The DP Challenge is a research project in which you play and analyze the top 100 games ever to hit your console(s). At the end of this project, I hope to be a better writer with a host of ideas for my own projects. I anticipate that I will learn more from the games that are in genres that I don't usually play or simply from games I wouldn't usually pick up than from the games I love. I'm looking forward to that education!
Information on the DP Challenge can be found at: http://www.dpfiles.com/dpfileswiki/index.php?title=THE_DP_CHALLENGE
**Note: As it takes a long time to evaluate 100+ games and new games are constantly being rolled out, my top 100 list continually changes. There will undoubtedly be discrepancies in the numeric rating of my list. As I catch them, I'll try to update them, but, I want to play all of the great games, so I know I'll be changing the list often.
Posted by Shelly Warmuth on Saturday, April 3, 2010,
In :
Music
Guitar Hero 5
Game
Info
Publisher: Activision
Developer:
Neversoft Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre(s):
Music
Players: 8
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release
Date: September 1, 2009
Intro: Players
are introduced to the latest iteration in the Guitar Hero franchise
with electricity and an exploding brick wall which reveals a star-shaped
cut-out in the wall, back-lit with a spinning color scheme. Familiar
residents of the game rock out in the foreground and, the game begins. Getting
Going: Unless playe... Continue reading ...
Posted by Shelly Warmuth on Friday, April 2, 2010,
In :
Music
Guitar Hero: Metallica
Game Info
Publisher:
Activision
Developer: Neversoft Entertainment
Platform:
PS3
Genre(s): Music
Players: 8
ESRB
Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: March 29, 2009
Intro:
After
the initial, metal, load screen completes, players are greeted with
"stage footage" of Metallica arriving onstage. There is fanfare
and members of the band are shown close-up. The band moves right into
the music and players find themselves immediately playing the first
song. A trophy is...
Posted by Shelly Warmuth on Tuesday, March 23, 2010,
In :
Music
Guitar Hero II
Game Info
Publisher:
RedOctane
Developer: Harmonix
Platform: PS2
Genre(s):
Music
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release
Date: November 7, 2006
Intro:
Just as
in Guitar Hero, the intro is relatively straight-foward, keeping
the player's desire to get playing in mind. After a brief cartoon
guitar fight, the load screen comes up and the player is taken through
the same basic player decisions as in Guitar Hero. Immediately
noticeable is the addition of new player characters to pl...
Posted by Shelly Warmuth on Saturday, March 20, 2010,
In :
Music
Game Info
Publisher: Red
Octane
Developer: Harmonix
Platform: PS2
Genre(s):
Music
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release
Date: November 7, 2005
Intro: The intro to the
first game in the franchise is pretty simple. The sound of a slide
across guitar strings and visuals of real players tuning their guitars
and turning up their amps gives way to the load screen. Players are
prompted to choose a band name and then a rocker. A mini-tutorial of
the controls is shown and an image of an...
The DP Challenge is a research project in which you play and analyze the top 100 games ever to hit your console(s). At the end of this project, I hope to be a better writer with a host of ideas for my own projects. I anticipate that I will learn more from the games that are in genres that I don't usually play or simply from games I wouldn't usually pick up than from the games I love. I'm looking forward to that education!
Information on the DP Challenge can be found at: http://www.dpfiles.com/dpfileswiki/index.php?title=THE_DP_CHALLENGE
**Note: As it takes a long time to evaluate 100+ games and new games are constantly being rolled out, my top 100 list continually changes. There will undoubtedly be discrepancies in the numeric rating of my list. As I catch them, I'll try to update them, but, I want to play all of the great games, so I know I'll be changing the list often.
