Amplitude
Amplitude is a music/rhythm game and is the sequel to 2001's Frequency. Like it's predecessor, players play songs by hitting notes on multiple tracks representing each instrument found in the song.
Amplitude is an adventure developed by Harmonix Music Systems, released 24 March 2003 on PlayStation 2.
What Amplitude is
Amplitude is an adventure game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and released in 2003. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Amplitude, the player controls a ship (referred to as a "Beat Blaster") moving down a path of varying shapes and lengths, containing up to six tracks. Each color-coded track corresponds to a different aspect of the song, such as percussion, synth, bass, or vocals, and contains a sequence of notes. As the player hits buttons corresponding to the note placement on the track, the notes activate a small portion of the track. If the player successfully activates enough notes in sequence, the track is "captured" and the section will play automatically for a number of bars, freeing the player to capture another section. The object of the game is to capture a sufficient amount of sections to…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, party and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Amplitude holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Amplitude launched on 24 March 2003, within three weeks of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2 and Midnight Club II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2, Midnight Club II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Amplitude yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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