Tap Tap Revenge 3 Arrives in the App Store, Features In-App Purchasing
Tapulous took the App Store by storm with its inaugural Tap Tap Revenge rhythm music gaming title. It followed that up with the no less successful Tap Tap Revenge 2, Tap Tap Dance, and various Tap Tap games branded for individual artists. Tap Tap Revenge 3 (iTunes link) hit the App Store today, bringing with it new features and some unique iPhone 3.0 capabilities.
The official page for the app just went live over at Tapulous’s site. The app is the first in the revenge series not to retail for free — it costs 99 cents, and potentially will result in far more revenue via in-app purchasing.
For those of you worried that Tap Tap Revenge is now all about the Benjamins, fear not, there are still plenty of free tracks available for download, with more planned as future updates. It’s basically the same set-up that existed with TTR2, but without the need to buy special separate themed apps from Coldplay, etc., in order to get that bonus content. Instead, you use in-game “coins” to acquire new songs.
Opening up the app, I found right away that TTR3 was quite different from its predecessors. The first thing I had to do was choose a username and an avatar. The avatar seems to be randomly generated from a stock selection of different parts, so I of course spent far too long randomizing my appearance until I found something somewhat acceptable.
After that, I checked out the store to see what I could spend my hard-won coins on, and was not surprised to find avatar items and clothing among the available purchases. You use coins to buy avatar items, but luckily coins are earned in-game and don’t cost any actual money.
Buying tracks uses the in-app purchasing feature introduced in iPhone OS 3.0, and will prompt you with the amount the item you’ve chosen costs and a dialog that allows you to either buy or cancel the transaction. Tracks come in Packs, each featuring two or more songs. I tried purchasing a Blink-182 track pack for $2.99, and then thought better of it.
The actual rhythm game part of Tap Tap Revenge 3 works just like you remember it, if you played any of the predecessors. Colored orbs travel down three lanes, and must be tapped when they reach the bottom of your iPhone’s screen in order to score points and rack up a high score. Your score affects the number of points you earn, which you can then spend on avatar items.
Song selection in the in-app store is a bit hit or miss, and features a lot of content already available on previous installments, but the game’s only been out for less than a day, so I suspect the library will fill out quite nicely in time. If you liked the previous games, and the added incentive of a growing library featuring top artists and a built-in rewards system appeals to you, 99 cents is well worth the price of admission for TTR3.
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I love this game XD
Where are the free tracks? I can’t find any.
I heard rumour UK band Kava kava are in the TTR3!!!! Where are they!?
From the home page: Tap Tap Store > Tap Tracks > Browse > Browse By: Free Tracks or Batch Download: All Free Tracks
Anyone else got the rpoblem that when they download a track pack they dont get all 6 songs listed only 2 – 3 of them?
There’s a fair chance that the songs don’t have every difficulty level available for them, so check the other levels.
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How can i fix that?
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How can i fix that?
I’m trying to buy inside the app. In-app Purchase, but i get that error
cool game i downloaded for free :)
i downloaded a twin pack thing right? and it didnt come up at all and i re download and re downloan but i still doesnt turn up :S help?
I am having the same problem. I purchased a twin pack and nothing happened. The songs never downloaded. So I tried two more times and nothing again. I hope they don’t charge me 3 times!
Same here :(
Same here! where has it gone? i’ve emailed their feedback section about it. bet i wont get a reply. will just have to check bank acc in the morning! :(
I love this game, love it more now that it is free. Tap Tap Revenge 3 is just like guitar hero but you can play it anywhere with the iPhone or iTouch.
What do I do if they won’t accept any of the usernames, and all I’m doing is putting in my name
How do I buy songs from the tap store when I get an error message that states : “You can not purchase this. You must purchase the app that this item is for before you can purchase the item.” If I have to uninstall, how do I uninstall apps?
hi, I have the same problem, would be grateful if someone helped…
Exact same problem idk what to do :(
When I put clothes on my avatar that I purchased my old clothes won’t go away what wrong?
mines eitherrr :(
ok i am having problems with this app. It lets me get free song and songs that cast coins but every time I want to buy a song or anything thats worth real money it says.
Problem
your transaction could not be
completed.
it makes no cents to me how do i fix it? i tryed deleteing the app and putting it back on and that didnt work. i tryed deleteing my account but it would let me. PLEASE HELP!
hoW do you Purches hit track pack with credits without paying because I have enough credits but I don’t know how to spend them on the songs ?!?!? Heeeelp I’m confuzzed!!!!! PLEASE HELP ME
Can you buy songs with the earnings/coins if so how ?
is it possible to download songs from i tunes and not from the app itself??? if so can u tell me how???
i cant see pictures!
When I go to purchase track packs on Tap Tap Revenge 4, it says that I can’t purchase the track until I purchase the app it’s from. What app is it talking about?!