'Tap Tap Revenge 3' – What TTR Should Have Been All Along
posted by Eli Hodapp on October 6th, 2009 7:25 PM EDT in $0.99, 3.5 stars, Games, Music / Rhythm, Reviews, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Tapulous's Tap Tap Revenge 3 [App Store] is the third generation of Tap Tap Revenge games, and with the inclusion of downloadable content (DLC), Tap Tap Revenge 3 finally has become what the series should have been from the start, with a complete in-game store to buy all kinds of licensed music tracks to play.
If you're unfamiliar with the series, Tap Tap Revenge is a rhythm game similar to Dance Dance Revolution that you play by tapping with your fingers and shaking the phone. The game's roots go all the way back before the App Store even existed, and was one of the first jailbreak games for the iPhone that was more than a simple card or marble rolling game.
Prior to OS 3.0 and the advent of in-game DLC, Tapulous sold music packs through separate games on the App Store. Available for $4.99, these individually bundled games featured music from Weezer, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails, and Dave Matthews Band.
In Tap Tap Revenge 3, there are close to 50 bundles of music that can be purchased in game. 6 track bundles are sold for $2.99, and 2 track bundles for 99¢. Each of these bundles also comes with their own theme with various art from each of the bands that scroll across the screen as you play their corresponding songs. (Full track list available on TUAW.)
Aside from the array of optional music to buy, Tap Tap Revenge 3 has over 100 free indie songs, and Tapulous plans on adding free music every week for users to download. TTR3 also has a full online component with various multiplayer modes, avatars to choose from, and tons of other social features like in-game chat.
If you've never played a Tap Tap Revenge game, Tap Tap Revenge 2.6 [App Store] is free and will give you a good idea in what to expect in the sequel. Otherwise, Tap Tap Revenge 3 is available for 99¢, and with the potential of nearly unlimited content to be added to the game via the DLC store, there's not much reason to not pick this up if you're a fan of rhythm games.
App Store Link: Tap Tap Revenge 3, 99¢
TouchArcade Rating:
Woo! Haven't played since the very FIRST one released. Maybe I'll buy this and see how much it's improved
I'm so pumped to play this but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get to the free songs I can download… How do I do that?
Terrible. All the free songs suck, and the in-app purchases don't work
I was able to download two different song packs without issue. As far as their choice in music, they know their demographic.
omg i don't i love some of the free songs you just have to find the ones you like like twin atlantic human after all and great northern story , i also got owl city firerflies for free
People complaining that there is no listing of free songs for downloading and/or no "download all" option, understand that they are trying to sell DLC here. Making you wade through all the tracks, not knowing which ones are free and which ones are DLC, is an intentional marketing gimmick. They are trying to increase the likelihood of people purchasing songs. If there was a free songs section, everyone would go straight it and, in the process, they would forgo the process of at least having to rummage through the paid stuff. If the Devs force everyone to scroll through DLC tracks while looking for free stuff, maybe someone might buy a track pack that they would've have before.
You don't sacrifice quality of life for the consumer by making their life more difficult at an attempt to sell tracks. If anything you will be scaring off customers, costing you more money than if you had left it alone. The free tracks will rarely be as popular as the purchasable ones, as the DLC will be mainstream.
And the in-app purchases work fine. i just purchased like $20 worth. Why, i don't know. There hasn't been many games out the last 2-3 weeks, so i guess i have some extra money laying around. I really like the DLC stuff offered here, but if you are a music elitist, you will hate it. It's mainstream contemporary, mostly. Two packs didn't work for me. Nine Inch Nails couldn't be purchased. And Foo Fighters wouldn't download. However, once you purchase it once, you won't have to pay for it again. Certain songs can only be played at certain difficulty levels, by the way. IF the song cannot be played on easy, then it will not show up when you look at the easy tracks that are available for you to play. It will show up only on the levels it has been designed for.
The game is finally polished and lag free but I really wish the game would import the pre purchased tracks from the other tap tap games like TTR 2 could do.
That pissed me off. I had already payed for the coldplay and lady gaga apps and wanted to import them in.
most of the free songs in ttr 2 isn't even in 3. It seems that they want you pay for the song again if you don't want to have more than 1 TTR app on your iphone.
How Do U Start It It Says Pick An Avatar it shows boy and girl but then nothing else i push save and it dosent work wtf
I know!! Its a black spot.
I'll buy it once they allow me to transfer my TTR2 tracks over, otherwise It's a waste of money and space to have both TTR2 & 3.
took me hour and half to download all the free "hard" and "extreme" songs lol…
Yeah, downloading the free Sugar, We're Goin Down by Fall Out Boy and it's taking about five minutes over WiFi. That's really really sloooow. I do like that after it is done it asks which difficulty you want to play and just lets you launch into playing it.
That particular song seems really easy on "extreme" difficulty.
This game rocks.. Very addictive
Tapulous JUST added a FREE MUSIC section (and announces it on the opening screen). While the In-App store is exactly what TTR needed, this rendition needs some refining.
