Boom Boom Rocket

[Jebus]

What are the tracks like? How much is 800 points anyhow?

About ?8/9...

Freestyle - Just a complete chillout. No scores to hit, no combo, nothing. Just fireworks flying up that you can detonate to the music however you see fit.

That interests me. Would be pretty cool if they could have integrated a score system somehow but it's pretty much impossible to though I guess.

I'm even more tempted than before

[MikeRox]

it's £6.50ish utter bargain for a brand new release imo finally got to play it now I've got home from work, aside from a slightly awkward way of displaying the button presses (I know they're fireworks so I'll let it slide :P) I thought it was a very relaxing game. Definately going to download the full ver.

[Jebus]

http://www.mspconverter.com/results.php?MSP=800&conversion=Convert

£6.80

**** it, I'm gonna but it.

In many ways I hate my 360...

[FreelancePolice]

well i caved and bought it and well I really really like it.

I'll add you silver x although i did see you at the top of the leaderboard so kudos

[Kotatsu Neko]

Bought it and I'm quite enjoying it, but the music is dreadful. Quite a critical flaw for a music game... I really don't know what they were thinking, but it just isn't nice to listen to. Some are bareable... just... but most are just atrocious.

Visuals are nice enough for a while, but super repetitive. I really wish SEGA would finally come to Live Arcade and bring Space Channel 5 parts 1 & 2 with them.

[VR46]

Only managed a short go, but really like it, and that's from someone who's not a big Lumines fan.

Hat's off to Silvergun X for topping the Leaderboard still.

[Riskbreaker]

Bought it and I'm quite enjoying it, but the music is dreadful. Quite a critical flaw for a music game... I really don't know what they were thinking, but it just isn't nice to listen to. Some are bareable... just... but most are just atrocious.

I actually think the music suits the game quite well. At no point was I sat thinking that they should have used something else. There are a couple of tracks which are a bit mediocre, the William Tell track is one, but thats probably just down to taste. Horses for courses and all that.

1812 and Carmen Electra are faves at the moment, I managed to top the leaderboard for 1812 on medium earlier, how the hell Silvergun manages hard is beyond me.

He's a bast

I think I'll spend most of time squeezing points out of the medium difficulty. Hard just seems to be a bit past my level of ability at the moment.

Visuals are nice enough for a while, but super repetitive. I really wish SEGA would finally come to Live Arcade and bring Space Channel 5 parts 1 & 2 with them.

Couldn't agree more. I'd prefer a Space Channel 5 pt 3 though

[ChrisF]

Couldn't agree more. I'd prefer a Space Channel 5 pt 3 though

and i'd prefer Samba De Amigo!

[Ish]

Weak. Weak. Weak.

I've only played the demo but the music is so piss poor I won't be persevering. The gameplay doesn't feel tightly tied enough to the music and the feedback for getting it right is just, well, weak.

Give me Samba or Space Channel any day of the week.

[PeteJ]

Only got the trial but it seems pretty good, Hard was surprisingly tough but it feels a little unresponsive? Maybe if you miss it locks you out for a bit, not sure. Probably just me!

Went through the first song for five laps on endurance which was quite amusing, I see there is an achievement for five laps on hard which must be a challenge! The rest look pretty easy though.

Don't think I'll buy this just yet, coming from a big Frequency fan I feel the game is lacking something. The scoring isn't as well done as in the Harmonix titles and it does just feel like DDR on a pad...but harder because the arrows are flying about all over the screen. Similar music too, I guess.

I like most games in the genre but with GH2 released just last week I'm being kept well entertained.

[Ish]

Don't think I'll buy this just yet, coming from a big Frequency fan I feel the game is lacking something.

Likewise. To me its all about the feedback. Frequency fed back to me in a fantastically positive way when I got things right. As did Amplitdude (though personally I preferred Frequency). This just doesn't. Oooo fireworks. Yawn.

Edit: In fairness perhaps I shouldn't be so harsh. I think Frequency got things 100% spot on as far as rhythym action games with a gamepad go. Nah **** it. This is an amateuar effort at best.

[phillai]

Boom Boom Rocket

Made by the lavely guys who did Geometry Wars but it's nothing like it!

Imagine DDR crossed with Fantavision with simply yet gorgeous graphics and with nice music and you will get the idea of this.

I played it on easy and it was too easy but try it on hard and I became all goggle eyed!

Well nice, try this now even if you don't intend buying it!
it's different and I think you can become hooked within a few goes!

[Silvergun X]

Ok. Recap of day 1 on Boom Boom Rocket:

10 out of 12 achievements reached.

Number 1 on the highest weekly scoreboard for standard

Number 1 on medium combined leaderboard for standard

Number 3 on highest weekly scoreboard for endurance

It's a good day.

[Akira]

love it!

[Hulk Davidson]

Nice work Silvergun X!

I had a quick blast this morning before work, found it quite tricky to nail the Perfects. It'd be nice if there were speed mods like with Bemani games, maybe they are in there somewhere!?

Really enjoyed what I've played so far and will look forward to attacking the leaderboards soon.