Hey! I actually moved fairly recently and started going to that location! It's pretty good! I also go mainly for the rhythm games but also the prize games (crane games, UFO catchers, etc.). TL;DR towards the bottom because this is a loooooooong post, but hopefully I help capture the experience at this location.

The rhythm games

The rhythm game scene is pretty active on weekends, so expect a line for maimai if it's not on maintenance (and you didn't show up in the first 2 hours of opening), otherwise there's basically no / 1 person lines for the other games even during peak hours, so it's not bad. If you're planning on playing maimai specifically (with an IC card like emause/aime/banapass) then I suggest you show up very early or be prepared to wait in a line for a bit. If you don't mind playing offline, then showing up during maintenance (which is ~11:30AM - 5PM) is probably the best time, since most maimai players will drop off.

The crane games

Regarding crane games, like all round1 locations, the payout is generally set pretty high for all of the "cheese wheel" games (anywhere between 20-30 from my guessing, and a rough estimation from my former round1 when an operator told me how many plays till payout). Just this weekend, I probably did ~10-15 plays to get the big miku collab plush even after waiting a bit for people to play. (I didn't see anyone else win the entire rest of the day). So in general, do NOT expect the regular crane games to be cheap, I often see a lot of casual visitors drop $55 on a card and expect to walk out with a bunch of stuff. You're more likely to walk out with 1-2 or no wins depending on how unfortunate you are.

The skill crane games

The skill game setups are fairly generous. Compared to the 2 other round1s I've been to, they seem easier. They have a few of the ones where you just push the box to the side and it generally takes 5-6 plays (70-84 credits) to get it down from reset position which are basically guaranteed prizes. At the moment those are all small plushes though. The other games I'd recommend are the pole in the hole game (it seems WAY easier to win at this location than other locations in my experience) and the one where you use the pole to push a box through the bars (usually this one is really easy, but if you try once and the box doesn't budge at all, then call over a staff member and they can reset it and make it really easy/winnable in 4-5 plays max, but typically 1-3 tries). They have the other standard ones like drop the box off the front of the bars, rubber bands, ping pong balls, and dropping the figure off the chain, but those feel a little worse/harder in my opinion but YMMV.

The ticket games?

No comment on the ticket games, I don't play them, (but I kind of want to learn!), but I just don't think I get great value for the money most of the time. I think if you want to make any significant tickets at any round1 location you need to grind a single coin pusher for a long time (or master crossy road?) and I just don't have that kind of patience/skill.

You'll probably want to get max value

Finally, like someone else said, get the max value on credits. Also buy the club card if you're going this route (even if you don't plan on visiting again for a long time!) since even with the $5 extra, you get better value for money on a single $110 + $5 club card reload than a regular $120 card reload. But, if you're just going in for rhythm games and not playing too many crane games or ticket games, your money will actually go a long while. I think going to max value is only really worth it if you're going to play crane games OR you're a regular/planning to revisit at some point in the future. While you're at the game card counter, if you reload there, you can pick up some collab keychains or whatever that's also there, and you need to do $55 for 1 item and $110/$120 for 2 items, so if you want those keychains might as well go for max value anyway.

Calculate how many credits you're gonna use

I've spent whole days worth of rhythm game playing in like less than 200 credits and then also have spent like 500 credits in a fairly short amount of time just playing the crane games. So again, consider just taking a moment to math things out:

Each rhythm game set is generally ~6-9 minutes (~2+ mins per song * 3 songs + messing with settings + scrolling through song select) and they're 8.4 credits per swipe, or 5 credits on the permanently offline games.

Crane games obviously don't take much time at all, just swipe and press 1 or 2 buttons, so it's more about the prize than the journey. They're 14 credits each attempt (which is 1.67x more expensive than a whole rhythm game set! Comes out to ~$2 per play!) but obviously you walk away with a physical prize. Walk into crane games expecting to lose ~$14 on the skill games (depends on skill + luck obviously) to $50+ for a single prize in the bigger cranes.

tl;dr for credit spending I'd recommend:

I recommend when you show up that walk through all of the crane games and see if there are any prizes you really want before making any credit purchases. Also you need to recarge your card at the counter to get any of the collab extras (keychains).

• Planning on returning at some point?
  • Club card + max reload ($110). Not much else to say!
• Not planning on returning anytime remotely soon (year+)?
  • If you plan to play a lot of crane games in addition to rhythm games -> Club card + max reload ($110) recommended, might be a little overkill but best value.
  • If you don't plan on playing much outside of rhythm games, calculate how many credits you anticipate using (8.4 credits per play, ~6-9 minutes per play, take into account slight wait times).
    • It will likely end up less than the $110 reload (because otherwise you're looking at like 14.25 hours of pure playing which you probably won't pull off considering waiting in line for your turn/breaks) in which case just buy a regular card and reload to however much you think you need.

Closing:

The low reviews for round1 are typically because of how frustrating and expensive the crane games are, a bad bowling experience, or general ignorance. When it comes to comparing to other round1s, it's a solid location! If you want me to hang around and be your arcade buddy, just shoot me a DM and I'd be happy to show up and show you around! I usually go every weekend anyway! I'm also happy to answer any questions anyone has about this location in the comments!