Caltrops - Rants





	[quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Damocles"]First: Beatmania and all its variations was, is, and always will be inferior to Parappa, so playing Beatmania superiority games are meaningless.[/quote]Wrong. Even through Parappa kicked off the genre and was outstanding, we're still allowed to debate the ups and downs of other rhythm games. For example, watch this: Beatmania is a better multiplayer game and has infinite more replayability than Parappa. [quote name="Damocles"]Third: Amplitude and Frequency are variations on the music genre that actually don't play that much like Beatmania, due to the necessity of trackswitching. Yes, they have "notes", but so did Parappa; it's intrinsic to the genre. [/quote]It's that very change that I find to be one of the key reasons it's not as fun as Beatmania. Are you trying for an incomparable apples versus oranges argument here? Well, you're wrong again. [quote name="Damocles"]Fourth: Amplitude and Frequency actually have graphics that aren't poorly rendered cartoon dogs. Good graphics aren't necessary for good gameplay, but they're a bonus if they're there.[/quote]Summarized: Beatmania has gay graphics -- NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT! Beatmania's graphics are horrible, yes, but Freq/Amp's very professional Jeff Minter trip-scapes are done done done, and illicit no reponse from any viewer. A footnote in the boring review. "Nice graphics, PERIOD, 8/10" Meanwhile, a poorly drawn cartoon dog (who probably makes a sour face when you hit a wrong note, or perhaps a banana with a big red X appears, or maybe <a href="http://www.gamesdomain.com/playstation/reviews/beatman4.jpg">this</a>) gets big laughs from any crowd watching a Beatmania game. Frequency and Amplitude fake coolness by suggesting that this could be really interesting to look at if you're high whereas Beatmania was actually created by people on mushrooms while in MS Paint. [quote]Fifth: fag.[/quote]Tell me again about how you're humming that David Bowie song.[/quote]