Gitaru Man (Gitaroo Man)

[Gitaru Man]

yeah yeah yeah, as you can all see.... that is my NAME on this board... but has anyone PLAYED this game? its just so great, I can't get over it.... I am listening to the OST even as I type.

[Tempest]

Gitaroo Man is my favorite PS2 game. I love the concept, and the music rocks! I've beaten normal mode with A's on every stage except the last (I can't get above a B there), but I can't even get past the second stage in master mode.

I too have the soundtrack and I listen to it in my car. I love the opening song (Soft Machine), I just wish I could understand the words!

Tempest

[Gitaru Man]

YEAH!! I love the entire soundtrack.. (I used to not like Ben-k's song, but now that I have listened to it, I love it)
Ive beaten Normal mode, and Papeus on Masters... but Flying O always kicks my ass

[Tempest]

Yep, I can't get past Flying-O on Master play either. I've gotten further and further the more I practice, but it's just too damn hard. I love how the riff's are harder, but you take so much more damage!

I still can't stand Ben-K's song ('Nuff Respect). My favs are Tainted Lovers and Overpass.

Tempest

[Britboy]

Hmmmm.....

*will have to buy this game*

Since I suck at Mad Maestro, maybe this one will be more forgiving...

[kainemaxwell]

What's the game about anyhow?

There was a review of the Gitaroo Man OST in the new Animerica, so i downloaded one the songs and loved it.

[Psycho Mantis]

Best.PS2 game.ever. I beat the normal mode and beat level 1 on master's play.
I can get so close to beating level 2 but i can't do it. me and my friends played that game so much. i love it. i got it for $5. best.day.ever.

[DJ_DEEM]

i cant find a copy of this game ive been lookin for a long time now, it sucks noone has it

[DDCecil]

Easily my favorite soundtrack of all-time (minus Ben-K's song). I can't get past Mojo King Bee on Master Mode, but my youngest brother has beaten the entire game.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Like Vib Ribbon never stops getting back into my PSone, this game never stops getting back into my PS2! Lol. I can't get enough.

I did find it a little hard in places though... Especially that mental guy near the end with the organ... That is one mental level!

I like the sweet song which he plays to that bird in the sunset... That's my favourite (And no, I can't remember her name!)

[EnemyZero]

ive only played a little of this at a anime convention i was at but i loved it, and the soundtrack kicks major arseness

[Needle]

I was introduced to this game via a friend only a week ago, and I just fell completely in love with it. Anyone who cannot find some level of merit in Gitaroo Man has no soul. :)

I'm stuck at Mojo King Bee in the Master Play, and I'll probably be stuck there for a long long time. I really need to find a copy of this game for myself, but it's just terribly difficult to find anywhere! Infinity Impossible!

[Beefy Hits]

This game has been getting a lot of buzz lately. Never played it yet myself, but I did like Mad Maestro. Gitaroo man is going for big muney on ebay. No less than 35-65$US

Honesty, though, I like the music games with the funky controllers like Taiko Drum Master and Samba de Amigo better.

These music games that only use the regular controller are BALLS HARD.

[udisi]

Since when was this going for $65!!!...I know i still have 3-4 sealed copies laying around. Might be ebay time :D

[FlashStash]

Since when was this going for $65!!!...I know i still have 3-4 sealed copies laying around. Might be ebay time :D

Bump of an old thread...

Take a look at the prices NOW on eBay! It's up over $100 now! Last one sold for $150!?!?!? @_@ :eek 2:

::hugs my mint copy::

[Big Papa Husker]

Maybe you could be real nice and sell on to me. :)

[hydr0x]

bought it last week new for 5 bucks, haven't played it yet :embarrassed:

[Simply Dave]

As an owner of a sealed copy (snagged 2 at the CC sale last year) I have watched in absolute amazement at the price of this game soaring online in the last 6 months. From 40 to 60 to 80 to the insane prices that they are fetching now. How far will it go!? :)

[imlost47]

wow, i had no idea the prices went up on these. Im glad i found two at the local pawn shop for$10 apiece :)

[towerofsong]

Can get it for £10.97 on Amazon UK. I take it it's just the American one which is rare then?
And it was £5 in Game last month

[Cryomancer]

I suck so bad at that game, but it's awesome.

[Sardius]

Take a look at the prices NOW on eBay! It's up over $100 now! Last one sold for $150!?!?!?
holy CHRIST, should've held onto my copy for a little longer I guess (sold it last year for like fifty or so). oh well!

given the choice between owning a crappy game and having fifty dollars at the time though...well, I have no regrets.

music's ok though.

