Customer Reviews

PaRappa the Rapper 2

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(11)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

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.

I just purchased a PS2 yesterday, and this is one of the many games I bought with it. Being a fan of the original as well as Um Jammer Lammy, it was one of the many games I felt like I had missed out on by only owning an XBox and a Gamecube. So, that being said, if you're a fan of the other two games, you'll love it for the music (although the songs aren't quite as memorable as the previous titles.)

One of the nice additions to this sequel is that most of the songs no longer have a "call and answer" feel to them, meaning that while your opponent is rapping, Parappa is usually doubling the vocals in places or doing a little freestyle here and there over it.

Even having to replay a couple of the levels twice, I finished it in a little over an hour. So basically the question is, how much did you replay the original games just to hear the songs again? If, like me, the answer is "a lot", then it's most certainly worth your time.

Others might be turned off by the incredibly short length of the game and its very bizzare plotline, but if you're a musician or a music fan you should have a lot of fun revisiting this game on occasion.

Now if it's a real review you want, then read ON!

Gettin straight to the point(THE VERDICT):

UPPERS:
-funny script and story.
-Very Well animated!
-Quality rapping!
-Nice two-player game.

DOWNERS:(trust me, this game isn't reall down, I'm just picking hairs here!)
-Dull bonus and training bits.
-Still a very short game.
-Jokes soon wear thin
-The food makes you hungry(see what I mean!)

Overall Results:
Graphics = Nice, but you're always staring at symbols:7/10
Sound = Good tunes, enjoyable lyrics and ace rapping!:9/10
Lifespan = Short, easy, but saved by two-player action: 7/10

Overall Score and thoughts:
Better than most rhythm-action games thanks to its jam-along two-player mode. The only downfalls are the shortness and the rather vague jokes. IF YOU LIKE THIS THEN U'LL LOVE SPACE CHANNEL 5(GIVE IT A SHOT!)
SO OVERALL I GIVE IT 8/10!

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...

I feel so guilty about this game. My brother got it on a demo disk and I talked ihm into buying the full game. Now I wish I hadn't. Why? It was a waste of money because it's just SO DAMN SHORT.
All the levels are pretty easy except the last one in which it is frustratingly hard to synchronise your rapping when you have to lead the chant. This technique should have been introduced in earlier levels - and speaking of which, there should be way more levels! I'm amazed Sony actually put this game out and didn't think it would be too short. New characters to access? Nope. New levels to unlock? Nuh-uh. Anything new which you can do on this game after two days of playing at the most? Don't even think about it.
It's a real pity, because what there is of this game is actually pretty good. The graphics are cute, the style is funny, the songs are enjoyable and the idea is a clever one. (The storyline is just weird, but that may'nt be a bad thing...depends on your personal preference.) The voice-overs need work though. They're kind of weird and often irrelevant.
If Sony had made about...ooh, twice as much as they have, I'd have given this game five stars. But they didn't. Rent the game by all means - but don't buy it. It's fun for a time, but overall a waste of money.

i think this is a very fun, simple, and entertaining game. the beats just keep you coming back for more. i love the 2-D Cel-Shaded graphics, although many people prefer 3-D. every once in a while you will see one or two 3-D things, which i must admit work just amazingly mixed with the 2-D, which now that i think about it, i would have preferred. my only real gripes with this game is that not much has changed since Parappa 1, and the other thing is the length. its amazingly short. you could probably beat it max. 6 hours, and thats if you really stink at the game. but now that the price has dropped i highly reccomend that you look into giving up [the money] for this quick gaming fix. its the most fun ive had with a more kiddie-aimed game in a longgg longggg time.

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.

I was very excited when I found out that PaRappa was coming to PS2. I thought it would be bigger, better and more difficult-- but it turned out that I was wrong. I was very disappointed to find that there are only 8 levels, all at pretty much the same difficulty level-- if you've beaten PaRappa 1 or UmJammer Lammy, you can probably finish this one within one sitting without any problems. Besides the easiness, there are other glaring faults: the storyline is incoherent and boring (everything is being turned into noodles, or something like that), and the lengthy movies between levels have bad translations and aren't very exciting. The actual songs are nowhere near as funny and clever as the original ones, and the paper-thin graphics, which were charming on the PS1, seem cheap and out of place on the PS2. After I beat the last level, I wished that I hadn't bought it-- it was just way too easy and unfulfilling. Also, while UmJammer Lammy unlocks tons of bonus levels after you finish, PaRappa2 has none. However, despite these faults, I would definitely recommend PaRappa2 as a rental to any PaRappa fan-- even if it is a waste to buy.

Now if it's a real review you want, then read ON!

Gettin straight to the point(THE VERDICT):

UPPERS:
-funny script and story.
-Very Well animated!
-Quality rapping!
-Nice two-player game.

DOWNERS:(trust me, this game isn't reall down, I'm just picking hairs here!)
-Dull bonus and training bits.
-Still a very short game.
-Jokes soon wear thin
-The food makes you hungry(see what I mean!)

Overall Results:
Graphics = Nice, but you're always staring at symbols:7/10
Sound = Good tunes, enjoyable lyrics and ace rapping!:9/10
Lifespan = Short, easy, but saved by two-player action: 7/10

Overall Score and thoughts:
Better than most rhythm-action games thanks to its jam-along two-player mode. The only downfalls are the shortness and the rather vague jokes. IF YOU LIKE THIS THEN U'LL LOVE SPACE CHANNEL 5(GIVE IT A SHOT!)
SO OVERALL I GIVE IT 8/10!

I love this game but there's one problem......TOO EASY!!!!!!
I mean,it is soooooooo easy that there's almost no point to even buy this game.Sorry SCEA,but next time,Think Money!Oh Yeah,And another thing next time make a Um Jammer Lammy 2.