whats so great about beatmania?

[Team Kevin] VgameT · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:09 am Post subject:

The great thing about beatmania is that you can BATTLE DJ ON TWO TURNTABLES.
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I wish I can play with seven keys, but it's too hard for me, so until I get IIDX 9th (that's the one the cool kids like, right?) at home, I'll stick with 5-key.

IIDX's music is so-so, some of it I really like, but others don't sound very good. Like, after playing BM III, I'm afraid to try new songs since a lot of BM songs were techno. It's not so much as the techno, it's just that most of the music sounds like something you would rave to. (I saw that in a review and I totally agreed) But they have some awesome music that I like. Like Murmur Twins, Love is Orange, and Abyss The Heavens Mix

Pop'n Music is seriously my favorite bemani game. I love everything about it, Like how each pair of buttons have their own colors so I don't get confused, or how I can choose a char for my av to show my personality. The music is really good, too. They have a little bit of everything. Like Energy Rock, 100 sec kitchen battle, bemani crossovers, JAZZ, some orchestra/symphony music (I'm thinking of Princess Piccolo)

I like IIDX/BM, but it just feels like Pop'n has more life and feeling. IIDX feels kinda on the bland side. The kinda thing hardcore players would like, the game with no distractions.

But I'll take distractions any day.
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JustJeff · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

IGN gave it the US version a 6. How dare they? I will read the review shortly.

PGwojowski2 · Trick Member Joined: 22 Jan 2006

They really got a poor reviewer to review the game...As I have said before, they really need two reviewers for games.

One review should be by someone who doesn't know much of the series

The other reviewer should be someone who is a fan of the game.

That way, casual gamers can get better insight on things from more than opinions of one person, and the dedicated fans can get information on the tracklist, how it plays compared to other BeatManias, Etc.

Even if the game does suck, I'll just import the IIDX games from Japan now that I have a controller that isn't 80 dollars, and is compatible.

Sweet Potato · Trick Member Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Location: Sexy

Oh god.. that IGN review was horrible! That person complained about the most lame things.

They said that the songs were horrible? I bet he just wasn't playing the songs right and hitting the keys like a monkey or something.

They kept on calling the controller a "pad." This really pissed me off.

They complained about notes not going to the song? Of course they go to the song... THEY MAKE THE SONG. God.. I have a feeling this person had no idea what they were doing.

I'm dissapointed IGN.

I read the Game Informer review and I agreed with that more. They only really lowered the score because the game was hard. Oh well suck it up.

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*Cue dramatic fanfare music* We fans must do something. Something fast! We must.....................SUBMIT A READER REVIEW ON IGN! Let our voices be heard through the masses!!!
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Synaesthesia · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject:

People care about IGN's misguided opinions?
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Another magazine article I read gave it a 5.5 out of 6

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JustJeff · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:38 am Post subject:

It's really not so much about what IGN thinks, but many casual gamers use IGN as a guide. If the game scores low there, it will probably not sell as well, at least initially. Not that it's a big deal. I think that BM will be one of the games that spreads out by word of mouth more so than anything else. Like Guitar Hero. You could only get that game at a video game store. Now I see it stocked at Best Buy and Wal Mart. The same thing could happen to BM.

I don't think the track list is sooooo bad as IGN would make one to belive. They say it's bad but don't really explain why. There is a good mixture of songs from the list I read at Bemanistyle. But Konami did the same thing here that they did with DDR, they used a lot of the old songs when they had access to alot of newer songs. Then the old songs that I saw really were not the best of the old Konami Originals. Though, by the time the game gets to it's next US style, they will have more recent stuff. With a library of KOs that is as large as IIDX's, bringing those songs here to the US, officially for the first time, it's really going to be hard to satisfy everybody.

I can't wait to see what the EB drones will say when I pick my copy up today. I mean, if it's not DDR on PS2, it's nothing to them.

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