User Reviews (31 - 41 of 71)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

Overrated game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: April 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I thought the game was too repetative and kind of boring after a while. Also, Amazon lowered the price 5 bucks right after they shipped it. What is that about?!

Lots of fun, but over too fast

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

EBA is a ton of fun....until it ends. I'd buy it again, and beat it again - don't get me wrong - it was just kind of a bummer when it ended so abruptly.

Still, a great game for the DS. It's nice to have a game with noise once in a while.

Unbelieveable experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Reading over the reviews already here will give you an idea of how great this game is. Do you notice that people tend to be gushig in their praises of it and often say it's the best game for the DS period? That's no exaggeration. I did notice a couple of recent reviews that say it's too short and I'd like to address that. Either these folks are very musically talented to the point where the challanging and complex patterns that occur in the harder stages of the game are a piece of cake to them or they are perhaps full of it. It may well be they are game whizzes but in a way that's too bad because I think for most people this game will keep them both entertained and challanged for months. If you read reviews of this game on various game sites you'll see they say not only is this one of the best games for the DS yet but that, if anything, it may be a tad too difficult. Anyway, if someone is just getting a DS and wondering what a couple of good games to get to start off with it would be this one and Mario Kart.

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's a fun rhythm game with 19 songs that have crazy scenarios along with fast moving game play.

Elite Beat Agent DS Lite

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It was a gift for someone. She loved it a lot and that makes it a good review for me.

Most fun you can have poking a piece of plastic with a little stick

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Elite Beat Agents is an accessible game that people without a lot of gaming skill or experience could really enjoy...but don't let that fool you into thinking this game is shallow or easy.

With four difficulty levels, detailed high score and stat tracking for each song on each difficulty level, a combo system that rewards perfection and does a good job of reflecting new skill milestones through the score, and a running global score, Elite Beat Agents can keep hardcore high score junkies happy for quite a while.

Unique, Quirky & Fun Entertainment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Let me just get this out of the way: Elite Beat Agents is one of the best games of 2006. I came into this game with relatively low expectations. What I found was a crazy, fun, offbeat experience. It won me over instantly with its easy to learn / hard to master game play and quirky sense of humor.

Elite Beat Agents (EBA from now on) is a rhythm based action game. You may already know if this is for you. For everyone else here's a simple test: Can you keep a beat? Could you sit through a middle school band / choir class and not make a fool of yourself? Can you dance in real life? If you said yes to any of this EBA is for you. If not, consider buying Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney instead...

--- GAME PLAY SCORE: 5/5 ---

The game play consists of tapping and sliding the stylus across various points on the screen in time with the music. Describing the details would be a long and hard process for something that isn't that difficult. Simply put everyone would do well to sit through the tutorial before starting. The game interface is slick and well designed so you shouldn't experience too much confusion.

As you do well the agents dance to the music and your health meter goes up. If you do poorly the agents fall over and your health meter goes down. When the meter reaches the bottom your song is over. The game starts out fairly easy but the difficulty quickly ramps up towards the end...

This brings me to my first negative point... The last songs are freaking HARD... This shouldn't be a deterrent to you, just know that you'll be repeating the last couple of levels a multitude of times.

--- SOUND SCORE: 5/5 ---

Great sound is essential for any rhythm / action game. EBA hits it right on the mark. My first reaction was astonishment that the DS cards could hold this much music. It's certainly not CD quality, but it gets the job done. The other sound effects were done nicely and work well to give the game its overall funky vibe. Next time you walk into a dance club you'll be hearing "Agents are Go!" in the back of your head...

Although the game guides you regarding when to tap, you really need to "feel" the music to succeed. I recommend plugging in a pair of headphones. The DS speakers are adequate, but it was much easier to "feel the beat" when I used headphones. I've talked to a number of people who tried to play this game at a store kiosk and failed miserably. This is because of the noisy store environment. Success at this game means being able to focus on the music.

The actual music is well done. It is not by the original artists but they sound close. Here is the track listing from the game.

