Game: Guitar Freaks 4th Mix
Platform: PS2
Released: September 20, 2001
Published By: Konami
Developed By: Konami |
The setup for Guitar Freaks is very similar to other games in the Bemani series. Two vertical
note scrolls—one for each player—are displayed at the left and right sides of
the screen. Colorful animations for each song are displayed in the center of
the screen. Each note scroll consists of 4 columns: one each for the Red,
Green, and Blue buttons, and another Wailing Bonus column. Individual
notes and chords are represented by small colored bars that scroll upward in
the columns. To play the correct note, the player must hold down the button (or
buttons in the case of chords) and move the pick lever when the note bars reach
the yellow picking line. When a guitar icon is displayed in the Wailing Bonus
column along with an associated note, the player can tilt the guitar upright
while playing the note to receive bonus points.
The player's accuracy is judged for each note played, and while the individual
note judgments have changed throughout the series, the current system uses
Perfect, Great, Good, Poor, and Miss to evaluate performance of each note.
Ratings of Poor or Miss will deplete the player's Groove Gauge, while
correct play will replenish it. If the Groove Gauge is emptied completely, the
game ends. Players will be able to play anywhere from one to five songs
depending on the game's configuration, with the potential to earn one or two
additional stages in certain versions of the game if performance is good
enough.
At the completion of a song, players are given a letter rank for their
performance which can range anywhere from E to A, as well as S and SS depending
on how well the song was played, and how the particular release of the game
being played computes ranks.
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