I had played Ouendan, the japanese game this game was modeled after, and while they play basically the same, the original was much better. This is primarily due to the fact that the soundtrack for Elite Beat Agents was terrible. The songs in Ouendan were popular Jpop, and had fairly catchy tunes. Elite Beat Agents uses either unheard of or ancient songs such as YMCA. Basically, it seems like they just looked for the cheapest music licenses they could find. It could have been an awesome "sequel" for those of us who played ouendan, but instead it ended up being a major disappointment.