[Cryomancer]

I played earlier and did my BEST EVER...and got all the way to level three, wow, go me.

Maybe I should try and find a different controller with a better analog stick and O button...

[Half Japanese]

I don't even have a ps2, but I've got a mint complete copy sitting on my shelf. Great game, the fact that it's in high demand (notice I didn't say "rare") now really puts the icing on the cake.

[shai hulud]

i have two copies of the game, one to play and one to look pretty. it is for sure my favorite music/rhythm game. hopefully there will be some kind of sequel

[DynastyLawyer]

My main problem with this game is that it's got a pretty rough difficulty curve, and you have to be devoted to the game to be good at it. If you try going back to this one's later levels having not played it for a year, you are going to get beat. Likewise, Master mode in general is proof positive that this game can be just too hard.

But that said, it's easily the music game of this generation.


holy CHRIST, should've held onto my copy for a little longer I guess (sold it last year for like fifty or so). oh well!

given the choice between owning a crappy game and having fifty dollars at the time though...well, I have no regrets.

music's ok though.

Must...
Resist...
Too...
Easy...

[PDorr3]

if I could FIND the game I would play it :(

[junglehunter]

This game is just TOO good. I had a copy up until Christmas, but sold it for about $60USD as I never played it much. For everyone that is stuck on the first stage on Master Mode, good luck with the rest of the game, that is all I have to say. San Bone Trio was the real level that stumped me, but I believe it only took me about 18 tries or so. :/

I'll be in the market for a new copy soon, I must admit. :)

[imlost47]

yeah, san bone trio is killing me on master mode. been stuck there for about 6 months now

[EndlessChris]

Is anybody interested in trading this game? Please contact me.

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[-hellvin-]

Damn did this game get expensive. Maybe I'll have to resell a copy or two if I find em cheap.

I love this game very much. I suck at it though. I got to level 4 and as I stated in a gitaroo man post a long time ago, "I get reamed on the level where the shark decides to send NOTES OF MUSICAL RAPE up your ass."

Never got passed that.

[junglehunter]

I'd love to trade someone for this game as well. I have some VERY nice trades available. I won't go for that BS $125 a copy though. That is pushing it, IMO. :roll:

[hydr0x]

i just played it for the first time yesterday, hard, but great fun

[Nez]

Damn I had no Idea it was so damn expensive. Tch To ebay it goes, goodbye sealed copy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8173421622&rd=1 :D

[robotriot]

I've got hardly any experience at rythm games, but I bought this today and it certainly owns :D But level 4 (shark) is too damn hard, I'm just too slow for that D:

[josekortez]

This game is hard as hell, but I'm glad I own it for the rarity alone. I'm finally starting to warm up to Technic Beat, though.

[Kroogah]

I had it for a while and liked it, but looking at gameplay it sure as Hell isn't worth whatever the Ebay price is to me. A total of what, 8 or 9 stages with 2 difficulty levels. I'd play it occasionally every 6 months or so, if I'm not satisfied from just listening to the soundtrack.

For music game of this generation try DDR. Or Taiko. Technic Beat. Donkey Konga. Bust a Groove. Even Um Jammer Lammy or Space Channel 5. And that's just US releases.

[DynastyLawyer]

For music game of this generation try DDR. Or Taiko. Technic Beat. Donkey Konga. Bust a Groove. Even Um Jammer Lammy or Space Channel 5. And that's just US releases.

I don't like DDR that much and I know a lot of people do, but if you look at it as a game, it's really not that complex. Push buttons in time with when arrows line up with other arrows, backed by JPOP and Captain Jack tunes. Add the dance mat and it gets a little better, but DDR players like to think of themselves as badass dancers, when most of the time, they're just stepping in random directions on a mat. I can't say I've played Bust a Groove, or even SEEN Taiko or Technic Beat, but that you've also elected Um Jammer Lammy is enough to tell me you're grasping for straws. I don't think there's ever been so poor a sequel in videogames (wait... there was Chrono Cross... and Parasite Eve II...), to the absolute brilliance that was Parappa the Rappa. Space Channel 5 I might hear a good argument about, but I still don't think it has the heart Guitaroo Man was packing.

