Beatmania US PS2 - Anyone have it?

[Daft Punk]

I picked it up I like it .

Then again iv'e been playing it since it was released on the ps in japan .

Im glad you can swap the turntable around. And I have the same gripe about hitting multiple scratches it just don't work too well .

[Kroogah]

Finally stopped putting it off and picked this one up.

This is a great game if you've never played it before. Or if you're like me and sold all your old Styles and yer controller. V has returned to torture me once again.

Any of you guys made any progress since you first bought the game? Or is the skill level around here still davidbrit > me > everyone else?

It took me about a year to start beating 7-star songs, and I started on u gotta groove on the original PS1 mix. One of the first 7-stars I beat was Presto, so aim for that one.

[djbeatmongrel]

tell you the truth i got to fed up with the learning curve. its too steep for me at the moment. also, the only music game i'm playing at the moment is guitar hero, just need BATM and CBH on expert and i am done.

[Kroogah]

tell you the truth i got to fed up with the learning curve. its too steep for me at the moment.

What level are you at? If I rack my brain enough I can tell you what to practice. This release needs Drill Mode from 5th & 6th Style.

Ah, BATM and CBH. I finally beat BATM at Kamino's a couple weeks ago, then immediately tried CBH and beat that too. Hard as Hell though.

[djbeatmongrel]

tell you the truth i got to fed up with the learning curve. its too steep for me at the moment.

What level are you at? If I rack my brain enough I can tell you what to practice. This release needs Drill Mode from 5th & 6th Style.

Ah, BATM and CBH. I finally beat BATM at Kamino's a couple weeks ago, then immediately tried CBH and beat that too. Hard as Hell though.

i appreciate the offer but for i have no idea where i am stuck at, i atleast unlocked most of the songs on 5 key. dont worry about helping though, i plan on keeping it shelved for a while till i blow through some of my other games

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Any of you guys made any progress since you first bought the game? Or is the skill level around here still davidbrit > me > everyone else?

I have not been playing it all that much. When I first got it, I went through all the songs just so I could have them all open on free play. I played through all of them on easy (a couple of them were pretty tough, but I've got them) and I've got like half of them on medium. It seems like I can go good for awhile, but when the action really kicks in I lose it and end with like a 20%. I dont know, the game is alright, but I've spent probably 5 times the amount of time playing Guitar Hero than this, just because its much more fun. I dont regret buying BM, but I'm not super excited/glad that I did either. I hope they give us atleast one more game, but I dont know if thats going to happen.

[MuppetMaster]

I've been looking into this game quite a bit lately and it looks pretty damn cool. I will hopefully be picking a copy up later this week.

[Princess-Isabela]

Beatmania games were known since always for their hardcore steep curves, Id suggest to pick up Beatmania IIDX 11th Mix RED, game rocks totally, it has over 70 songs of which most are awesome(MAX 300 anyone?), highly recommended.
US Beatmania is ok, it has interface taken out from 9th mix, but song selection suffers.
overal game is too easy on lower difficulties, such as light, medium, even some on hard, pretty unequal.
still one of the best music games released in states, if you see negative reviews on the net, dont take them too much into consideration, Beatmania really does rock, - you just have to give it a chance.

[heyricochet]

Just FYI to everyone, this game is still 40 bucks at target until July 10th. I hopefully will be picking it up tomorrow if the plumber doesn't come too late to my apartment.