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A MUSIC game with a major design flaw: NO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: February 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I rented this yesterday for a 3-year-old, figuring the music and graphics would be something she'd enjoy.

Imagine my chagrin when the game came on and there was NO SOUND. I poked and prodded and looked for options, but couldn't find any indication of why it didn't work.

Someone online had the answer for me: for whatever reason, the producers of this game elected not to include a digital audio out sound track.

It's a music game. Hello?

My PS2 is integrated into my home theatre system--to maximize performance, it's hooked up with a component video cable and an optical digital audio cable. If your system is hooked up in a similar way, you will not hear the audio for this game without reconfiguring your PS2 hookup.

On my system, a bad design choice makes this game unplayable. Zero stars.

THIS GAME SUCKED!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: October 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THis is probably the worst video game of all time!!!! The visuals are horrible and 2-D on PS2 does not look good! The Songs were very Odd , and the stupid songs are stuck in my head!
I origianally thought that this game was going to be a fun button mashing game, I didn't.. I beat in in 2 hours. So unless you are around 3 to 7 years old.....
DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME
AND DEFINETLY DON'T BUY IT!

Quite Possibly the Most Poser-iffic Game EVER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: August 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If anyone has any musical sense whatsoever, they will most likely be disgusted by this game. The rap lyrics are stupid enough to make little girls start feeling depressed. I am actually a DJ and I would have to say the rap jams are disgustingly pointless. The plot of this game is absurd; YOu are a god-knows-what little furry ryhmin gerbil thing that ALWAYS has a mic in his hand, even when he's in a room with 3 people, that is destined to make the spaghetti that surrounds him go away. If I were to see this game in one of my friend's hands, I would steal it and flush it down the toilet. Frequency out does this game music-wise by miles; there is more freedom in that game than this one, and this game feels like a communist country compared to it. DO NOT BUY BY ALL MEANS; NOT WORTH THE MONEY.

A dog in a rapper outfit that dances.....not the best. ~_ ~

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 14
Date: November 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

PaRappaTheRappa 2 is not only a tremendously long title,but a pice of trash.It's about this midget dancing dog.He gets a life time supplies of noodles.(um....)And that's all he thinks about.
there's 3 words to describe this game:

NOODLES-DANCING-LAME
Whatever you don't buy this game!!!
Unless you like midget dogs in a rapper outfit that dances.
sincerly,
kenny

Parappa loses it's appeal

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the original. The songs were great, the gameplay smooth and challanging, and while it was short, I would always find myself coming back for more. Parappa 2 however, shares none of these qualities. It boasts no new songs worth praise, and horrible gameplay. I beat it without losing once in less than an hour. Another long awaited sequel that should have never been made. Very sad.

Very Short review for a very short game..

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game back when it hist stores and i must say THANK GOD I DIDN'T buy this game!! The visuals are reasonably good, the dioloug is pretty funny and the music is cool but this game is extreamly short, It took me about less then 3 hours to beat this game and I immidiatley returned the game..\

Overall PaRappa the Rapper 2 isn't worth the money AT ALL...Very short game...

2.4 out of 5 stars...

Uhm......no.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Look, I loved the first PaRappa game so much that I imported the soundtrack. Heck, I even love UmJammer Lammy despite it's vomiting catipiller's forcing women to give birth, but this game just doesn't measure up. The main problem is the lack of a fun story-line. The entire business about all food being turned into noodles is even dumber than it sounds, and the events leading up to the actual levels are just plain unfunny. The fact that the songs aren't catchy is also a big let-down, and then add in the fact that you have to play an annoying practice level before each song, and well......it just gets worse from there. The two player version isn't much to write home about, and the load times hasn't improved much at all. All in all, this game has had the fun beaten out of it with a large bat, and that makes me all too sad. You can find the first two games waaaaay cheap, so if you haven't played a PaRappa game, then pick them up and avoid this unless you're a die-hard fan. In that case, just rent it.

