Music Themed Games For PS2

I'm thinking of buying a couple of music games for PS2. What do you suggest? Most likely Parappa 2 will be one of them.

IIDX - hard to get into but regardless of the Style, the music is always of very high standard for every genre.

Well, Parappa 2 can be found for about $20 or so. That might be your best bet if you're on a budget. If you've got money to burn, get Rez, it will usually sell for $50 due to it being hard to find. Either one should satiate your music game needs.

What is IIDX?

Definitely Gitarooman. Nothing else comes close.

Here're a few:

IIDX (Beatmania IIDX that is)
Gitaroo Man
Rez
Space Channel 5 pt. 2

And avoid PaRappa like the plague. That steaming pile of bull-poo gives rythm games a bad rep.

I've only played two, I think they are both mediocre, Mad Maestro, and Parappa 2.

Parappa 2 was so dissapointing, heh, I think I'll have to add this to my thread.

I really enjoyed Mad Maestro. It took a playing of the demo disk to convince me it was worth a purchase though. Of course, I love classical music, so that helped sway me too (conducting Night on Bald Mountain was a blast). If your taste don't include that kind of music, then look elsewhere. I think it can be found for under 20 bucks now.

IIDX definitely if you have access to a JPS2. And even if you don't, its worth buying one for.


Gitaroo man is a must get though.

Gitaroo Man. I'm not much for music games, but this is a must-buy.

If you're not gonna import for all the wacky controllers n' such, Gitaroo Man is the best without a doubt.

I bought a Japanese PS2 mainly for Beatmania, so I'd suggest looking into that. Not only does it give you access to the IIDX series, you can play all the pre-IIDX stuff using the IIDX controller.

I'm assuming he has a domestic PS2, so I can only vouch for Rez: the game everyone and their mother should experience.

Rez... definitely Rez

Parappa sucks. Get Rez.

Or maybe even DDR. Even though that kinda sucks too.

I hate being the thousandth person in a thread to say exactly the same thing, but-

Rez
Gitaroo Man

Although I should mention that Rez is a shooter with a strong musical overtone rather than an actual music game. Arguments, anyone? :)

James

Frequency is good! :)

Drummania
Guitar Freaks 3rd Mix/Drummania 2nd Mix
Gitadora! Guitar Freaks 4th Mix/Drummania 3rd Mix

You can either use the Drummania official controller ($160 with Drummania 1st Mix) or the Topway Drum Performance one.

The learning curve is a bit steeper than Beatmania. In Beatmania, the 1 and 2 star songs should give you no problem at first. As a DM beginner, I needed quite a bit of practice before I could pass one song. Once you get into it, it grows on you.

One of my favorite songs in the DM series is "Centaur" (DM2nd Expert Real mode) by Jimmy Weckl, with a 10-star rating. This song sounds like something the Chick Corea Elektric (sic) Band would perform. I tried it once just for the hell of it... and failed in 3 seconds. Thank goodness for the CPU autoplay in free mode- this is one song I don't see myself clearing for awhile.

Some other good ones are "Mondo Street" & "Bambina" (DM2), "Sea Anemones", "Captain's Voyage", "Furi Furi '60" and "Liar!Liar!" (all DM3).

Gitadora includes some songs that are in the arcade GF5/DM4 such as "Pretty G", a song with a title in Kanji that Babelfish translates to "Wind, horse, sky", and "Jet G Crew".

Cypher makes the most sense in this thread.

Frequency can be had on the cheap ($9-$15) and it's fricken online compatible. I got it the day it came out and I STILL play it.

Thanks for the input. I've already had Rez for the Dreamcast and I didn't care much for it. I think I'll go with Parappa 2 and Gitaroo Man. I'll probably rent Mad Maestro.

Frequency fool!

FRE-QUEN-CY!

Bargain Bin! GREAT GAME!