Is audiosurf a rhythm or a puzzle game?

[Ltar]

There seems to be some disagreement on this matter. Audiosurf reminds me of harmonix's Frequency and Amplitude games, so I always think of it as a rhythm game with a unique puzzle/matching mechanic.

Other's seem to think it's a puzzle game that happens to take place over the course of a song. I'm curious to know what everyone really thinks defines the two genres.

Dylan: what do you envision the game as?

[Phetal]

I think it's a trippy game.
It's genre bending... I don't consider it either. I think of it as an "Interactive Music Visualizer... With Added Puzzle Aspect For More Goal-Oriented Gameplay"

[VorpalStorm]

Yeah, I kinda think it's genre bending and completely unique. While I see how it could be considered both, I don't think it's either. I'd like to hear what Dylan thinks, though!

[Stabhappy]

The answer is quite simply 'yes'. The class you chose greatly changes the opinion on this.

[GigaClon]

its Vib Ribbon for the 21 century

[Karathi]

with the big difference that for vib ribbon timing was too important..I played the game once and I missed everything because I pressed the buttons too early or too late

I think audiosurf is way better