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Chime on 360

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Chime is a Rhythmaction game available on the 360.

Chime is a Rhythmaction game. Rhythm action games combine the enjoyment that comes from creating music with the challenge of video game scoring. The player is usually tasked with dancing on a mat, tapping a touch screen, pressing a button, singing into a mic or strumming a fake guitar controller in time with the music.

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Considered Gamer review Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Chime 360 is a breif bright experience and similar to Lumines. I found it a wonderfully calming experience - a perfect respite from the busy modern life. But not only this because Chime benefits children's charities across the world courtesy of OneBigGame.

Initially I found Chime a little confusing to play which became slightly embarrassing when I realised just how simple the game's concept actually was. There's a grid on screen in which various shapes must be placed to create larger quads in order to eventually fill the board. At the same time a beat bar goes across the screen which co-ordinates the musical beat with the placement of the various quads making each track sound different on every play. Once over 50% of the board is filled, the next level is unlocked to play. Chime offers a timed mode and a free play mode which I found the most relaxing of the two.
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Family Gamer review Mon, 08 Feb 2010

Chime's mix of music and puzzling strikes a Tetris shaped chord in a sea of action packed musical games and pledges 60% of profits to good causes. It's a great 360 XBLA game, even without the good works.

If truth be told, I've never been a fan of Guitar Hero and the world of musical games. Partially because I can actually play the guitar and find Guitar Hero to be wrong. It's always, like my drummer tells me when I thrash away at his kit, behind the beat. And that doesn't sit well with my hand's muscle memory. But with Guitar Hero I can at least see the appeal - I have spent many hours in my youth playing air guitar in my bedroom, and this game would have been manna from heaven to the 13-year-old me.
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