Parappa was obviously the game to top when people made music videogames this generation, and I think Guitaroo Man was the only game that came close to matching it. It had a rather simple soundtrack with a heroic theme, gameplay that was relatively complex and always kept you on your feet with it's variety, and it was carried along, much like Parappa was, by a story with not a lot of complexity, but a ton of surreal happenings and spirit in spades.

Oh yeah!

[slip81]

if I could FIND the game I would play it :(

Ditto

[Kroogah]

I don't like DDR that much and I know a lot of people do, but if you look at it as a game, it's really not that complex.

Ha. Say no more.

[Amy Rose]

Ooooh, I want a copy of Um Jammer Lammy! And Parappa for that matter. Curse you PAL rarity!

Anyways, I managed to find an Aussie PAL Gitaroo Man and I've been playing it whenever I have time off work. It's HARD. I'm up to the shark level and it's just like "HUH?" I can't even get past the first bit!

My favourite music so far is the second level. Does anyone know the name of the song so I can, y'know, fire up Kazaa? I'll probably get the soundtrack once I've finished the game so I don't ruin anything. :-P

I also love DDR and don't think I'm hot shit at dancing. Hell, I don't think I can dance at all, but I can connect the random arrows pretty well at standard level and I still play it a bit.

[Sardius]

I can't say I've played Bust a Groove, or even SEEN Taiko or Technic Beat, but that you've also elected Um Jammer Lammy is enough to tell me you're grasping for straws. I don't think there's ever been so poor a sequel in videogames (wait... there was Chrono Cross... and Parasite Eve II...), to the absolute brilliance that was Parappa the Rappa. Space Channel 5 I might here a good argument about, but I still don't think it has the heart Guitaroo Man was packing.

bleargh! you can't honestly expect to diss lammy and praise gitaroo man and get away with it can you?

lammy and space channel 5 part 2, in my mind, represent the high points of the character/story-based rhythm game genre. parappa was good, but lammy refined the theme to perfection. everything about lammy improves upon parappa, and if it's just the damn rapping dog you miss, the second half of the game lets you play as him. that fact, along with its infinitely better music and awesomer storyline, makes lammy so much better than parappa ever was that it's sick.

now

I've not seen this mentioned here yet, but gitaroo man, really, is not a very good game. most people are just sucked in by the story, the music, and the character design...which is fine, because the game does all that stuff right. the gameplay blows though! it blows so, so hard and nobody will EVER tell you this, which is why it's frustrating to read threads like this. rhythm games, being precision- and accuracy-based, are simply not meant to have analog control, especially in a game as hard as gitaroo man. your thumb will slip off the analog stick all the time when you play, and it's pointless to play for score or accuracy, since you'll miss so many notes due to the stupidly imprecise control. in the end, the controls make it stop being fun entirely.

there's a lot of reasons to like gitaroo man, but gameplay isn't one of them. just wanted to clear that up for anyone who's never played it and might be disappointed after paying $100+ for it.

[Half Japanese]

I suck at this game, so I hate it.*

*paraphrased


I found it a great game all the way through. Same with Parappa and Um Jammer Lammy. Space Channel 5 can eat a bowl of dick (and given that Mr. Jackson guest stars, that's probably not too incomprehensible). Donkey Konga is fun for about ten minutes until it dawns on you: "This soundtrack is awful. My ears are bleeding."

[Sardius]

I suck at this game, so I hate it.*
*paraphrased
your MOM sucks at this game.

(paraphrased)

I finished normal mode with all A's (I think?), then got to like level 3 on master's mode, whichever level the UFO is before I got sick of the bullshit controls and put it away for good. I gave the game way more of a chance than it deserved, and got further than most people would have the patience to.

space channel 5 pretty much sucks, yeah, but part 2 is seriously one of my favorite games of all time. the special edition is $15 for ps2 - buy ten copies of that instead of gitaroo man to do your part in making the world a happier place.

[Crush Crawfish]

I love gitaroo man. Easily one of my top ten favorite PS2 games. The soundtrack is unparalelled...I can think of few games with such excellent music. And the controls are perfect, regardless of what anyone thinks. Luckily I was able to snag my copy at CC during the $5 sale. Best $5 I ever spent! I'm sure glad I don't have to find one on ebay, the prices are insane!

[DynastyLawyer]

Ha. Say no more.

Awww man, I already did. Dammit! DAMMIT!


bleargh! you can't honestly expect to diss lammy and praise gitaroo man and get away with it can you?

Well yes. Yes I can.


your MOM sucks at this game.

Now now... Children...

