Audiosurf Strategies

OK, I think pointman pro can be pretty challenging sometimes, and I thought we could talk about how we collect blocks.

So personally, when I am collecting blocks, I will stick to just 3 of the 5 colours unless I can see for sure that I will make a set.
So if I see mostly blue and purple I will stick to them and maybe ignore the reds, unless it is a red lightningbolt powerup or a paint.
Or I might stick to green and yellow if there are few blue/purples, and then Ill grab the reds If i can.

I havent described what I do very well but hopefully you get the idea.

I grab paints whenever I can even if they are for low point colours. The advantage of clearing your fields and getting a big combo is huge.

If you want to talk strats for other characters feel free. I play mono and pointman the most so I talked about pointman because I find it the most challenging.

For most characters there is not much strategy. Pushing cars you need left or right with the push, scrambling the blocks when you get filled with vegas.... pointman is the only one that somewhat encourages strategy as in character strategies.

Well, let me try stuff...

-In easy mode (Pointman) i grab everything i can, mostly. Three colors usually never mix up too hard so you can get rid of everything fairly fast. just pay attention to actual stacking.

-unless in real danger: Avoid blue paint items! We remember, that cold colors are worth (far) less than hot colors. When painting 5-6 ready-to-pop red blocks into blue you ruin your perfectly nice scoremaker.

-I however collect yellow paint items and i, this is important, PICK UP red ones. Red painters dropped on a fully stacked field is the ultimate scorebreaker. you get the match21 bonus and score a sh1tload of points.

-When the song comes to an end try to clear your blocks away completely, if the field is empty try to avoid cars for the last few seconds. Even better: in the last few seconds try to grab a painter of any color and drop it as soon as the song ends. that way you can grab as many blocks as possible in that final run and still score the clear finish bonus.

IMHO you gotta have at least some strategy for the pro pointman or some of those guys because you cant just pick everything up on fast songs or you will overflow your columns real quick.

Also for vegas im not sure that constantly shuffling is the best idea for max points, you miss out on some of the huge combos you could get otherwise if you were more selective about colours.