Transposing melody to physical gestures seems an inherent human trait – the wafting wand of the orchestra conductor, the wag of your foot to the beat of heard music, the clapping of hands at a concert, bopping your head in time to a song, tapping fingers on the steering wheel. Countless other expressions find themselves in our bodily appreciation and expression of music. Rhythm games connect to this intuitive conduit, allowing us to feel like we are interacting in a physical, visual and auditory manner with musical-based gameplay.
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory was almost a game in the Theatrhythm franchise according to a newly-translated interview with the game's producer and directors.
A new interview with Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Director Tetsuya Nomura, Co-Director Masanobu Suzui, and Producer Ichiro Hazama reveals many of the upcoming details about this new game. Melody of Memory will feature very different gameplay than what fans of the franchise would expect, but it has a lot in common with another one of Square Enix's franchises: Theatrhythm.
Lol okay..sure as heck looks and feels like a mee-too template based rhythm game (regardless of how your consumer gamer brain thinks). All that name dropping and “history lesson” took this article to new realms of “techraptor does not make any money doing this anyway”. Just consider that. You do this crap for free. Winning.
BitCultures examines some of the best musically inspired video games.
GamerTime UK's Chelsea Beam looks what the most underrated games in the Final Fantasy series. She sifts through 97 different games to bring you the most ignored and unloved, but best games of the franchise.
I think Crystal Chronicles is one of the best games to have come out on the GameCube. Definitely underrated and much more Charming and fun than imaginable
