Huge Tracts of Land's review for Beatmania (PS2)
This game is totally awesome and definitely not a Guitar Hero ripoff
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While it definitely lacks the charm and "completeness" of the japanese versions, it's still an enjoyable game. It's a shame that it never quite picked up in the US considering how much it predates the guitar hero series. -
One of the oldest rhythm games ever created. Beatmania exploded in Japan as one of the leading money makers in their arcades, and still pull in about 40% of any Japanese arcade's weekly revenue. Created by Konami's "Bemani" division of games, Beatmania (and Beatmania IIDX) is a game where you spin the disk and push the buttons to make various genres of music, from trance to hip-hop, to hard rock, to gabber and everything in between. This game has gotten a bad rep in America, as a copycat game to…
