IGN's Sam Bishop reviews Beats for the PSP. His closing comments:
"Were Beats a full-priced game, we probably would have been a little more upset, but what's here is the perfect definition of what a $5 download can offer. No, it's not nearly as perfect as it could have been, but oh well.
Other parts of Beats come off as a little ham-fisted -- or at the very least like Studio London didn't quite give the game enough time to bake out some of the issues. Little things like not being able to restart a song after you get to the results screen, or just the loading times in general for something that's entirely Memory Stick-based, make it all feel a little less polished than it could have been.
Even still, for just a mere Abe Lincoln (i.e., U.S. $5 bill,) a mostly solid MP3 analysis and rhythm action game is a pretty decent deal, and I know the music geek in me will be playing around with different genres just to see what kind of patterns turn up. Vib Ribbon it ain't, but it isn't half bad either."
IGN Ratings for Beats:
• Presentation: 7.0
• Graphics: 6.5
• Sound: 7.5
• Gameplay: 7.0
• Lasting Appeal: 6.0
• Overall: 7.0, Decent (out of 10 / not an average)
VGC writes: "When Sony first launched the Playstation Store for the PSP they needed to produce titles that would prove that the portable could provide small scale and fun games for a low price. From that objective came Beats, a game that combines the two most used features on the PSP, gaming and music. For the low cost of five dollars, Beats morphs the music library stored on your memory stick into a traditional rhythm game."
The top ten PSP downloads in May, according to the Playstation Pulse.
Its a great game and deserves a lot more than its been given, and should definately be higher compared to some of those games listed.
Pretty damn good game. I see how this would get the top spot.
Yeah-good game that gives a decent challenge without holding your hand at all. It's funny that it should be so high in the d/l this month esp for me as I had to download it the other week as I'd nearly finished it completely and lost the UMD at Xmas-like a nob. And it seems evryone else must have got it on the strength of KZ2 that hadn't picked it up before.
I think uit's pretty underrated as well as being a really good PSP shooter-even if it's got one of the oddest perspectives I've ever seen, not really TPS or top down. I suppose it's a bit like the high angle in GTA CW on DS.
Patapon2 rocks too.
VGR:
"Each game has its own strengths and weaknesses, but put together the Power Pack seems a bit lacking. Having to exit out of the game to change between them is just plain silly; although each game has their moments...the only one I remotely enjoyed was flOw for its quirkiness. Beats seems a bit dull and Syphon Filter Combat Ops gets old after a while, but flOw is the one that's unique, making it the best of the bunch. Should you get the Power Pack? Only if you've never played flOw, otherwise I'd skip it."
But, that's why opinions exist, eh?
Greatest $5 game ever made.
great joke before I go to bed. IGN you never fail at making me laugh.
If you take a game for what it is, this being fantastic "fun for your money" then this game should be up there in the 9's. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it is perfect but it is a brilliant example of how little fun can cost.
"the first five minutes of the game are just about the same as the next five hours."
But if you get 5 hours out of the game then that is great isn't it? How many games when they first come out offer gaming at a dollar an hour?
Well I was going to pick this up but damn looks like I may have to leave this one behind with all these bugs.
IGN is right when they say the first 5 minutes of the game is the same as the next 5 hours, but that's with all rhythm games. It deserves at least an 8/10 especially since it's only $5.