Badass Rhythm game. I love how every song is a dynamic battle in structure. It really feels u gotta go head-to-head with the enemy character, before u seal the deal with a final guitar rift attack. Wiggling the stick while tapping buttons takes adjustment, but the game sold itself to me in just two levels. Playing this is like an underground discovery
This game is great. A cult classic. It’s a rhythm game where you play as the hero gitarooman! With the power of music you must save an alien planet and free them from the oppression of their evil rulers. The game takes you through levels where you do music battles against characters and their signature instruments. The game play is hard to explain. But I would watch some videos on how it works before getting. It’s very unique. The soundtrack is fantastic and the game has a lot of emotion. It’s a must play. If you don’t like rhythm games then maybe stay away.
tem seu charme mas dropei pois infelizmente eu sou horrivel em jogos de ritmo
soy muy malo jugando juegos de ritmo
Quite possibly the greatest rhythm game of all time but my god its super difficult. But beside its difficulty its one of most charming games of all time with some of the best music in video games. With Gitaroo Man being a game about how we can do anything if we have a bit of confidence in ourself. I sincerely wished i played this as a kid.
a game i will never be good at but ooooooooo the music and the aesthetic ooooooooooo
This is indeed that certified good stuff. Wacky fun rhythm game shenanigans with good ass early 2000s japanese colorful game vibes all around. Only real problem is a huge difficulty spike near the end but as someone who is good at rhythm games and prefers them to be spicy hot I didn't mind, even beat the thing on hard. If you aren't as good at rhythm games then maybe stick to the default difficulty and work ur way up. This game has big "it's a miracle this even left japan to begin with" vibes and i live for that kinda stuff. Deffo a hard rec, bitchin ass game.
Mojo King Bee seems like the type of guy who would buy only shredded cheese at the grocery store and eat it in the checkout aisle
bring back weird low budget ps2 games!
"This is the sound, that glorious sound...we'd forgotten this sound for so long..."
I listened to the Legendary Theme, and from then I knew I had to play this game for myself, and despite the damage I probably did to my thumb, It was SO worth the trip. From the opening movie alone, I don't think anyone could resist being hooked. It's fun, it's got so much charm and style, and the ENTIRE soundtrack is great; toss that all up together and you get what's one of the best games of its genre
This game isn't afraid to immediately dump you into the den of bloodthirsty rhythm demons out of nowhere, and you'd better believe getting the best ratings will give your hands permanent blisters. With that in mind, this is a must-play for anyone who loves rhythm games and niche PS2 titles.
I listened to the Legendary Theme, and from then I knew I had to play this game for myself, and despite the damage I probably did to my thumb, It was SO worth the trip. From the opening movie alone, I don't think anyone could resist being hooked. It's fun, it's got so much charm and style, and the ENTIRE soundtrack is great; toss that all up together and you get what's one of the best games of its genre
This game isn't afraid to immediately dump you into the den of bloodthirsty rhythm demons out of nowhere, and you'd better believe getting the best ratings will give your hands permanent blisters. With that in mind, this is a must-play for anyone who loves rhythm games and niche PS2 titles.
One of the most unique and interesting rhythm games.
An art style that like nothing I've seen before.
And a track list that has so many hits from every genre it's insane. Play it
An art style that like nothing I've seen before.
And a track list that has so many hits from every genre it's insane. Play it
Five stars carried purely by how good Legendary Theme is
this is one of the most brutal and physically painful games i have ever played. i highly, highly, highly recommend it. one of my favorite games of all time
i don’t think I’ve smiled more while playing a video game
if this game had a rerelease or sequel that ironed out some of its minor gameplay kinks (and changed or shortened one of the songs) this game would be absolute peak fiction. but for now it's only mostly peak fiction. which is still a lot more than most other games can muster
Gitaroo Man is a game that, at a surface level, is about a kid figuring out how to develop good self esteem. This is a good thing.
It just so happens that this also occurs through the process of his dog tossing him a magic guitar, turning him into GITAROO MAN. This leads him on a magical journey into outer space where he faces off against many foes, and through the power of music battling develops said self esteem. Its honestly pretty great.
The loop of Gitaroo Man is simple: find a foe, charge up your health meter, defend and attack your foe during a battle phase, and ride off into the sunset through each level's musical finale. Gitaroo man attacks and charges his bar through timed presses of the face buttons must be made while the analog stick is held in the correct direction. During battle phases when enemies attack you must guard by pressing each of the four face buttons in time to the beat of the music. Do this across a course of ten musical stages in order to clear the game.
It is very simple on paper. In execution it is excruciatingly finicky and difficult. Through charm, both musically and through localization, it manages to be an absolutely wonderful experience.
Gitaroo Man is a generally wonderful weird PS2 game. The precision placement of the analog, and the constant requirement to hold the analog stick in distinct directions makes it incredibly off putting to play at times - that Dualshock 2 stick just ain't made to be loved that way. The way later stages require you to jam your fingers over the face buttons to keep up pace with the game can lead to frequent hand cramping as well.
