Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Band's bizarre mashups are fun to listen to but not as much fun to play.

Battle of the Bands is certainly a different take on the music game genre, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have all the kinks worked out yet. The novelty of the different musical styles just doesn't make up for the highly repetitive gameplay.

"This is a decent game idea that fails on several fronts. The gameplay is reflexive but the window to hit the notes is small and the frame rate stutters compound the difficulty of nailing the action. Couple that with the rapid attack/defend mechanics and you have a game that may lose more than a few interests before the first couple of songs play out. This was a nice try, but it just misses."

"Battle of the Bands is a pleasing change from the norm and most rhythm fans will want to play through it at least once. Unfortunately, there's not much reason to come back to it after that. "

"It might be fun to occasionally pull it out at parties because the song stylings are genuinely clever and entertaining. The gameplay just doesn’t hold up to repeated exposure. It’s a good deal better than the disastrous Boogie, but it’s still a pretty shallow game."