Rock Revolution
Rock Revolution, développé par Zoe Mode et HB Studios et édité par Konami, est sorti le 15 octobre 2008 sur PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 et Wii. Ce jeu de musique propose quarante et un titres de rock ainsi qu'un mode studio permettant de créer sa propre musique dans un environnement multi-pistes. La presse a salué le fait que Game Informer y voyait un titre conforme au genre musical, comme si les trois années précédentes n'avaient pas existé, tandis que Pelit en Finlande l'a qualifié de version de série B des jeux musicaux actuels, avec une sélection de morceaux médiocre et uniquement des reprises. Certains joueurs sur Metacritic regrettent des voix réenregistrées sans qualité et des instrumentaux décalés, tout en jugeant la liste de morceaux correcte, et d'autres estiment le jeu acceptable une fois correctement calibré, avec des visuels sobres. L'évaluation agrégée du titre s'établit à 34,17.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Rock Revolution is exactly what you’d expect from the music game genre, assuming the last three years never happened. »
« A B-movie version of current music games. The setlist is mediocre and all of the performances are covers. The gameplay itself is too punishing on the timing and the way notes scroll directly from top to bottom of the screen is just hard to follow. [June 2009] »
« Rock Revolution is basically what you’d expect from a musical game at medium level. »
« Rock Revolution is a disaster. »
« On the whole, Rock Revolution just falls short on every level. »
« You want players to be entertained and you want them to be challenged, but you don’t want them uncomfortable. Unfortunately, Rock Revolution frequently made me uncomfortable. »
« Rock Revolution is a bad attempt at cashing in on the genre. It really does nothing to separate itself and actually siphons most of the enjoyment out of playing music games. »
« Konami might stand at the berth of the music genre with games like Beatmania, DDR and Guitar Freaks, but Rock Revolution fails in almost all the aspects that make the Rock Band and Guitar Hero franchises so good. It just doesn’t play as well, has fewer options and the soundtrack is mediocre at best. This game just doesn’t cut it with the franchises it desperately tries to be. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« The vocals are all re-recorded (not well), the instrumentals are all off-beat. The tracklisting is pretty good tho. »
« It's not too bad. The game-play is fine once calibrated properly. The visuals are okay, even though you should only be looking at the notes on your 2d fret-board (yes, a vertical 2d fret-board, make sure to adjust your eyes!) The soundtrack is good, and the covers are somewhat alright. A few other features and modes make it an alright purchase by today's standards. »
« I have played the career mode all the way with a Guitar Hero guitar and I really missed the point with the low ratings since it al worked well enough and even the "cover" soundtrack was perfectly executed. A good alternative to RB & GH series if you catch it at low price. »
« Lets put it this way. Guitar Hero and Rockband had a baby and this is the crap that came out. I like the soundtrack but the gameplay and graphics are just horrible. But on the bright side you can buy it for 3 dollars so if you just want to buy something cheap this is for you. »
