it! I'm a bit disappointed that the mistakes I found in the previous version are still not fixed though. ------------- I love the music and the picture. The story line is attracting too! There are quite some mistakes in the achievements. They say one thing but mean another, and sometimes they call a song a different name so it was confusing. One achievement requires you to have Bs on chapter II challenge songs while you actually get the achievement by completing chapter II normal difficulty. Then for the achievement asking you to have Bs on chapter II normal level, they really mean chapter I hard level. The achievement icon even has the word "hard" on it, it just doesn't correspond to the description of the achievements. For the name of the song. In the achievements they call a song "Departure" but there's no song called departure. I thought they were referring to a song called leaving, but it turned out to be the song "Broken." I was pretty confused when I tried to get that achievement. Hope they fix those word mistakes in the future update.
When’s the next chapter coming out?
Fri Jun 01 2018 Laurenkeen28I love playing this game it’s fun and i love the music it’s very soothing, relaxing, and mystical , to the developers i had paid to get the next chapter two years and never got it if there is anyway to make the next chapter available that would be lovely
Still waiting
Fri Dec 14 2018 Thing 120I love this game and fell in love immediately granted there were problems in the beginning but it has grown. However I payed 3 bucks for the new edition Wither and it still hasn’t come out yet hope I didn’t waste money on something that won’t be coming out anytime soon.
iPhone X size issues
Wed Jan 31 2018 teknolaizBeware! I bought because it looks very pretty and even mentions 4K. It’s very tiny on the iPhone X with huge black borders :( kind of ruins the point of a beautiful 4K music game.
Good music game so far
Tue May 09 2017 GimmYzIf you love to play a music game, this game is worth for 1.99$ for many reasons. First of all, the music is fantastic and it can deeply express the emotions of the characters (esp. "Leaving" and "Broken"). Also, the scenes are well-made art and sometimes correspond with your play (ex. "Cheerful Banquet"). However, the music is a bit in Chinese way and can be unfamiliar sometimes. Gameplay is also hard sometimes when you want perfect for all notes because the sliding note and normal note have to be pressed in a little different rhythm for perfect score. In general, this game is a great music game. And i hope the next story line is in updated sooner :)).
Punishingly difficult
Mon May 29 2017 Lingrush24The music and art are absolutely beautiful. The concept for the game is very promising. But on the third level, even on "easy" mode, I have to get 66,000 points, which basically means a perfect score. This means, if I make just one mistake, I'm unable to move any farther in the game. There's a place for frustrating difficulty, but it should be optional for people who just want to explore the game. If you fix the balance, I'd love to try again and give a higher review.
Beautifully Created Rhythm Game Ruined by Lack of Manual Calibration
Fri Jun 16 2017 minhtam1638Don't let this review fool you. This game has the potential to be one of the greatest mobile rhythm games of all time and beat out the likes of Cytus, Deemo, and Voez. But where it falls short is the lack of a manual calibration setting. Players who find their maps completely offsync with the music currently have no way to fix it on their own, which renders the game completely unplayable to players who have experience and talent in rhythm gaming. Developers: Please prioritize the addition of a manual offset option so that the true rhythm gamers can enjoy this game too.
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