And yet, though I didn't particularly enjoy playing Gitaroo Man, which took about an hour or so, its charm and enthusiasm for its world structures makes it an infectiously fun experience. It's too silly. Too strange. You can't fight it, even your right hand desperately wants to.
To put it succinctly: I AM THE TRUE GITAROO MAN.
It just so happens that this also occurs through the process of his dog tossing him a magic guitar, turning him into GITAROO MAN. This leads him on a magical journey into outer space where he faces off against many foes, and through the power of music battling develops said self esteem. Its honestly pretty great.
The loop of Gitaroo Man is simple: find a foe, charge up your health meter, defend and attack your foe during a battle phase, and ride off into the sunset through each level's musical finale. Gitaroo man attacks and charges his bar through timed presses of the face buttons must be made while the analog stick is held in the correct direction. During battle phases when enemies attack you must guard by pressing each of the four face buttons in time to the beat of the music. Do this across a course of ten musical stages in order to clear the game.
It is very simple on paper. In execution it is excruciatingly finicky and difficult. Through charm, both musically and through localization, it manages to be an absolutely wonderful experience.
Gitaroo Man is a generally wonderful weird PS2 game. The precision placement of the analog, and the constant requirement to hold the analog stick in distinct directions makes it incredibly off putting to play at times - that Dualshock 2 stick just ain't made to be loved that way. The way later stages require you to jam your fingers over the face buttons to keep up pace with the game can lead to frequent hand cramping as well.
And yet, though I didn't particularly enjoy playing Gitaroo Man, which took about an hour or so, its charm and enthusiasm for its world structures makes it an infectiously fun experience. It's too silly. Too strange. You can't fight it, even your right hand desperately wants to.
To put it succinctly: I AM THE TRUE GITAROO MAN.
The legendary theme and all its variations alone gets this game 4 stars
The other star comes from how charming it all is, U-1 is a stupid idiot child but i love him, goes on this little non sensical journey to idk build confidence and it's all just really sweet to watch despite the very obvious glaring issues of for example, a super cheesy dub and bare bones plot etc, I don't really care though as they just kinda add to my enjoyment I love u-1 having a forever cold. and also the plot is just kinda sweet and I somehow end up liking the charcters, though that's almost defintley due to how amazing the music is, like when the legendary theme comes back I somehow end up caring about U1 and this random girl. Oh and also the gameplay is just super fun, and I'm not the biggest rhythm game fan.
Overall just a super fun game to just sit down and replay at any times + it has one of my favourite osts.
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Play it, it's like the best rhythm game
The other star comes from how charming it all is, U-1 is a stupid idiot child but i love him, goes on this little non sensical journey to idk build confidence and it's all just really sweet to watch despite the very obvious glaring issues of for example, a super cheesy dub and bare bones plot etc, I don't really care though as they just kinda add to my enjoyment I love u-1 having a forever cold. and also the plot is just kinda sweet and I somehow end up liking the charcters, though that's almost defintley due to how amazing the music is, like when the legendary theme comes back I somehow end up caring about U1 and this random girl. Oh and also the gameplay is just super fun, and I'm not the biggest rhythm game fan.
Overall just a super fun game to just sit down and replay at any times + it has one of my favourite osts.
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Play it, it's like the best rhythm game
a gitaroo is a weapon it's combat it's war!
Really cool in terms of presentation. The actual gameplay feels a little too inconsistent with the rotation and timing mechanics for me to ever get into a real flow though. Legendary theme fuckin RIPS
game whips
Analog sticks are not perfectly responsive, so the fact that the game doesn't always provide visual feedback as to what angle it's reading from you is a very, very big hindrance. With a GameShark code to fix that, this game would be perfect.
When you are having trouble it's the most disheartening thing in the world. Then you hit a power solo and Develop a god complex. the directional input takes a lot of getting used to but I'll be dammed if it isn't rewarding.
es del 2001 por ende es un juegazo
Couldn't give it anything else but a five, every single song is a hit, the game looks like the mindless doodling of a bored kid in the best way possible, the perfect length to play again and again. This game could not have gotten made any time other than it when it was created, and so nothing quite like it will ever exist.
Pode me devolver a minha sanidade mental? Jogo filho da puta 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
it doesn't take much to turn impossible into i'm possible
Haven't played this in over a decade but it rips, gotta play it again.
One of the better "weird rhythm games" of the pre-Guitar Hero era. I love the control scheme, and it has a few bangers that I still hum every now and then (Tainted Lovers is a personal favorite), but the soundtrack is a bit inconsistent, and the story is complete nonsense. Compared to Parappa, this is a world-beater, but we've come a long way in the past 20 years, so I can really only recommend it as a curiosity for those interested in the origins of the genre.
This is what I expected to happen to me when I tried learning how to play the guitar but I'm still just a loser who can't even play the guitar actually because my endless depression makes it hard to not lose my motivation after a week
Curtinho, mas mt bem feito pra epoca, músicas ótimas e a estetica LINDA demais, agradável demais. Joguem com um analógico decente se não só sofrimento!