[junglehunter]

I can't say I've played Bust a Groove, or even SEEN Taiko or Technic Beat, but that you've also elected Um Jammer Lammy is enough to tell me you're grasping for straws. I don't think there's ever been so poor a sequel in videogames (wait... there was Chrono Cross... and Parasite Eve II...), to the absolute brilliance that was Parappa the Rappa. Space Channel 5 I might here a good argument about, but I still don't think it has the heart Guitaroo Man was packing.

bleargh! you can't honestly expect to diss lammy and praise gitaroo man and get away with it can you?

lammy and space channel 5 part 2, in my mind, represent the high points of the character/story-based rhythm game genre. parappa was good, but lammy refined the theme to perfection. everything about lammy improves upon parappa, and if it's just the damn rapping dog you miss, the second half of the game lets you play as him. that fact, along with its infinitely better music and awesomer storyline, makes lammy so much better than parappa ever was that it's sick.

now

I've not seen this mentioned here yet, but gitaroo man, really, is not a very good game. most people are just sucked in by the story, the music, and the character design...which is fine, because the game does all that stuff right. the gameplay blows though! it blows so, so hard and nobody will EVER tell you this, which is why it's frustrating to read threads like this. rhythm games, being precision- and accuracy-based, are simply not meant to have analog control, especially in a game as hard as gitaroo man. your thumb will slip off the analog stick all the time when you play, and it's pointless to play for score or accuracy, since you'll miss so many notes due to the stupidly imprecise control. in the end, the controls make it stop being fun entirely.

there's a lot of reasons to like gitaroo man, but gameplay isn't one of them. just wanted to clear that up for anyone who's never played it and might be disappointed after paying $100+ for it.
Just because you lack the hand/eye coordination doesn't mean the controls are imprecise. And please leave the "Your Mom!" comments to GameFAQS. Thanks! ;)

[DDCecil]

My favourite music so far is the second level. Does anyone know the name of the song so I can, y'know, fire up Kazaa? I'll probably get the soundtrack once I've finished the game so I don't ruin anything. :-P

Edit: Nevermind the link doesn't work anymore. The song is called Flyin' to Your Heart and it happens to be my #1 favorite vidoe game song of all-time.

[Sardius]

Just because you lack the hand/eye coordination doesn't mean the controls are imprecise. And please leave the "Your Mom!" comments to GameFAQS. Thanks! ;)

hello and thank you for again insulting my ability at playing video games instead of discussing legitimate concerns with the game. surely playing through gitaroo man to completion gives me no authority over deciding whether it is a good game or not because I clearly suck at it too much.

look at the thread - I'm not the only one who had trouble with the game's difficulty or its controls. I overcame those things and finished the game, and I STILL didn't like it. is this not a valid argument as to why someone might think twice about paying over $100 for a game that's otherwise universally praised?

[DynastyLawyer]

hello and thank you for again insulting my ability at playing video games instead of discussing legitimate concerns with the game. surely playing through gitaroo man to completion gives me no authority over deciding whether it is a good game or not because I clearly suck at it too much.

look at the thread - I'm not the only one who had trouble with the game's difficulty or its controls. I overcame those things and finished the game, and I STILL didn't like it. is this not a valid argument as to why someone might think twice about paying over $100 for a game that's otherwise universally praised?

I'm with you on this, Sardius. I hate it when people take legitimate concerns about a game's difficulty, and toss them out with a simple "YOU SUCK AT IT! LAWLS!" More bullshit argumentation has yet to be conceived, especially when we're talking about tough games, like Ninja Gaiden, Gitaroo Man, or fucking Shinobi (games which pretty much everyone agrees are rough).

I've still gotta disagree with you on how the game controls, though. I've seen people do a lot of shit with Gitaroo Man, and it's interesting to see how everyone's playing style of it is a little different. I could personally nail button timing, but couldn't hold it for longer, twisting notes. I know people whos timing wasn't that great on hitting the notes, but could maintain it flawlessly through analog control. Yeah, in general, your thumbs will slip, because the game is making you go through some rather grueling button mashing and analog twisting, but that's part of the game's challenge and fun. But stuff like that isn't like Ninja Gaiden, where an errant camera fucks any chances you have of winning during tough bosses. It in no way kills the game, any more than the button mashing segments of Mortal Kombat or Metal Gear Solid killed those respective games.

Is Guitaroo Man worth 100$? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. All I know is that it was worth 40$ when I bought it, and given the opportunity again today, I'd buy a game like it again for that price in a heartbeat.