Archive for November 8th, 2008
Nine Inch Nails Tap Tap Revenge Review… It Rocks – I’m a Tap-a-holic…
It started as a goof. I keep my iPhone next to my bed at night mostly as a writing tool but instead of finishing the last chapter of my latest novel I started procrastinating. Out of the blue I downloaded Tap Tap Revenge, tried it once and forgot it. Then a strange thing happened… about a week later I decided I liked the demo song and tried it again… and on the following night, and the night after that, etc… Then last night I decided to download Nine Inch Nails Revenge and ruined my life.
Well, maybe not ruined but now I’m hooked.
What you get in Tap Tap Revenge: NIN is 13 tracks from the last two NIN albums, The Slip and Ghosts I-IV and much improved gameplay over the original TTR. Whereas TTR runs slightly jerky on my iPhone, TTR:NIN just cruises. Even the responsiveness of the NIN version is much better to the point where if I play the original TTR afterwards, I can totally feel the difference. Notes where I think I nailed it, seem to come off as “MISS” more often in TTR. I’m sure the game engine improvements in TTR:NIN will be applied to original TTR in the not-too-distant future.
Being an NIN fan, I have to say that I enjoy the rhythmic challenge of playing along with songs I like given the way the precise industrial grooves drive these songs… and yes, I would definitely call this an interactive (and quite fun) experience.
Tapulous, the company that created TTR and TTR:NIN has also built in a social networking feature into both games where you can post your high score along with your TTR profile. This was something I wasn’t really interested in until I found out there was a giveaway. LOL.
Until Nov. 14th, any Nine Inch Nails Revenge score of 150,000 or higher posted from the game to their board automatically enters you into a drawing for NIN concert tickets and a grand prize of a Les Paul autographed by Trent Reznor himself… so yes, after my first entry-worthy score I did post it. Wish me luck.
Okay, so I slagged Guitar Hero on the show a few times last year until Scott Alexander at Playboy told me the game was really intended as another distribution mechanism for music and I laid off. I get it but I don’t want to play it. I think the mere thought of standing there in front of the TV with a fake plastic guitar slung around my neck kind of leaves me dry but I have to tell you, sitting there with my headphones on, thumb-drumming on the screen to some cool NIN songs doesn’t suck at all.
Nine Inch Nails Revenge sells for a bargain basement $4.99 and is available at the iTunes Store.
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