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Boom Boom Rocket

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Game Info

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Bizarre Creations

Genre(s): Rhythm Action, Music

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: April 11, 2007

Summary

[Xbox Live Arcade] In Boom Boom Rocket, players trigger rockets to the beat of the music while traveling through a 3D cityscape. The better the player times the explosions, the more spectacular the fireworks effects. The fireworks are choreographed to 10 original tracks created by Ian Livingstone. Players can play in single player mode or go head-to-head against a friend on the same console. The game features three modes of gameplay: Normal, Speed and multiplayer head-to-head. Each song is choreographed into three skill levels to ensure that everyone can join in the fun. Successfully chain fireworks to fill the bonus meter and activate the psychedelic bonus mode for extra points. Players can unlock new firework designs by mastering each music track. You can also utilize the connected online element and see how their scores compare with other players on the Boom Boom Rocket leaderboard. [Electronic Arts]

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What The Critics Said

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Team Xbox

A visual treat; even more so than its immensely popular "Geometry Wars." The tweaked classic tracks may not be for everyone, but at least they tie into the gameplay, making Boom Boom Rocket a very unique offering in the ever-surprising lineup of Xbox Live Arcade games.

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Official Xbox Magazine

Taste in music is always a personal thing, but we absolutely love Boom Boom's 10 modern takes on famous classical music, which veer from ska to disco to electronica and good 'ol metal. [June 2007, p.70]

Xboxic

Definitely a fun game with a good choice of songs so far. The single player is challenging while the multiplayer creates a lot fun for you and your friends. The cost of 800 Microsoft Points is a bit high.

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Jolt Online Gaming UK

Ultimately Boom Boom Rocket achieves what it set out to do without any noticeably downsides – except, of course, that what it sets out to do is barely different from what has been done many times before; instead of a gimmicky peripheral, it entertains with mesmerising imagery.

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Game Chronicles

Despite being sandwiched between two high-profile music games, Boom Boom Rocket offers a unique and vibrant gameplay experience that is really unmatched by anything else out there.

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Official Xbox Magazine UK

The sad thing about BBR is the lack of variety. [June 2007, p.97]

X360 Magazine UK

You'll certainly enjoy it, but unlike a gobstopper, it's not going to last you forever. [Issue#20, p.116]

NTSC-uk

Another excellent and approachable leaderboard-chasing romp through colourfully lit cityscapes with an upbeat tempo soundtrack. Though it's perhaps a little short-lived due to the limited tracks currently available, it's a lot of fun while it lasts.

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ZTGameDomain

If you are looking for a good musical game and don’t want to spend 90 bucks, Boom Boom Rocket is worth checking out.

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Eurogamer

While it never struggles to be entertaining, it never really stands out either, and ultimately proves rather forgettable. Worth a go, then, but you wouldn't write songs about it.

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IGN

Good but not great, likeable but not loveable, somewhat but not terribly addictive, and doesn't drive home that memorable soundtrack to keep you around for weeks. Boom Boom Rocket is worth your while, but not too much of your while.

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Games Radar (in-house)

At around $10 real dollars (800 Microsoft Points), Boom Boom Rocket does offer a somewhat satisfying pick-up-and-play experience that some folks will be happy to have on hand, and that can be quite theraputic. But many others will get all the enjoyment they need out of BBR by simply downloading the free demo.

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GameSpot

The simplistic nature of Boom Boom Rocket makes it easy to pick up and enjoy in brief chunks, but it's also roughly like playing "Dance Dance Revolution" with the controller instead of a dance mat, which, unsurprisingly, isn't too much fun.

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GameDaily

A barebones rhythm game that focuses more on visuals than it does on outstanding music, which should always come first in this genre. Downloadable content in the future will help, but unless it offers better music or a significantly different game mode, only the diehard rhythm gamers will care.

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netjak

While ten stages is a decent amount for the Arcade, they get old fast, and even the old PS1 DDR games offered close to twice as many tracks. The music is great and the visuals impressive; but those do not a game make.

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Hardcore Gamer Magazine

The music isn't bad and the gameplay is fun enough, but the track list is fairly short with only ten pieces. [June 2007, p.69]

Game Almighty

One of those rhythm games like "Guitar Hero" and "Dance Dance Revolution," minus the depth, size, playability, replayability, scope, addictiveness or polish of either of those two games. Granted, it's an arcade title, but at 800 points you expect to get a little more boom boom for your buck.

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Planet Xbox 360

For 800 points, a rhythm game that has all the rhythmic sense of Urkel on the dance floor is a poor choice. Even if it had the rhythm it takes to call itself a rhythm game, the lack of sonic depth would make this a shallow title. If a shallow broken rhythm game sounds like your cup of tea, knock yourself out.

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Edge Magazine

Boom Boom Rocket is marking time rather than feeling the rhythm, and that’s not enough to set Live Arcade’s skies alight. [June 2007, p.88]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 5.8 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Nick M. gave it a7:
Whilst not revolutionary, BBR is a fun game. Whether you like the music varies by taste, but I like the tracks. Definitely worth a try. Could also be worth getting if you already own a Guitar Hero guitar or the 360 dance pad.

Yuri W. gave it a7:
The music tracks aren't great, but it's still a good game. It's comparable to DDR or Guitar Hero, but with out the accesories or price. It has satisfying achievements that make for hours of gameplay, but not much replay value.

I. B. gave it a0:
This game is complete garbage. In order for a music game to have any chance of being taken seriously, the positions of the notes onscreen must have something to do with their pitch, or rythym, or ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MUSIC. In BBR, however, arrows appear at apparently meaningless positions on the screen. Also, music games should not make a sound when you get a note right. This game totally blows.

Bryan M. gave it a1:
This is a rip off version of DDR. the music stinks. all you use is a controller. that tells you hey this game is just to make you pay money to get crap. y

Nick G. gave it a7:
Basically it's Dance Dance Revolution played on your controller. Both fun and challenging.

Jeff W. gave it a3:
This is a boring rip off of guitar hero / DDR without the guitar or dance pad!

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