Jose Zagal's Home Page - Games & Game Studies

Home	Talks and Slides	My GameLog	Research and Projects	Publications	Resume	Teaching
Back // GameBreadth Project // Game Ontology Project // GameLog

Beat City (DS) Status: Finished playing I started playing this game on Saturday 4 June, 2011 // I stopped playing this game on: Monday 13 June, 2011
Current opinion of this game
Yet another rhythm and action game. There's nothing particularly special about this one, but the aesthetic and music is actually quite nice.
June 13, 2011 03:39:13 PM
Another short game I'm thankful for. I've already finished it with no particular desire to go back for more, but the experience was worthwhile for a couple of reasons: 1. I found that, at least in the beginning, I had a much harder time understanding (and clearing) the tutorials that precede each level than the levels themselves. The game isn't that difficult, but some of the tutorials were really complicated for me. I'd play them over and over without understanding what it was I was supposed to do (or when). Strange, huh? 2. The game doesn't use any licensed music, which is fine. What is cool is how, from a series of baselines and rhythmic elements they're able to create a wide variety of tracks that are each unique, yet familiar. I could tell when certain bits were being reused, but it was actually a good thing, because the familiar bits made it the levels easier to beat (and more accesible)