Ultimate Band
SCORE: 80
Music games are all the rage these days, so I was not too excited to play Ultimate Band. I looked through the song list, and after some research my heart dropped even farther knowing some of the lyrical issues and bad lessons in some of the songs. Then I started to play Ultimate Band, and the game play won me over. The movements required by Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers are intelligent in their design. Some of the songs are highly addictive, and got into my head. Losing a night of sleep because that song kept playing in my head was a little annoying.
Ultimate Band has a lot safer look for families than many music games. With that said, the graphics can be dark, and pick interesting angles to show the bands rocking and rolling. There are some interesting attire choices in Ultimate Band. A few hit the questionable section, but the majority are okay.
The song selection in this Nintendo Wii video game is of different secular songs. I did not find any Christian rock and roll songs in Ultimate Band. The game also thanks the player for doing well, or borderline insulting when the player does not do to well. Expect kids to repeat what they hear, and you may not approve of some of these sayings - especially with the attitude. The lyrics in many of the songs exhibit a wide array of bad lessons like coveting, and selfishness.
Ultimate Band has such fun game play that I found a lot of replay value to Ultimate Band. Even with the issues this Wii game has there is a lot of charm to it. Disney Interactive Studios included quite a few unlockables as well. Four players can play Ultimate Band, so it allows families to play together.
The controls in Ultimate Band feel like playing an instrument. The beat is right on track, and it brought me into the game deeper than a lot of music games I have played. The intelligent design to the controls is self evident. We had some great Family Friendly Gaming sessions with each of us swapping out turns on songs. We could have played together, but most everyone wanted to the same instrument, so we took turns.
Ultimate Band is a lot safer than most of the current crop of music
games out there (excluding Wii Music) in terms of animations, and
wardrobe. The songs are popular in the secular world, but not so much so
at Family Friendly Gaming. On the plus side Ultimate Band is a game that
can bring people together. I was familiar with many of the songs and
researched others - not the best, but not the worst either.
- Paul
Graphics: 76%
Sound: 70%
Replay/Extras: 85%
Gameplay: 88%
Family Friendly Factor: 80%
System: Wii
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Rating: 'E10+' for Everyone 10+
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