Being a fan of Guitar Hero, Dance Dance Revolution, and other musical games, I was excited to try the casual game Kudos Rock Legend. After playing for a little bit, I decided the game just wasn’t for me.

I expect a lot of pop-up help windows in complicated epic games like Neverwinter Nights but I don’t expect them in casual games. After reading my 5th or so pop-up window that said it would only appear once, I was getting a little tired of reading about the game and not being able to play it.

Finally I “auditioned” some members for my band and attempted to write a song before calling it quits. Kudos Rock Legend is like a simulation game with mini-games mixed in. Writing music is a little game that I really didn’t figure out just what I was suppose to be doing. Also there is a mini-game for songwriting that is basically listening to a few bars and then playing them back.

Kudos might be for the more patient casual gamer who likes to juggle several tasks at once.