The Rhythm Method

gamingverdict | August 28, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 XBOX 360 Misc

Former Bullfrog employee Alex Trowers charts his interest in rhythm games from Dancemania through to Rock Band and tries to figure out why they are as popular as they are.

Ah, the Rhythm Action genre. Bashing away on a fake, plastic instrument or leaping around like a loon on a bunch of arrows while a banging track plays in the background. Do it well and you’re a rock god on stage in front of thousands or the very ghost of Timberlake himself, throwing down some awesome shapes. For some people, this is escapism at its height. For others, well, they just don’t ‘get’ it.

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Audiosurf [PC]
BeatMania [PS2, PSX]
BeatMania II DX 3rd Style (Import) [PS2]
Dance Dance Revolution (Import) [PC, GBC, PSX]
DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution [Xbox, PS2]
DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution [PS2]
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme [PS2]
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 [PS2]
Frequency [Movie, PS2]
Amplitude [PS2]
Guitar Freaks V2 & Drummania V2 (Import) [PS2]
Guitar Hero [PS2]
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith [Mac, PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, XBOX360]
Guitar Hero II [XBOX360, PS2]
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock [PC, PS3, XBOX360, Wii, PS2]
Guitar Hero: Metallica [XBOX360, Wii, PS2, PS3]
Guitar Hero: On Tour [DS]
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s [PS2]
Guitar Hero: World Tour [XBOX360, Wii, PS2, PC, DS, PS3]
DrumMania (Import) [PS2]
Rock Band [Wii, PS2, XBOX360, PS3]
Rock Band 2 [Wii, PS2, XBOX360, PS3]
Space Channel 5 [PS2, DC]
Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack [GBA]
Space Channel 5: Special Edition [PS2]

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chautemoc | August 28, 2008

I've been wondering this myself..great article.
I've always been wary of bands licensing their tracks for these games..but he's convinced me. If it gets more people into the music, that's awesome.
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Seeker X | August 28, 2008

They're catchy and easy to get involved in...there's not really much to think about here.
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BlackLabel | August 29, 2008

It's a win win situation, Guitar Hero for instance i mean Activision makes billions from it, fan enjoy it and it improves the fanbase of new and old bands. The way it does the later is simple most people are rather picky when it comes to music, when they have to choose from a strict 4 songs per stage in the career they start to hear music they would never touch normally. Guitar Hero/RoackBand/DDR are all great games for everyone involved.