Parappa the Rapper was released for the Sony PlayStation on October 31, 1997.
Gameplay:
The reason I compare this to GH and DDR is because the entire game has Ты hit certain buttons on the PlayStation controller on both the right time and beat. The game has 6 levels total, with each one being harder than the other. There are four levels to keep watch for, labeled "Cool", "Good", "Bad", and "Awful". Much like the Rock Meter in гитара Hero, these four levels Показать Ты how good или bad you're handling the song. If Ты stay on "Good" by the end of the song, then Ты pass. Get anything lower, then Ты fail. It's a bit complicated, at first. But it's very easy to get used to when Ты play it long enough. Another problem I have with this game is that it only has six levels to play through. Ты could pretty much beat the whole game in under 30 минуты without failing any of the songs. Overall, the gameplay gets an 8.5/10.
Music and Sound:
Where do I begin with how awesome the soundtrack is? The Музыка in the game is awesome. Wether if it's the actual raps from all six levels, или the entertaining movie-quality Музыка from the CG cutscenes. In my opinion, the Музыка never gets old and is always entertaining now matter how many times I play though it. The raps from the six levels are especially very catchy. Overall, the Музыка gets a 10/10.
Difficulty:
Playing the game itself takes some getting used to. Even if you're a total DDR junkie (ergo, the total opposite of me). Ты can set the game's difficulty to either "Normal" или "Easy", so Ты don't have to worry if Ты get stuck on a certain song. I, myself, haven't tried the "Easy mode yet, but what I DO know is that playing on "Normal" mode can be challenging if Ты haven't gotten used to the rhythm of the songs. The difficulty for the game gets an 8/10.
Entertainment Value:
I was pretty entertained with this game. Mostly from the music, but the quirky characters and even quirkier storyline was satisfying, in my tastes. The game may be staggeringly short, but that didn't stop me from jamming the house down until my fingers fell off (okay, the songs weren't that intense). The only complaint that I have with the в общем и целом, общая entertainment is the fact that each CG cutscene is about 5 минуты long; including the intro. If NaNaOn-Sha, the game's developer, had made the cutscenes MUCH shorter, then they would've been able to save a ton of memory; therefore letting the company put еще songs into the game. Plenty еще than just six. Overall, the entertainment value gets an 8/10.
Overall (not an average): 8.5
Parappa the Rapper was the first game of its kind.
With a fun musical beat for each song Ты rap to, and a very interesting cast of characters, the game itself literally invented the "Musical Rhythm" genre that we all know of from some of today's games. A perfect example being гитара Hero. Parappa had a spinoff game that was released in 1999, titled Um Jammer Lammy, that had Ты play mostly through rock songs instead of rap. A couple years later Parappa the Rapper 2 was finally released for the PS2. Compared to the еще Популярное rhythm games like Dance Dance Revolution and Gitaroo Man, Parappa 2 wasn't enough to keep the same kind of rhythmic gameplay Популярное anymore. For the time being, we'll have to wait until Major Minor's Majestic March makes its way to the Wii this April. I'm the BlueBadger, and this has been a Blue Review.
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