Elite Beat Agents

Title: Elite Beat Agents
Platform Played On: Nintendo DS
Release Date: November 6, 2006
Date Played: Fall 2008
Time Played: 2 hours
Completed (Y/N): No (80%)
Score: 4/5

Opinion:
Elite Beat Agents sprung up during the music/rhythm game hysteria of the later two thousands.

All rhythm games rely on the player following a pattern with pre-set rules and EBA is no different. You have to use the stylus and follow pre-determined patterns by tapping or sliding it across the screen with the beats. While you play through the songs there is usually some semi-related funny partially animated comic going on in the upper part of the screen, and you have 3 goofy black suited agents dancing as you hit the beats on the lower screen.

I must say Elite Beat Agents has a great sense of style and polish. The soundtrack is picked well and all songs are a pleasure to listen and play to. The soundtrack features artists such as David Bowie, Sum 41, Madonna, Chicago and about a dozen others.

Overall Elite Beat Agents is a very fun game and was actually one of the very first games I ever played on my DSlite, and nothing like it has come since.  The only reason it received a 4/5 and not a 5/5 is because you are basically doing the same thing every song, and after a while it gets pretty repetitive. I ended up stopping about 80% through the game simply because I didn't want to keep doing the same thing over and over again, but I guess that's kind of true for all rhythm games. If you have a DS and a sudden itch to play an entertaining rhythm game then I give you two thumbs up for Elite Beat Agents.