- Walkie Talkie Man
- Makes No Difference
- Sk8er Boi
- I Was Born to Love You
- Rock This Town
- Highway Star
- Y.M.C.A
- September
- Canned Heat
- Material Girl
- La La
- You're The Inspiration
- Let's Dance
- The Anthem
- Without A Fight
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- Believe (bonus unlock)
- A-B-C (bonus unlock)
- Survivor (bonus unlock)

--- STORY SCORE: 4/5 ---

EBA features a fun, crazy, funky story. Don't try too hard to understand it and don't take it too seriously. The EBA wait in their command center for someone in trouble to cry for help. The agents are then dispatched to the location and "get their groove on" to solve the problem. That's right... Apparently the worlds problems can all be solved by... dancing. (I will withhold my jest about this being a potential exit strategy for Iraq)

You will help a taxi driver deliver a pregnant woman to a hospital, save a teenage girl from a relationship disaster when she is forced to baby-sit, save two divas from a deserted island, ward off an alien invasion, and much much more... As I said, don't take it too seriously. The translation from Japan is a smidgen shaky, but it gives the game more character. Only a soulless zombie could suppress a goofy grin as this story progresses...

Here's my second negative point: the story is short. On the easiest difficulty you can probably complete it in one or two sittings. The game offers plenty of replay value, but most people will beat it the first time in less than five hours. I suspect this has more to do with the amount of music that can be placed on the game card. From that perspective the amount of content is staggering.

--- GRAPHICS SCORE: 2.5/5 ---

EBA makes a strong case for the style over processing power argument. You won't find any killer 3D graphics to write home about here... What you will find is an art style that is executed so well that it doesn't matter. The cut scenes consist of comic book panels that appear with accompanying sound effects. While it won't be winning any technical awards the graphics work well and get the job done. Overall the graphics are slightly sub-par when compared with other DS games.

--- FINAL SCORE: 4/5 ---

There you have it. EBA is one of the best DS games I've played in a while. It is certainly a prime example of a game where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If you're looking for a fun upbeat experience you won't find anywhere else, EBA might just be for you.

Highly Recommended.

Stick with the original

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: February 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game the other day and all I can say is this version is pure garbage. The songs don't seem to match the agents when they dance to the beat. Do yourself a favor and buy the original: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. This game was lost in translation.

Not the best, but not bad either.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Basically the same idea as "Dance Dance Revolution" but without the sweating, "Elite Beat Agents" is actually a remake of a game called "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan" that was originally released exclusively in Japan. The original game's "cheer squad" (not quite the same as American cheerleaders--check Wikipedia for more info) is replaced by men-in-black-styled dancers, some of whom sport things like afros and clown shoes, but the basic premise is the same: Use your awesome dance skills to encourage various people to overcome their problems and do the best job they can. (If that sounds a little goofy, it is. Clearly this isn't a game for the player looking for gritty realism.) Gameplay consists of tapping/dragging colored circles on the touch screen in time to the music; early levels are pretty easy, but as the levels progress, they get more and more complicated.

There's an interesting variety of songs featured in the game, although all of them are cover versions; they also span a surprisingly wide spectrum of genres and eras, ranging from Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er boi" to The Village People's "YMCA," which means that you may have to slog through a few songs you don't like, but chances are you'll find SOMETHING that moves you.

All of this sounds like tons of fun, and for a solid couple of hours, it is. As the levels become more complex, though, it's easy to lose interest, especially if you don't have a good sense of rhythm to begin with; once you start to lose, chances are you'll keep losing, because the action is so frenetic that you won't get much of a chance to catch up. Of course, even if you manage to complete a level with a really bad score, you can always try again and see if you can do better, and the game lets you save your best play-through to go back and watch at your leisure. (Not a bad idea, since you're probably going to be so busy focusing on the touch screen that you'll completely miss the action on the top screen.) Obviously this isn't the game for everyone; it's probably going to appeal to kids more than adults, which is understandable since that's clearly who it was designed for. Of course, adults can still enjoy it, but if you're over age 14 or so, the best advice I can give is to borrow it from a friend who has it and give it a try before you buy it.

This game is flat out fun...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Little hard to market in the US, but wow, this game is fun. Everybody who actually sits down & play with it gets addicted here.

My rhythm is not the best so I'm only through the 3rd difficulty level...

But you really get a sense of accomplishment as you improve.

Review Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next 

Actions