Favorite music/rhythm games
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 7:34 pm
I love music games. Who else does? What games do you like?
I think Parappa the Rapper was the first one I played. My brother played it first (always the case with an older brother) and I watched. I was really bad at it when I tried but I enjoyed watching him play. I watched him play through Um Jammer Lammy too. Later I beat both of these and I think they’re both fantastic games. Parappa 2 is good as well.
When we got a PS2 my brother got Frequency. Again, I mostly watched him since he was basically a frequency prodigy and I found the game intimidating. I got into it a bit more after a while and when Amplitude came out I really dove in. I was thrilled when the new one came out recently but then realized how much harder the game is because I play using the shoulder buttons and the L2 and R2 on PS3 are triggers; it really dampened my enthusiasm when I started playing and couldn’t do expert past the 5th song.
Then there is Guitar Hero, which become an obsession for all 3 of the games. The first was a blast when it came out but hard to go back to once 2 came out, both because the gameplay was more refined in the sequel and because less songs were covers (although I must say the guy who sings Ozzy in Bark at the Moon is pretty spot on). I spent the most time on two and i think it is the strongest of the three. 3 was fun but they opted to throw in a ton of notes and make it really forgiving, as opposed to the precision of Guitar Hero 2. Still, I did love being able to nearly 100% Tenacious D’s “The Metal” which would have been much harder if the song had been in Gh2. I played GH2 a lot in the dorms and never lost a battle. My roommate bragged about beating my high score on a song I hadn’t played in a while once, so I picked up the guitar and promptly doubled his score. He was pretty upset (don’t worry he had it coming).
And finally, there’s Rock Band. Which is the best party game in the world. My brothers and I drank excessively and played this endlessly in the summers during college. I still own the first 3 games and the instruments for 360; I know I won’t be playing any time soon but that’s one game I won’t be giving up because I think it’ll be a blast years from now when my son is old enough to play (not with the drinking part though). I never picked up Rock Band 4 because it seemed unnecessary and i would have had to get a whole new set of instruments. I did thoroughly enjoy Rock Band Unplugged though.
I think Parappa the Rapper was the first one I played. My brother played it first (always the case with an older brother) and I watched. I was really bad at it when I tried but I enjoyed watching him play. I watched him play through Um Jammer Lammy too. Later I beat both of these and I think they’re both fantastic games. Parappa 2 is good as well.
When we got a PS2 my brother got Frequency. Again, I mostly watched him since he was basically a frequency prodigy and I found the game intimidating. I got into it a bit more after a while and when Amplitude came out I really dove in. I was thrilled when the new one came out recently but then realized how much harder the game is because I play using the shoulder buttons and the L2 and R2 on PS3 are triggers; it really dampened my enthusiasm when I started playing and couldn’t do expert past the 5th song.
Then there is Guitar Hero, which become an obsession for all 3 of the games. The first was a blast when it came out but hard to go back to once 2 came out, both because the gameplay was more refined in the sequel and because less songs were covers (although I must say the guy who sings Ozzy in Bark at the Moon is pretty spot on). I spent the most time on two and i think it is the strongest of the three. 3 was fun but they opted to throw in a ton of notes and make it really forgiving, as opposed to the precision of Guitar Hero 2. Still, I did love being able to nearly 100% Tenacious D’s “The Metal” which would have been much harder if the song had been in Gh2. I played GH2 a lot in the dorms and never lost a battle. My roommate bragged about beating my high score on a song I hadn’t played in a while once, so I picked up the guitar and promptly doubled his score. He was pretty upset (don’t worry he had it coming).
And finally, there’s Rock Band. Which is the best party game in the world. My brothers and I drank excessively and played this endlessly in the summers during college. I still own the first 3 games and the instruments for 360; I know I won’t be playing any time soon but that’s one game I won’t be giving up because I think it’ll be a blast years from now when my son is old enough to play (not with the drinking part though). I never picked up Rock Band 4 because it seemed unnecessary and i would have had to get a whole new set of instruments. I did thoroughly enjoy Rock Band Unplugged though.
