Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat is glorious on Apple Arcade Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat is glorious on Apple Arcade Hello! Halloween. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Published on 9 Apr 2021 28 comments Taiko Pop Tap, as it appears on my phone's home screen, is pure joy. If you've played the earlier games in the drumming series you will already know this. And I suspect, if you've played the earlier games in the drumming series, Taiko Pop Tap was your first download from the new drop of Apple Arcade games. It works beautifully. Songs play, drum beats scroll, and you tap away to match them. Small red beats need a tap inside the circle, small blue beats need a tap outside the circle, bigger red beats require two fingered taps, and so do bigger blue beats. Now and then you have to do a drum roll. Genuine happiness ensues. I have no idea why Taiko Pop Tap works its magic, but it almost never fails. The colours are bright, the track selection is really wonderful - Hello! Halloween is in steady rotation - and there is this lovely elastic precision to each tap. You really sense that you're hitting the drum and then bouncing off it. There are multiplayer options and unlockables, but what I'm most fascinated by is the rich displays I sense erupting on the screen as I play, but which I never get to see because I'm too busy playing. Focus on the beats! Taiko Pop Tap is one of those weird games you could play solidly for ten years and not really know what it looks like, because you're so zeroed in on one part of the screen. Anyway, all this is flim-flam. Play this beautiful, thrilling game, and feel better. Even if you were feeling pretty good to start with. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 28 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store