Score: 6
"Good choice of music, but timing was off"
date: May 12, 2008
I liked the control scheme, and I really liked the selection of music, but the notes showing up onscreen seemed to be completely independent of the background music at times. Big Blue was probably timed the best, but even it had its moments where my eyes and ears were waging a war over when to hit the spacebar.
Let's put it this way, I scored about 1.5 times as much with the sound muted entirely. And I'm a very slow learner at rhythm games, so you can't just say I got better :P
One of the reasons Guitar Hero felt intuitive was because the frets scrolling down the screen were actual beats instead of just decoration, which helps the player a bit -- but more importantly that tactic can also help you as a programmer to place your notes more accurately by subdivision instead of by ear.