Rent it

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: March 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to like this game and recommend it, but it is so so short. I finished it in about an hour and 20 minutes (and that includes watching all the cut scenes). It's not that it is to easy, but there is only 8 songs to do. I would've rated it higher if it has been longer.

The music is very derivative of the first PaRappa game. I guess there are only so many ways you can carve up 16 beats but it seems like a lot of the patterns were the same. Remember the chicken's song from the first game? It's back. I guess this could be a positive for a sequel game if used in the right way but I found it sort of annoying.

Every 2 levels there is some sort of bonus game where you break boards or dishes by pressing the appropriate button when the dish/board is displayed. I did not enjoy this at all and would've liked to just skip to the next level. Of course that wouldn't made the game even shorter.

Contrary to many reviews here I found the story line kind of cute, but I'm not really a stickler for story on most games. In fact, I found it very funny. but I'm sure you have to be in the mood.

One improvement that has been made is when you push the buttons, the relative timing of the presses are shown on the screen sort of overlayed on the pattern you're playing. It made it easier to figure out what went wrong sometimes.

The graphics were an improvement over the old game and added to the experience. The load times didn't seem as long as the first PaRappa and weren't very annoying.

In summary if you like this kind of game by all means rent it because it's fun. If you want to buy, look for the old PaRappa or Lammy games, the PS2-ness is kind of wasted on this title.

Fun and pretty, but not an improvement to Parappa/Lammy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love Parappa and Um Jammer Lammy. The songs were fun and catchy, the graphics were simple and enjoyably odd. Parappa games are not for everyone, but I really got into jamming along with the game, and the fun, colorful style.

Things I like about Parappa2: Graphics are even cooler. The beat indicator box seems wider and easier to follow. It marks exactly where your beat hit in relation to where the mark you were supposed to hit. Some of the levels and instructors are very cool. My favorite is the level where Parappa has to play a video game, and the worse you do, the more antiquated the graphics become, from Nintendo style down to Space Invaders style. Clever. This game also has a "Practice" mode before each level if you desire.

Things I don't like about Parappa2: Remember how in the original, if your flow went from Good to Bad or worse, the sound effects got funky and maybe the screen started waving? This one does the same thing, but it interupts the flow of the song, as the instructor says "Getting Worse!" or "Getting Better!" No need for that. The game also seems easier. I beat 7 of the 8 levels in my first sitting, and though I've played the first 2 games, I'm certainly not an expert. I was hoping for some harder levels. There is nothing as hard as, say, the 'Hell' level in Lammy. Since it's PS2 with DVD gaming and all, I was hoping for a ton of levels. 8 doesn't seem like enough, especially at the skill level they present. Also, as a whole, the songs just aren't as cool. There are small things that bother me like rhyming 'round' and 'merry-go-round.' It just doesn't seem as well written. There are even dumb English translations in the storyline. Another peeve is the fact that there are vocals for every saving function like "Are you sure you want to save?" For some reason they have dumbed the game down. And finally, there is no Jet Baby tune!

Maybe when I finish level 8, the next time through will offer some hidden surprises and harder raps. But I don't think that Parappa2 is an improvement over the Original and Lammy. I hate to admit it, but I think I'd suggest Parappa2 as a rental.

Thirty bucks?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Parappa 2 is a lot of fun to play. If you are familiar with the style nothing will surprise you, it is essentially the same as the first version where you press the various controller buttons in time with the beat. However, paying thirty dollars for this game seems like a waste.

There are only 8 levels, so finishing the game takes only a couple hours. Even for a complete beginner like me, the gameplay was too easy and quick. I was flipping burgers on day one and rapping with De La Soul on day two, that's not making the most of my gaming money.

Also, several of the levels didn't seem to have much to do with the Noodle Syndicate plotline. The boot camp and hair salon sequences felt out of place in a story about noodles taking over the world.

All in all, this game offers a few good laughs and a few finger flipping challenges, but not enough to pay full price. A used disc would offer as much without the guilt of having paid too much for too little.

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