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Elite Beat Agents...The insane ramblings of Mobius Pigeon (now with YTMND)
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I didn't like it either, the music is just bad combined with having to hit the stupid circles that clutter the screen. I really like DDR too, with a proper pad. I can't say I love rhythm games too much, but I'm thinking of getting Rock Band because the guitar looks to be a lot better.
I don't think it's a knock on EBA, but the fact that I like to move around more with rhythm games (more challenging). Just wasn't my cup of tea. The intentional stupidity of the game's story and storytelling really did not help as well.
I don't think it's a knock on EBA, but the fact that I like to move around more with rhythm games (more challenging). Just wasn't my cup of tea. The intentional stupidity of the game's story and storytelling really did not help as well.
I felt the same way about some of the songs in Ouendan 2.I noticed a few don't time with the music from time to time.The stage with the figure skater the powerbar didn't keep up with the stuff on screen and no matter how well you do it still always drops on the first part.Still Ouendan 2 is still the best in the 3 games for me at least plus it has good music.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
You know, it's possible to not enjoy a game without getting mad at people who do or having a meltdown about it. It's not like everyone's on crack, you just don't happen to enjoy a game that many people do.
The game has a really weird learning curve. Rhythm-action is one of my main genres, yet I had a pretty tough time for my first hour or so of EBA. The lowest difficulty is absurdly easy, but I struggled reading the notes on medium.
However, by the time I beat medium, I had gotten the groove of the game, and I had great fun with the upper two difficulties.
However, by the time I beat medium, I had gotten the groove of the game, and I had great fun with the upper two difficulties.
I think EBA is great fun and a quirky game. like others said some of the stories are totally absurd and others can fall under all sorts of catagories. A Christmas Story was definetly one of those stories you wouldnt expect.
Laughed the the Oil tycoon going broke one. gets his ass kicked out by the gold digger then still works to get her back.
Laughed the the Oil tycoon going broke one. gets his ass kicked out by the gold digger then still works to get her back.
Pokeylongo
Member
Well yeah, GAF can overhype things, and that leads to disappointment. But EBA is a high quality, handheld rhythm game for sure. Not everyone's cup of tea, but they did a fantastic job and it's unique and original. I can't personally understand why someone would have a problem with the stories, either. Is it that they're just too absurd? They add a ton of humor to the game.
MobiusPigeon said:
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From the last half of Cruisin' through
Hard Rock
Hard Rock
Sweatin'
Personally, I enjoy going for Perfects on all the levels. It's amazing what you can do with this game's well-planned difficulty curve.
MobiusPigeon said:Fn GAF and its hype for certain games. I wasted $30 on this shit. GAF you owe me $30. :lol BU BU BU OUENDAN!!!! BU BU BU OUENDAN!!!! will you people hype anything thats slightly quirky and japanese? The music sucks, the gameplay sucks, the stories that go with the music SUCK too and so does everyone that hyped this POS game. The only thing good about this game is how sharp the video looks on my DSLs screen. Otherwise WTF. wait a sec...didnt Reggie hype this game or something? Is that why is recieved all the hype here? Well guess what Reggie....ELITE BEAT AGENTS SUCKS AND ITS NOT FUN. maybe i'm missing something? maybe there's more to the trio of goons doing ballet while i tap out "note hits" that dont seem to even require any real rhythm like in games such as frequency or guitar hero. i give EBA 4 out of 5 steaming piles of CRAP.
BU BU BU I bought a game that someone said was good, and... OMG ITS LIKE TOTALLY NOT!
If you wanna go by GAF recommendations, fine... but if you're not gonna research the game, and find out what it's about before you buy it... YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THE GAME.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
EBA is awesome but Jumpin' Jack flash on Sweatin' is ****ing insane. I'll never beat that.
I'll never beat that.TheGreatDave
Banned
Narag said:
Mad Warez Skillz can't be appreciated enough.
My only problem with the Ouendan/EBA series now is that the game has gone from lasting me nearly a year (Ouendan) to 3 days (Ouendan 2). Once you learn it, you can pretty much breeze though to the end of **** without too much trouble.
MobiusPigeon said:
FWIW, this is probably the most challenging part of the Ouendan/EBA games for me--trying to figure out exactly where the beats go to get a perfect every time. On the first few levels you can get by with 50s and 100s almost across the board, and the notes will be spaced pretty far apart, which can make it hard to find the rhythym. Later levels are more demanding, and faster-paced, so the beats sort of meld with the song.
The biggest advantages of the one- and two-star levels are being able to actually take in the story, and a chance to familiarize yourself with a song you may not have heard before.
If you really need confirmation that it gets "better", you can always YouTube for one of the levels you've played on Cheerleader mode.
Death_Born
Banned
Elite Beat Agents and Ouendan are not games.
THEY ARE WORKS OF ART!
What were you expecting, Shakespeare? This game is one of the best on DS, and that's a fact. Dissing Ouendan/EBA is like dissing Picasso because you can't understand what he painted.
And BTW, I S-ranked JJF on Hard Rock =)
THEY ARE WORKS OF ART!
What were you expecting, Shakespeare? This game is one of the best on DS, and that's a fact. Dissing Ouendan/EBA is like dissing Picasso because you can't understand what he painted.
And BTW, I S-ranked JJF on Hard Rock =)
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Absolutely pathetic.
The songs are awesome btw.
The songs are awesome btw.
AdmiralViscen
Banned
People calling this works of art are to blame for his blowup.
Death_Born
Banned
AdmiralViscen said:
No, his blowup is to blame for his blowup.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Narag said:
Whoa, acidviper openly admitted that he pirates games several times? Ouch. Isn't that a permaban/extended-ban on GAF, or is it only if you try to sell pirated stuff?
lookatalldem_FROGS
Banned
Yeah I didn't like it either. Although I only owned it for a few weeks. I'm really not a fan of japanimation or japanese culture (just cause I live in Vancouver, BC where we are pounded with asian culture - nothing against the people of course). Everything was really meh to me.
