My 1st impressions after beating Parappa 2. A bad sequel to a good game, just play the original.

User Rating: 5 | PaRappa the Rapper 2 PS2
By LOSTLEAD8R | Review Date:
I have beaten the first game and seen some of Unjammer Lammy (the spin off to parappa) and to watch and then play this game, I am disappointed. Not only are the songs not nearly as catch, quirky, or anything particularly capturing, but it's far too easy. I bought the game the day before, and I have just now beaten it the day after, took me less than 3 hrs, if not 4. The game just gives you far too many chances to pass the song, and while I didn't like how unforgiving the first was, making things easier isn't exactly better either. The answer is usually somewhere in the middle, and PaRappa didn't really hit anywhere near that. The story is ridiculous, corny, and even more childish compared to the first one. While the first one wasn't anything really serious, it was still about PaRappa going on a musical journey to better himself for the girl he loved; this one however, is about how he hates noodles and being called a baby.

This game just misses everything that the first gives with charm. I know that compared to games now, PaRappa was a horrible game, but the way it presented itself like it didn't care and it did its own thing gave it the kind charm you could love. PaRappa 2 just feels like here is another game featuring PaRappa because you guys missed him. Not to say that PaRappa 2 is all kinds of horrible though. There were some improvements, like how you can save a replay of your awesome rapping style. There are also a number of different difficultly levels, which may explain why it's so easy the first time. And there are more stages to play through too, 8 instead of the original 6. Still, these are just too little improvements and there is just less heart in this game to say it's something worth getting.

Conclusion: PaRappa the Rapper 2 misses everything that made the original so great. It lacks the charm, originality, and awesome music the first had, and does little to nothing to improve on the formula to make it better than the first. Frankly, it's better if fans stay away from this game to keep it from soiling memories of the original PaRappa the Rapper.

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