Arcade games made their presence felt with the coin-operated entertainment machines whose origin dates back to as early as 1970s. The period between late 1970s and late 1980s is termed as the golden age of arcade styled games when its popularity amongst common masses reached its peak. Even in the first half of 1990s arcade games remained popular but saw a sharp decline after the invention of 2D and 3D consoles and arrival of high end video games for PCs. Due to this transition arcade games had to make a shift from the bulky machine to PCs and with this the popularity of traditional arcade game again took a hit. Music Hero 2.0 is a perfect example of an arcade style game which has been digitally enhanced to operate on users PC.

As already mentioned most traditional arcade games like Pinball have already made their transition to the PC platform and has received a new lease of life. Music Hero 2.0 is a very interesting arcade style game which is as intriguing as Pinball and the amount of excitement this game is able to generate exceeds that of Pinball. The plot of Music Hero is set in a fictional city which goes by the name of Sound City. Sound City is a peaceful city which is home to hundreds and thousands of law abiding and peace loving people. However, tragedy befalls this peaceful town when a group of alien invaders turn the city into a heap of ruins. The residents of the city dash for cover and try to escape the wrath of the invading alien army and the people begin to lose hope as they are of no match to aliens which possess superior weapons. Just at this moment you enter the scene as a superhero named MusicHero on which the whole responsibility of saving mankind rests.

To conclude, Music Hero 2.0 is one of the best arcade games we have ever seen which has an amazing setup and storyline which is quiet similar to a non-linear story telling game. With its sharp graphics and amazing gameplay Music Hero certainly deserves a rating of 4 stars.