1. The "Free Music" list is ONLY organized by (I'd assume) release date (no individual genre lists, alphabetical-by-artist lists, etc.). I understand the marketing ploy behind this, but it's messy and unorganized. A shame, really. Lest we forget, free tracks are still effective marketing for getting consumers interested in buying the artists' other works.
2. Why are prices not displayed until you finally go to "purchase this track pack"?!?!
3. The game could use a beginner's guide for navigating the menus. I've figured things out at this point, but it was confusing at first having "10,000 coins" sitting next to the "Tap Tap Store" button… these sit just below your avatar's level and experience gained. Thus, I initially thought that the "Store" was simply a smartly-designed mechanism for progressing your character through the game by purchasing new tracks with "coins." It wasn't until I explored the menus a bit that I realized your "coins" are only good for character customization.
My point is, when initially booting the game, instead of throwing you into a character customization screen that makes you say "WTF is this?" there needs to be a tutorial explaining the new features.
The first version of beatrider is still better than this game. Granted TTR has come a long way graphically, but BeatRider allows you to use any of your own songs and offers 3 or more bars to play with for a variable challenge.
BeatRider is what TTR should have been.
I do not agree with "what ttr should have been all along". I have always liked the indie nature of the ttr series, it made me discover new artists and song. We have got plenty of rhythm games with mainstream music on every platform.
It's a better looking app, feels more polished and has some good DLC but I'm dissapointed that the free tracks i downloaded in 2.6 (jet and all American rejects) I now have to pay for. I have no problem paying for new DLC but this app is essentially a paid upgrade of 2.6. We should be able to import tracks and scores from the previous version.
Why oh why do they have only 3 buttons?!
I want at least 5 buttons and a widescreen mode with 9 buttons just like pop n music…
I can't find the free tracks anywhere!?
I heard UK festival band Kava Kava have a song in here!!!!!!!
Where is it?
You can't find it >.>…? Go to the app, then click "Tap Tap Store" on the center, then click Tap Tracks.
Happy?
Uh, I haven't checked out the app, but 0.99 / 2 = 0.495 / song, and 2.99 / 6 = 0.498 / song. So we get to pay a third of a cent more per song by purchasing 6 at a time?
when i brought this game on my ipod touch i had like 1000 songs on ttr2 but now in ttr3 i only have the 3 that came with it because it will not let me download for over wifi it always says failed. what can i do?
How do you change your avatar?
i cant figure it out
How do you change your avatar?
I can't figure it out
have you found out how to change the avatar. if you have please tell me
OPTIONS, EDIT PROFILE, AVATAR
No widescreen, no fun.
hey there guys, just a small-big-problem
i tapped on the "Purchase This Track Pack" and they kept saying "Your transaction could not be completed"!
What's wrong, help me guys, i'm crazy with this game
i want to change my avatar but i cant find out how to. How do you do it.
i also love the new tap tap revenge 3 it rox
every song i try to download says "FAILED". WTF. thats not right.
I downloaded the 2-pack of Evanescence, i was so happy they had them.. But then, you have to restore/download them, right? After purchasing them, it loads so slow.. or maybe it's my problem… hmm?
TTR 3 is free now
I love this game, love it more now that it is free. Tap Tap Revenge 3 is just like guitar hero but you can play it anywhere with the iPhone or iTouch.
I luv that game! its so fun to play! cant wait tell Tap Tap revange 4 comes out!!!
How do you even level up on ttr3? soz, I just started so I'm not really sure what to do here, can someone help me?
I BOUGHT AN OUTFIT FOR MY AVATAR
AND EVERYTHING I TRIED
NEVER WORKED! I'M STILL WEARING THE SAME LAME TAPULOUS SHIRT!
NO OFFENSE.
BUT REALLY! HELP!
To change clothes go to profile, by clicking your avatar. Click avatar at the top you we see the new clothes at the bottom. Press where ist says recent and go though the whole "closet" chagening your clothes by tapping on the pants and doning the same to change the next pair. Hope that helps!! :-}
it helped me thankkkksss
Does the music I buy go to my music library?
Ok wen I 1st got the game I accidently chose a boy avatar instead of a girl avatar and it's kinda embarrasing…….. Is there anyway I can change it 2 a girl???????
i cant change my avatar to a girl and i cant change my screen name either plase help me.
how do i level up? i tried playing online as many times i could and win high scores but i still dont seem to get the exp points to level up! pls help
Everytime i try to download something for free it says:＂ＦＡＩＬＥＤ＂ ｐｌｅａｓｅ ｈｅｌｐ．
HELP! I need help lvling up. I'm still on lvl 1. They give me exp
Whoops I mean they don't give me exp
Help! Why won't they give me XP? First game I played I won first, I didn't get XP. Some please help me. I really want to level up!
Sorry, I mean someone.
i just realized that i tap really hard and if i press on the edge, it goes down! damn I don't know what i should do, except not tapping that hard. I got it replaced once before and i didn't realize the problem was the tapping!! so beware guys, DON'T TAP HARD!!!!