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| Developer(s) | Bizarre Creations |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Platform(s) | Xbox Live Arcade |
| Release date | April 11, 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Music video game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Media | Download |
| Input methods | Gamepad, Dance pad, GH Guitar |
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Gameplay
The object of Boom Boom Rocket is to trigger fireworks explosions in time with music, in a gameplay style very similar to that of Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero. Dance Dance Revolution (abbreviated DDR) previously known as Dancing Stage in PAL territories until the announcement of Guitar Hero is a Music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 Video Each rocket is color-mapped to one of the colored buttons on the Xbox 360 controller. A life gauge, which also serves as a score multiplier meter, fills with each successful shot and drains with each missed shot, and players are graded on overall hit accuracy. If the life meter drains completely, the player fails the song and the game is over. Each song has three unlockable firework types, one for each difficulty level. If the player successfully triggers a prescribed number of fireworks a rocket with a wavy tail appears. If this special rocket is triggered, the firework is unlocked and it will randomly replace other firework types on subsequent songs. If the rocket with the wavy tail is missed, or the song is not completed, the firework type remains locked.
An update that was released in November 2007 allows the game to recognize other controllers like guitars and dance pads. When using a guitar the rockets need to be "strummed" just as in Guitar Hero to be exploded in time.
Boom Boom Rocket includes several single-player modes and a local two-player mode. Single-player modes include the basic game, Endurance Mode (in which the song loops continuously and gradually speeds up, with the player attempting to complete as many "laps" as possible), and Practice Mode. Additionally, the game provides a Visualizer mode, which creates a fireworks display timed to the rhythm of audio files stored on the player's console.
The game provides twelve achievements (worth 200 Gamerscore points), which focus mainly on unlocking fireworks and attaining high grade levels and hit ratios. Xbox Live (trademarked as Xbox LIVE) is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation It also supports two-player mode on the same system, but does not support online multiplayer. As with most Xbox Live Arcade games, the title includes online leaderboards.
Boom Boom Rocket features ten music tracks (fifteen with the update), with three difficulty levels per track. Each track is a classical song that has been remixed into a modern style, such as ska, funk or techno. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s The game's music was composed by Ian Livingstone (Batman Returns and Project Gotham Racing 2 game soundtracks). Batman Returns is a 1992 Superhero film directed by Tim Burton. Project Gotham Racing 2 ( PGR2 for short is a Racing game for the Xbox, developed by Bizarre Creations and published While users cannot create their own custom soundtracks or utilize music from other sources (apart from the music visualizer mode), the game does support downloadable content (including new tracks) which should have been released on November 29, 2007; but were a day late. The songs were free until December 16, 2007. The 'rock pack' can now be downloaded 250 Microsoft Points. As of December 18, 2007 the song pack is still free for download. [2][3]
Track List
There are a total of ten music tracks in the game, with three difficulty levels per track. Each track is a classical song that has been remixed into one of a number of modern styles, including ska, funk and techno, and was composed by Ian Livingstone (Batman Returns and Project Gotham Racing 2 game soundtracks). Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Batman Returns is a Video game for various platforms based on the movie of the same name Project Gotham Racing 2 ( PGR2 for short is a Racing game for the Xbox, developed by Bizarre Creations and published The songs are as follows:
- Smooth Operetta
- Rave New World
- William Tell Overload
- Hall of the Mountain Dude
- 1812 Overdrive
- Valkyries Rising
- Tail Light Sonata
- Carmen Electric
- Game Over Beethoven
- Toccata and Funk
DLC - Rock Pack, released November 30th 2007 is:
Exploits/Errors
The higher difficulty rated levels feature "combos", where the player must press more than one button at the same time. "The Flower Duet" ( Viens Mallika les liens en fleurs "New World Symphony" redirects here for the Miami -based orchestra see New World Symphony Orchestra. The Overture to the opera William Tell, especially its high-energy finale is a very familiar work composed by Gioachino Rossini. In the Hall of the Mountain King (I Dovregubbens hall is a piece of orchestral music Opus 23 composed by Edvard Grieg for Henrik Ibsen 's Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the Festival Overture "The Year 1812" in E major, Op The Ride of the Valkyries (Walkürenritt is the popular term for the beginning of Act III of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner. The Piano Sonata No 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op Carmen is a French Opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The Libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based Ludwig van Beethoven 's Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 was written in 1804–08 "Flight of the Bumblebee" is a famous Orchestral Interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his Opera The Tale of Tsar " To Joy " ( An die Freude in German, in English often familiarly called the Ode to Joy) is an Ode written in The Nutcracker (Щелкунчик Shchelkunchik) Op 71 is a Fairy tale - Ballet in two acts three scenes by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Serenade No 13 for strings in G major, K 525 more commonly known as Eine kleine Nachtmusik ("a small serenade" -- rendered more literally Pachelbel's Canon, also known as Canon in D major, or more formally Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins and Basso Continuo When attempting levels on medium difficulty pressing all four buttons will allow the player to remain 'alive' because the punishment for hitting two incorrect buttons is canceled by the two correct buttons. 'Mashing' the buttons in this way will cause the player to lose on the hard difficulty.
The timing in a number of the songs seems to be noticeably late (the player must hit the button after the beat to get a "perfect" rating on that note).
References
External links
- Bizarre Creations official website
- Official game page
- Bizarre Studio update 21
- Interview and screen shots at GamaSutra
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