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I like this game, but it's too short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

You can pass the whole game in about 3 hrs. Some of the scenarios are not much of a challenge but it's still fun. These characters are very colorful.

I hope a longer more detailed version comes out in the future. I wouldn't mind a movie star version of this game.
This game is fun.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Rock Manager puts you in complete control of a rock band. Your task is simple: make them stars! Bribe the local radio station to get more airplay for your band, or buy up all your records to create increased demand. Use any means necessary to make the band climb the charts. Anything goes in this strung-out world of swindle, lies and rock 'n' roll. Manage your talents and top the charts!

Push rock stars around! Be the ultimate rock manager!

Gather Your Talent!
The choice is yours. Pick no-talent posers or hire world-class musicians. Choose your band carefully, because if they don't like each other, they won't work well together.

Get Inside the Studio!
Cut your own actual songs much like a real-life recording studio. Rock Manager's mixer interface allows you to set effects, volume, and panning individually for each musician. Your own musicians can't play? Try some session pros for size! Just watch out, 'cause the band might be upset when they find out they're not playing on the track.

Make 'em Stars!
Choose from six different concert venues and book gigs to keep your band sharp. Promote your record by manipulating the local media and get maximum exposure. If your plans start falling apart, there's always the local crime boss who's willing to pull a few strings on your behalf!

Select your band from more than 25 musicians, each with their own style, skills and personality.
Produce your band's songs in the unique, fully functional music studios.
Design album covers using a variety of styles.
Plan advanced marketing campaigns
Manage life-like characters who demand your close attention.
Build a career that transports you from seedy back-alley clubs to international stardom

Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP
Pentium 233MHz MMX processor
32MB of RAM
100MB Hard drive Space (150MB recommended)
DirectX compatible 16-bit Sound Card
16MB Video Card
CD-ROM Drive

Bad language

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: March 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

From wal-mart I thought of the fact it would be fun and exiting because you can manage your band. for someone who likes dreamcatcher Games I certainly Wouldn't buy this game of the foul language since Evey othe sentence is the f-word I gave it A one star of the foul language

Cute and fun, but juvenile and unrealistic.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I read a positive review in the Philadelphia Inquirer on this game and searched the mall high and low for it when it first arrived. While the game is fun for a little while, its cutesy cartoon graphic format is not the sort of (simulation) game I expected.
And as for producing and mixing music, which I really looked forward to, don't get your hopes up. What you'll find are little knobs and levers, but not a re-creation of what its like to mix in a real life studio.
The rest of the management game is very much a game, so... perhaps that really IS realistic.
This is a very simplistic game with an average level of challenge to it. Truth be told, my interest didn't hold out long enough to make it past the fourth level. Worth the 20 bucks though, ...I guess.

Fun game, but not a game you can replay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game with a great concept, but you cannot really replay the game. For the price that I see that people are selling it used (about $10), it is worth that. It is somewhat easy, but not too easy. The game was super fun, I just wish it had more depth. I give it five stars for being fun, but only 3 overall. If the game was more expensive, each of those would go down.

Fun, Easy to Play Sim!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is easy to learn, fun to play, and doesn't require half of your life as does another popular game you may have heard of or played (Sims anyone?). While quite vulgar, it is fun to play the different missions and try different things. It is a very reasonably priced title, so it is well worth the ($$$) to pick this one up.

A Good Laugh for very little

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game can be had for fairly cheap, and I highly recommend getting it. as a rock manager you get a variety of different missions(get the rich producers ugly daughter a recording contract, help an 80s band make a successful comeback without breaking up) that involves a cast of funny cliche band members(including the Oasis inspired Golander brother). Also you mix the songs they record often with very funny results.

In the end this game gives you enough options so that it is replayable, and entertaining enough to be worth the low amount it will cost.
-cjw

A fun and enjoyable game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I first ever played rock manager when i was 11. (last year,2003). My friend had bought it and said "dude, you gotta come check this game out"!. So i said ok, ill be right over. I already knew my friend had good taste in games because he introdueced me to such games as the GTA series and For instance the sims. So when i got to his house, i rushed upstairs. We turned on rock manager and at first look i said. Oh great, another role playing game. But then i started to get into it. And before i knew it, it was 12 o clock at night and we had been playing it since 4. So.... When i got home the next, I begged my mom to buy it for me, and she did, and so far, it has gotten old or boring one bit. 5 out of 5 for this one. GREAT GAME!

Cute, Entertaining Time Filler

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Rockmanager is a cute, entertaining time filler. Nothing more. The game is short, with only 9 missions and NO "open" play mode, which is really a shame. The graphics are acceptable, the sound is excellent with different songs for your band to play - all of which sound pretty damn catchy.
You select band members for the following areas: lead singer, lead guitar OR keyboard, drums, bass guitar, backup guitar. They are all optional, meaning you can make a band with just a drum, a keyboard, and a singer for example. The people you can choose to hire throughout the missions does not vary too much, although they do all have their own personalities and pros and cons (along with funny little things they say to you). The genres represented in this game are punk, pop, dance, metal, rock, and the ambiguious "other".
Most of the game takes place on this very limited map of a town. The graphics are flat, but not horrendous enough to really bother the eye. Its a bit difficult at first to find all the places you can click on, but once found its disappointing to see how they change very little from mission. There are 6 places you can give concerts, 3 record companies, 4 places you can record, 1 record store, 1 tv center, 1 newspaper, 1 radio, and 2 places you can buy melodies.
There arent that many melodies but they are all catchy and quite fun to mix in the mixing studios. This is one of the biggest catches in the game. I only wish they had explained in detail some of the tools they choose to include - and some obvious sound tools have been left out,
Ar first its great fun - until you figure out how to make money. I abhor sim games that become so linear and predictable that it becomes a series of repeated tasks after awhile. This game, unfortunatley, suffers from that. Fairly early on.
For the price, its a fun little game. Best suited for younger kids though, since its quite easy for teenagers and up. But anyone who likes mixing music would probably get a kick out of it. If your a die hard sim fan give this a try, but if you want something with replay value you are looking at the wrong game.

GRAPHICS: 5 - Acceptable.

SOUND: 10 - good quality

GAMEPLAY: 7 - Fairly easy to learn, but could stand for improvement

PLAY VALUE: 2. The number of times you will play through it.

FUN: 8 - while it lasts

OVERALL: 6.4
Which I'll translate to 3 stars on the amazon system.

A Fun, yet Vulger, game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: July 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have to say that I am getting such a kick out of this game. I have been waiting for a program like this to be relesed forever. Finally, it has been, but there is one problem. This game is incredibly vulgar! Almost anytime anyone in the entire game speaks you are greated at least one F word per sentence. Luckily this game is rated M, and rightfully so. If it wasn't for the uneeded language this game would have a five star rating. Deffinatly recommended from me, but not for younger players by any means.

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