3.0 颗星,最多 5 颗星Nearly unusable out of the box, modding required
2019年1月28日 - 已在美国亚马逊上发表
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I was hoping that for the higher price the "official" taiko drum controller would be playable out of the box, but it's really not. You have to SMACK the thing about as hard as you can to register any notes, and you'll never be able to do rolls like that or play anything above a 5/10 difficulty in the game. If you're buying this for a kid, maybe that's fine, but if that's the case you might as well just get a cheaper version.
Fortunately this is pretty easy to fix, and once you do, it's a good controller. What you need to do is (1) unscrew the five screws holding the drum together (2) use pliers to detach the rubber things holding the drum head on (3) replace the foam piece on the sensors that has holes in it, with a solid piece of self adhesive craft foam. If you just google "taiko drum mod" you'll find better step by step guides. Wrapping the drum in a towel/rubber band and setting it on a cushion deadens the sound quite a bit too.
Doing all of this increased my drum's sensitivity by quite a lot, and I can play just about any chart in the game now -- at least, when I mess up it's because of me legitimately missing notes, not because the controller isn't registering.
The drum seemed sturdy when I first opened and set it up. Unfortunately the right side of the center of the drum has issues knowing when I am hitting it. The left side is perfectly responsive, but the right side is pretty much hit-and-miss if it registers. Not sure why this is. It seems to respond better if I really smash hard onto the right side, but this ends up requiring enough force to move the drum itself out of position and then I have to recenter it in front of me, and even then it doesn't register 100% of the time. In addition to that, I've noticed a tad of input lag.
For those of you who play above "normal" difficulty on songs I HIGHLY recommend you avoid this drum!!! There is just no way you will be able to get perfects with such spotty hit recognition on one side.
I've been playing with this drum for a few months now and it's great.
One thing I would say is that modding is not required. You do have to hit it harder than the arcade drum but... it's a drum and it can take the abuse. If you want it so sensitive that a small tap can activate the buttons, similar to the arcade version, then go ahead and mod. However, it's definitely not required at all. Just play them like a real drum. I personally prefer a playing harder over accidentally setting off a button. Like anything, practice makes perfect. Go out there and become a drum master.
Things I recommend: -A pair of real taiko drum sticks. You can grab one off of amazon for really cheap and they give you much more control over the drums. It also let's you play with your wrists instead of your arms. The standard plastic included sticks are way too thick and awkward for me. I have small hands but the normal type of taiko sticks are fine with me.
-An anti-slip mat. If you're modded, you probably don't need this. However, if you want to play as normal, then I'd highly recommend it. The controller recommends using plastic bottles in the back of the controller to hold it in place, but this doesn't really work on slippery surfaces such as plastic desks.