But obviously people love it so I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority.
But obviously people love it so I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority.
I didn't like EBA either. Before you get all up in arms, I played through the *** difficulty and stopped on JJF. I can beat it. I just choose not to. EBA is not fun. It's tedious. It's patti-cake with a touch screen.
The core gameplay revolves around repetition and memorization which is tedious and makes me feel like I'm in kindergarten. Whereas a game like Guitar Hero is more based on reflexes... at least that's what it feels like to me. Yes, there is repetition in all music games, but the lack of a practice option really hurt EBA. I would often find myself in a situation where I can beat 2 or 3 sections of a song, but I have to keep redoing them while memorizing where I have to tap for the final section. Sometimes I would get stuck on the spinner at the end too because I'm using a stylus and not a full-fledged pointer pen like I've seen used in Youtube videos (seems to make precision tapping and spinning much easier).
The bottom line is my time is too valuable to spend wasted on suffering through the final difficulty of EBA. If I didn't have other games to play, I would probably go back and beat it, but I'd rather play GH2 on Expert or even Sudokoro on my DS to keep the brain sharp. Tedious games FTL.
Oh, I will say this, the stories were fun and entertaining the first time through. The 30th time though, they tend to lose their charm. That ninja inheriting the company business sucked too because the taps were all off-beat from the song. Also, Puzzle Quest or the original Phoenix Wright are much better games than EBA.
The core gameplay revolves around repetition and memorization which is tedious and makes me feel like I'm in kindergarten. Whereas a game like Guitar Hero is more based on reflexes... at least that's what it feels like to me. Yes, there is repetition in all music games, but the lack of a practice option really hurt EBA. I would often find myself in a situation where I can beat 2 or 3 sections of a song, but I have to keep redoing them while memorizing where I have to tap for the final section. Sometimes I would get stuck on the spinner at the end too because I'm using a stylus and not a full-fledged pointer pen like I've seen used in Youtube videos (seems to make precision tapping and spinning much easier).
The bottom line is my time is too valuable to spend wasted on suffering through the final difficulty of EBA. If I didn't have other games to play, I would probably go back and beat it, but I'd rather play GH2 on Expert or even Sudokoro on my DS to keep the brain sharp. Tedious games FTL.
Oh, I will say this, the stories were fun and entertaining the first time through. The 30th time though, they tend to lose their charm. That ninja inheriting the company business sucked too because the taps were all off-beat from the song. Also, Puzzle Quest or the original Phoenix Wright are much better games than EBA.
Death_Born
Banned
lookatalldem_FROGS said:
Actually, EBA/Ouendan used an atypical style of anime.
RPGs say hi! Since when was EBA more tedious than a grind?
Vyse The Legend
Member
Eggo said:
What? GH2 on expert is the very definition of tedious. That's a fault of the set list, though, which lacks the diversity of the GH1 songs.
Death_Born
Banned
666 said:
What I meant to say was that the gameplay was a work of art, though the stories were corny. But that's part of their charm, since they're a lot more fun if they're not serious.
And pray tell, why is it "nothing like that?"
Death_Born
Banned
DyobolikaL. said:
This it too much! I...can't.....
HEEEEEEEEEEEEALP!!!
MobiusPigeon said:Fn GAF and its hype for certain games. I wasted $30 on this shit. GAF you owe me $30. :lol BU BU BU OUENDAN!!!! BU BU BU OUENDAN!!!! will you people hype anything thats slightly quirky and japanese? The music sucks, the gameplay sucks, the stories that go with the music SUCK too and so does everyone that hyped this POS game. The only thing good about this game is how sharp the video looks on my DSLs screen. Otherwise WTF. wait a sec...didnt Reggie hype this game or something? Is that why is recieved all the hype here? Well guess what Reggie....ELITE BEAT AGENTS SUCKS AND ITS NOT FUN. maybe i'm missing something? maybe there's more to the trio of goons doing ballet while i tap out "note hits" that dont seem to even require any real rhythm like in games such as frequency or guitar hero. i give EBA 4 out of 5 steaming piles of CRAP.
I am almost certain that you are playing on breezin. Get off that pussy level, get up to hard rock and you will have fun. If you don't, you should not have a DS. EBA is easily one of the most fun games for the DS. Try again.
MobiusPigeon
Banned
ok i seriously almost threw my Fn DSL across the damn room. WTF is wrong with CANNED ****ING HEAT????? OMG!!!! and i ****ing LOVE jamiroquai!!! NONE OF THE F*CKING TAPS MATCH ANY OF THE ****ING NOTES OR SOUNDS!!!! :lol :lol I got further TURNING THE DAMN SOUND DOWN i shit you not. I dont think i've been this frustrated with a game in my life! Why do i love rhythm games? BECAUSE I LOVE MUSIC. WHAT THE F ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THE ONSCREEN CUES DONT MATCH ANYTHING IN THE MUSIC????? holy crap. I think i figured out why i dont like this game and eggo kinda hit on it. I mentioned earlier that i just dont feel connected to the music. The gameplay is disconnected from the music in some way. Maybe its the touch screen, maybe its the way you input but somethings just OFF.
Death_Born
Banned
666 said:
TheGreatDave
Banned
It matches the music. The high drum...thing.
MobiusPigeon
Banned
:lol :lol :lol :lol THANKS FOR THE DAMN WARNING i'm in tears laughing. jesus christ this is torture.LakeEarth said:
Ninja Scooter
Member
welcome to NeoGaf.