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10-20-2006, 10:09 PM
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Okay, so...
For the longest time the only Bemani game I have ever gone anywhere near is DDR, but I kinda want to broaden my horizens and try something new.
I have always heard about how much fun Beatmania is from all of my friends, though I've never actually encountered an arcade version before.
So, I've decided I'd really like to get into beatmania and I've decided to look into buying the US console version, but I've never played before! Ever!
So my question to any one who feels like answering is:
Is the US console Beatmania very Beginner friendly???
Any help, and info is GREATLY appreciated!!!
Thanks
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10-20-2006, 10:18 PM
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SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!
I MEANT FOR THIS TO GO INTO THE ACTUAL BEATMANIA THREAD- NOT HE SIMULATION THREAD!!!  woops...
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10-21-2006, 07:24 AM
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Yes it's very beginner friendly.
Hell doesn't the maximum number of stars on normal hit like 5 or 6?
I learned very fast from the US version. | |
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10-21-2006, 10:16 AM
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it goes to 7 and 8...but yeah, it's beginner friendly. I started out with it. | |
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10-21-2006, 05:43 PM
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When designing the Beatmania US version, they actually intended it to be beginner friendly -- that was their main emphasis judging by what they said during the developer interviews. That's why they left out a lot of the good songs that could've made the game's soundtrack more appealing. Because the charts for some of the really good stuff can be quite unforgiving.
It's a good starter game, I'll give it that. However, if you are already an avid, experienced IIDX player, you won't get too much excitement out of this game unless your PS2 is not modded to play the JP games. Even so, it was still worth buying for the controller alone, if not for the game, in my opinion.
And it does go higher than 7 and 8. Play through all the songs in 5-key (beatmania) and 7-key (IIDX) modes once and you will unlock the Another difficulty rating for all the songs that have it. (actually, this is the only unlock you will need to do for this IIDX game) | |
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10-21-2006, 09:11 PM
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Looking at the song list, some of those 5-key songs are extremely hard on doubles, especially considering the ratings they have on BM the Final...
Manmachine Plays Jazz (an 8 in BM Final... should be a 9!)
321 Stars (Maybe a relatively easy 9, for those who can stage-clear 9's... not me!)
Genom Screams (an 8)
Ska A Go Go (a 7) isn't too difficult, actually. Play it a certain way!
So in a way, 5-key did get some version of anothers. | |
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10-24-2006, 03:31 AM
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I'd also say it's beginner-friendly. Plus you get a cheap controller with unsticky keys, however the turntable takes a while to break in, or you could always mod it.
Heck, it's the reason I got back into playing beatmania again after a long hiatus. There's also good variety of songs (for beginners, if you have all the Japanese styles then I wouldn't recommend this, unless you want a cheap controller or... really, really, really want to listen to the US console releases) to keep you playing.
Normal Single goes up to 6 stars of 10, courtesy of Colors (radio edit)
Normal Double goes up to 8 stars, courtesy of Summer Vacation methinks.
But if Normal difficulty is too hard you can always start out on Beginner, where songs go up to 3.
On the other end of the spectrum, on Another Single you have V, Colors (radio edit), and Nemesis (not sure about the 3rd one) as 10 stars.
On Another Doubles I believe era among a couple of others also have 10. I'm at the beginner end on double play.
Back on topic. I wouldn't say it's very beginner friendly. IIDX, unlike DDR takes a lot of dedication to get good at. You don't start spewing out AAs or AAAs if you're a real beginner with or without previous bemani experience. Took me a couple of tries on 5.1.1 [H7] before I finally AAA'd it. (And that would be a true AAA, not the BMUS "AAA")
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10-30-2006, 03:14 PM
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Era (H14) is a 10 on BMUS, and if memory serves me correctly, it is the only 10-star hyper chart in the game. | |
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