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Beat'n Groovy xbox360 Game Reviews
Beat'n Groovy
Critic Score
Metascore: 29 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
2.3 out of 10
based on 4 reviews
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[Xbox Live Arcade] Feel the rhythm in Beat'n Groovy as the pulse of the music moves you and the energy of competition drives you to get the high score. Play as one of seven characters through a collection of music that spans many different genres such as electronic, instrumental, and pop. Use your Xbox LIVE Vision camera to interact with the game seamlessly as you flow with the beat in Xbox LIVE Vision mode. Challenge a friend in local VS Mode or take on the world via Xbox LIVE. [Konami]

PUBLISHER: Konami
DEVELOPER: Voltex
GENRE(S): Music
PLAYERS: 2
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: October 8, 2008

What The Critics Said

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40
X360 Magazine UK
Just another bemani game with horrible music that you're supposed to play with seven big buttons but instead you play it with wee buttons on the pad. [Issue#35]
40
Official Xbox Magazine
Coupled with a limited soundtrack(just nine songs, split between J-Pop anthems and corny keyboard jams)and uninteresting original characters, Beat'n simply feels like a half-hearted attempt to introduce an old game to a new audience. [Holiday 2008, p.83]
20
Gamer.nl
Beat'n Groovy is a perfect example how not to make a rythm game. Not-functional gameplay elements, poor music and cheap looks. Keep those point in your pocket.
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20
IGN
Microsoft's "Go! Go! Break Steady", while not brilliant, is far superior to this sorry offering. Beat'n Groovy is, in fact, not groovy at all. Awful songs, goofy visuals and poor design make this one of the worst games available on Xbox Live Arcade.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 2.3 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

A V gave it a3:
Yeah, yeah, we know, the majority of Americans hate music games that aren't called Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but I have to give them some opportunity for at least trying to localize Pop'n Music. However, the game is a waste. Not enough effort was put into it for US consumers to enjoy it. Even if you're a die-hard Bemani fan I'd stay far away from this game. Buy something worth it, like Geometry Wars, possibly.

Alex F gave it a0:
As my friend said, this game gives quite a mental image as to its development: Konami looks at Voltex's little progress on the game and yells "WTF THIS SUCKS." Voltex responds they're only like a quarter done with the game, and Konami tells them to just push out what they have to XBLA and not bother marketing it.

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