Can it really be Guitar Hero...

Arik · 05-16-2008, 01:58 AM

...if you can play drums?

Guitar Hero 4 instruments, song creation detailed - PlayStation 2 News at GameSpot

Brikar · 05-16-2008, 03:09 AM

Indeed. But then you have to wonder what other road they could have taken to maintain their massive lead when "Rock Band" is becoming so popular. It reeks of "me-too", but I also don't see much in the way of an alternative if GH feels it needs to innovate.

Personally, I play the guitar on "Rock Band" more than I do anything else, but I'll also say that "Guitar Hero 3" wasn't exactly a world-shaking experience.

It was also stupidly hard.

Arik · 05-16-2008, 10:16 AM

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Brikar stopped drinking long enough to mumble

It reeks of "me-too", but I also don't see much in the way of an alternative if GH feels it needs to innovate.

Of course, if they're just playing "me-too", can it really be innovative?

Brikar · 05-16-2008, 02:18 PM

There's the Catch-22

Sam Cogley · 05-16-2008, 04:11 PM

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Arik stopped drinking long enough to mumble

Of course, if they're just playing "me-too", can it really be innovative?

Depends on if they just go with a straight riff of "Rock Band" or if they come up with some new twist. Of course, despite the introduction of other "instruments," was "Rock Band" really innovative or just a riff of "Guitar Hero?"

Cymro · 05-16-2008, 04:47 PM

Why is there no "Jazz Band"?

Space Goat · 05-16-2008, 05:28 PM

What I'm waiting for is "Barbershop Quartet."

Brikar · 05-16-2008, 05:29 PM

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Closet Wingnut stopped drinking long enough to mumble

Depends on if they just go with a straight riff of "Rock Band" or if they come up with some new twist. Of course, despite the introduction of other "instruments," was "Rock Band" really innovative or just a riff of "Guitar Hero?"

Articles I've read have mentioned the ability to record your own songs, the possibility of 'free-style' sections in songs and then there's the design of the drums which might lend itself to slightly different play style.

Cymro · 05-16-2008, 05:52 PM

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Closet Boudoir stopped drinking long enough to mumble

What I'm waiting for is "Barbershop Quartet."

That would be awesome.

Brikar · 05-16-2008, 06:19 PM

how many players would name their games "The B-Sharps"?

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