One genre that Square Enix hasn’t really jumped into before is the music or rhythm genre, which is unusual given that the music in Final Fantasy games is generally very impressive. Now, to coincide with the 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy, Square Enix has hired developers indiezero to help with Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, a rhythm-based game for the 3DS. And, it should come as a delight to gamers to learn that it’s a thoroughly addictive package that does a good job of representing the high quality music of the franchise.
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory was almost a game in the Theatrhythm franchise according to a newly-translated interview with the game's producer and directors.
A new interview with Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Director Tetsuya Nomura, Co-Director Masanobu Suzui, and Producer Ichiro Hazama reveals many of the upcoming details about this new game. Melody of Memory will feature very different gameplay than what fans of the franchise would expect, but it has a lot in common with another one of Square Enix's franchises: Theatrhythm.
Lol okay..sure as heck looks and feels like a mee-too template based rhythm game (regardless of how your consumer gamer brain thinks). All that name dropping and “history lesson” took this article to new realms of “techraptor does not make any money doing this anyway”. Just consider that. You do this crap for free. Winning.
BitCultures examines some of the best musically inspired video games.
It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.
The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.
