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2008 Music Game of the Year

Gamervision's 2008 "Best Ever" Awards

by Gamervision

What began in arcades with Beatmania and Dance Dance Revolution has now made its way so mainstream that it’s impossible to turn on the television without seeing Al Roker playing Guitar Hero or Conan O’Brien jamming to Rock Band. This year saw several new iterations of previous franchises, like Rock Band 2 perfecting what was done in 2007 and Guitar Hero adding drums, a microphone, and being released for both cell phones and the Nintendo DS. Sadly, for many of these games, it was more of the same, and even Guitar Hero’s additions felt more like expansions than inventive titles.

But there was one game that broke the flow, and it was from an entirely unexpected source.

 

 

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Review - Audiosurf

Review - Guitar Hero On Tour

Review - Rock Band 2


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  • QMarc80
    QMarc80

    I was hoping this game would win.

  • Voyou San
    Voyou San

    for a split second i was like, i think they might pick wii music.

    never played this one

  • Karoshi
    Karoshi

    I want a minimalist-ubercoolische-Magda-make-the-tea Wip3out skin to this.
    the current art direction is trying too f'n hard.

  • Coop
    Coop

    So fun, one of my top of the year. Best indie game in a while.

  • BananaSaur
    BananaSaur

    interesting... won't lie i was at least hoping for a mention of Tap Tap Revenge... I know it is a crappy iphone game... but I find it to be quite addictive and enjoyable. I also strongly agree that Rock Band 2 was perfecting what it already rocks at therefore not deserving of Best Ever

  • redfox1160
    redfox1160

    I've wanted this game for some time, but i never get around to downloading steam...

  • Frankie Thirteen
    Frankie Thirteen

    I downloaded this, but my computer kind of sucks really, really hard. Damn.

  • PeanutButterPants
    PeanutButterPants

    OMG! Most addictive game ever! I enjoy it because I can still listen to the music I want and play a very amusing game at the same time. That is one issue I have with the RB and GH games... some of the music is just crap.

  • selly
    selly

    This game was fun and I enjoyed it, but I would have chosen Rock Band 2.

  • Sarah
    Sarah

    Rock Band 2 is fantastic, I'm not gonna lie. But Audiosurf definitely gets credit for being so original and well-developed.

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