But its reads as an afterthought of useless skippable dialogue.ĭespite the zoom-map fail, the montony of gameplay and the throwaway storyline. There is very minor storyline for each level.
The game will not progress very well if one is slow to write songs and record albums, As this is where the real money is. The time is spent in developing musician's ability and managing to get songs written.
Yet there are many shows, more than enough, various size venues, etc. parked in Chicago - yet the venues (indicated with stars) are hidden by the bus! One must click on a star to schedule shows. This is annoying when your tourbus is on a 2-D map. There is no zoom in or zoom out on the map. Schedule shows, pay the bills, maintain the peace It is highly re-playable for two reasons: There are four levels, unlock one for the next. The mechanics of the strategy may bore some players. It will take at a minimum 40 hours or so. I don’t have the time or energy to do such a thing in real life, but if by chance, my lucky stars went supernova, and such a thing came my way, I’d run a Rock Tour.įlawed and Fun Game If you plan to get the most out of this game, This was a really fun game, and you might find that managing a fictional band is more fun that anyone ever realised. Speaking of working, we do quite a bit, getting gigs, setting up advertising, taking opportunities lay down some tracks to hit the MP3 websites and more. It was US map on the back of a diner place mat, and when we are pretty much working with only the New-Balti-Wash area at the onset, we definitely need bigger map for a smaller area to work with. The only problem I had with the game was that once more East Coast corridor venues opened up, the map you had to work with needed to be more precise. You do actually get to hear their tracks when they play at more elite venues, and if you are a fan of Dave Matthews Band, you will really enjoy these guys, whose name you have to give them. This band has a blue-sy kind of sound, and even features an electric violin. We’ve also seen it in games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, but this little casual sim makes you the manager of an up-and-coming rock band from Baltimore. This game rocks! We’ve run across these kinds of themes in media before, in movies like That Thing You Do and School of Rock. Otherwise, just hope they come out with a new one (though I think it's been out for 3 years now so not likely.) That is why I am saying I do not recommend. I DO recommend the game, but only if it's ok with you. I checked the forums and apparently this has been an issue since the game came out. It seemed ridiculous that I couldn't see better but then I bought it and am at the second level and still have not found a way to do that.
#ONLINE BAND MANAGER GAMES TRIAL#
I noticed it towards the end of the hour trial but figured that I just wasn't doing something right or whatever. If I had known I probably wouldn't have purchased it. I really like this game, but that is the only reason that I might not fully recommend it. It's really irritating and I wish they would either add that or let you pan around so that instead of zooming out for you, they let you drag the map view around. It automatically zooms out because your band begins to expand it's tour but then it doesn't let you zoom back in to see the stars to select new shows or to record your album etc. The NEGATIVE thing that I have to say about this game is that in the map view (if you try out the game, you'll know what I mean# you can't zoom in. I like it a lot and though as some said, it doesn't change too much as far as gameplay- it stays entertaining and the challenges do get harder in trying to get money and new equipment etc. Good EXCEPT for map issue I feel that I should let people know about the one thing that I think is really irritating about this game.