Surfing the Waves of Music!
Recently a small independent game came out that has near unlimited replay for only $10, I've become quite addicted to it. It basically allows you to turn mp3's you have into a game, but not in that "guitar hero-esque" style of pressing buttons at the right time, that can be tough for some people.
The idea is, you load in a song and it makes a track to race on. It analyzes the song, sets the speed based on the song, has drops at fast part and inclines at slow ones, even curved areas. The game part comes with colored "cars" which are just basically blocks, you hit them and match up 3 or more for points. That's the sort description, music+racing+tetris...here's a video of The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black, it is not me but I figured the song would be known to a bigger audience than some crazy-fast eletronica song(the fast ones are crazy sometimes.)
There are about 12 different modes, varying if you match one color and avoid grey blocks or if you try to deal with multiple colors, things like that. Plus when you finish a song, it adds your score to the online tracking so you can see how you did compared to everyone else.
No driving skill is necessary, you just move left and right. Hitting a grey block doesn't end your game either, just means less points. You can even take a free-ride mode with no matching up, just for the fun of seeing your song made into a track.
May not be for everyone, but it's a decent bit of fun with as much replay as you have music. It has a 5-song free demo as well. Website is http://www.audio-surf.com/ if you want to learn anymore.
The idea is, you load in a song and it makes a track to race on. It analyzes the song, sets the speed based on the song, has drops at fast part and inclines at slow ones, even curved areas. The game part comes with colored "cars" which are just basically blocks, you hit them and match up 3 or more for points. That's the sort description, music+racing+tetris...here's a video of The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black, it is not me but I figured the song would be known to a bigger audience than some crazy-fast eletronica song(the fast ones are crazy sometimes.)
There are about 12 different modes, varying if you match one color and avoid grey blocks or if you try to deal with multiple colors, things like that. Plus when you finish a song, it adds your score to the online tracking so you can see how you did compared to everyone else.
No driving skill is necessary, you just move left and right. Hitting a grey block doesn't end your game either, just means less points. You can even take a free-ride mode with no matching up, just for the fun of seeing your song made into a track.
May not be for everyone, but it's a decent bit of fun with as much replay as you have music. It has a 5-song free demo as well. Website is http://www.audio-surf.com/ if you want to learn anymore.
posted by Ocho at 12:04 PM
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