One of PSX’s biggest surprises was that PaRappa the Rapper was coming to PlayStation 4. No, it wasn’t in an all-new adventure, but the original PS1 game (which came out in 1996 in Japan and 1997 in North America) is getting a remastered version. Appropriately called PaRappa the Rapper Remastered the game features all of the original songs and now brings the beloved title to 4K televisions.
The build I got to play featured the game’s first level, which takes place in Chop Chop Master Onion’s dojo. It has PaRappa learning martial arts in order to become a hero and impress the girl-flower person of his dreams, Sunny Funny. The gameplay hasn’t been touched, and players still have to time button presses in tune with the song in order to rap along with it. The pioneering rhythm game feels a bit simple by today’s standards, but I still had fun with the song and even managed to squeak out a cool rating despite being pretty rusty at it. PaRappa the Rapper Remastered is a faithful port, but it also comes with some new features such as the DualShock 4 being able to provide a metronome. I wasn’t able to check this out since I was wearing headphones to play the game (which honestly is the only way to play PaRappa the Rapper). It’s a really smart addition, though, as it’s a solid way to help out players that are having difficulty passing the levels.
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Graphically the game looks really phenomenal. I’ve never ...