Review by Justin Haywald:
"If Rock Revolution had released before the first Rock Band, I might've been content. It's a natural extension of GuitarFreaks and DrumMania (a pair of Konami arcade rhythm games that let you play along with J-pop tunes on guitar and drums, respectively), and it offers you the chance to rock out, Konami-style, without having to go all the way to a Japanese arcade. Instead, Revolution feels like it was released from the bowels of a time vacuum where Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero did a great job and won over a lot of new fans -- myself included. Later, Rock Band filled in the missing pieces with microphone and drum peripherals. Still, I was genuinely excited for Rock Revolution -- the development team promised to craft an even better drum peripheral, and they presumably had time to fix Rock Band's minor flaws."
A lot of ridiculous things happen during E3. Here's a roundup of the five most outlandish events.
Grant Potter: "When we left off in part one, the turn of the century found the rhythm/music genre enjoying moderate success. The games were fun, fresh, and innovative; we were happy campers at this point. But who do I mean by “we”? At that given time, it would have been the explorers: the hardcore, the niche. With the exception of big-name games like Dance Dance Revolution and Parappa the Rapper, most rhythm/music games were still obscure. Gitaroo who? Bust a what? Casual players were still ignorant of the speeding freight train that was about to blindside them."
GFB writes: "Though some elitists may try and salvage their reputation by claiming it has never happened to them. Everyone has played at least one terrible game in their life. At the same time, a large community of Achievement-Enthusiasts will play just about anything to hear that sacred “Ba-Bloop” from their TV. The point is, bad games exist in an overwhelming quantity and eventually you're going to regret time you spent on one of them. Though not everyone has played the following titles, they are of the most notable and overall gamers would prefer to keep these of their list of played games."
I would put DOA Xtreme 2 at number 1. Plus everyone plays promotional games because they're cheap, silly and fun.
N4G is all jacked up right now. Approval points are still being fixed for members. Half the things don't work. You can't use search or the site crashes. I miss the old site.
I know a lot of people that played Avatar just to get the 1k gamer points in about 10 min.
He thinks "Chop Suey!" is a bad song? Wow i dissagree with him on that statement.
shame i was considering this at one point, guess i will just stick with GH:WT and RB2
Caramba. Konami won't be happy.
As expected.