Seriously though, we have to be the greatest gaming generation. Growing up with it, watching it scare the shit out of the public so many times. And finally over take all forms of other entertainment. My thirst for games and its culture never fades, only my time to consume it.
Mainly I pay attention to anything dealing with the growth of the gaming industry. It's about respect as an art and entertainment form at this point. I think I have a "violence in gaming" debate at least once every other day at this point. When I'm not on a soapbox, I'm pretty much staring at the next shiny and ridiculous object that I can find, pointing and laughing at it, looking around to see if anyone else sees what I see.
Right now, Rock Band is about the only game I play consistently. That and random XBLA games.
Series Castlevania
Legacy of Kain
WarCraft
Burnout
God of War
Worms
Fav Features intuitive, fun, memorable gameplay
storyline or characters with some teeth to it
scares the shit out of me
addictive multiplayer that's light on the douchebags
watching someone Wii the first time
XBLA demos
Salivating Burnout Paradise
Assassin's Creed
Shiny Rock Band
COD 4
Super Mario Galaxy
Picross DS
No Shame in It Viva Pinata
Animal Crossing
Puzzle Quest
WoW
So there's this game called Rock Band, you may have heard of it, whose hype is consuming me. After scoffing at Guitar Hero 2 less than a year ago. Here I am, still drowning in my own saliva secretions from E3 videos and the announcement that Enter Sandman is going to be in the game. That clinched it. I was dropping whatever ridiculous cost EA deems it will take to fake rock with my fake rock band in my living room.
This would be easy. I mean I'm saving $90 bucks by not buying Guitar Hero 3 since I have no use for it. So I decreed that Slash will not rock on my 360, and it was so.
Back in the days before I accepted rhythm games as a gaming genre, I decreed that the only thing that would make me buy a game with tiny toy guitar would be the chance to fake-play One by Metallica, being my favorite song by my favorite band. Well damn it. Those crazy skateboarding programmers had a trick combo up their sleeves by catching me in a fake-guitar-game-starring-Metallica-decree paradox. Then, before I can even start to comprehend the paradox, my face was melted by Scorehero's Dragonforce video.
This whole healthy competition thing is really down playing the impact of my decreeing ability and exposing me as the elitist hypocrite that I am.
Here's to our wallets being >$300* lighter and our living rooms being filled with plastic instruments come "Holiday Season 2007."
^JDevL^
*still cheaper and able to rock harder than your band "that's going to make it"
I'm going with GH3 to get my second GH guitar, since I've never been able to track one down for GH2 on the 360. Too lazy to just buy it from RedOctane's site. But for some masochistic reason I'm going to buy the entire set for Rock Band.
The 5 solo buttons are just the same 5 buttons at the top of the neck, but you don't have to strum them during the solo. I Guess it's for the newbies.
I'm not really that psyched for Rock Band at all. I think it will be a pain in the arse to actually complete and play multiplayer with online. Although I am envious of that Strat. God that thing looks sexy.
I could be wrong but the last thing I remember reading was that you could use GH2 guitars for Rock Band on the same system. As the "solo buttons" were essentially copies of the same buttons, just moved lower for better finger tapping. So you'd only need the EA version of the guitars if you wanted to use that feature.
Few random thoughts: I am still bitter about the overcharging of the Guitar Hero music packs to invest in their games, but I can admit they have a pretty solid line up of songs on III. The thing I like about Rock Band right now, is the bigger amount of original tracks, not covers, which kinda flaws Guitar Hero imo (but they are getting better with getting master tracks). I want to drum now because of the claims "if you can drum in 'rock band' then you can drum irl" If there was a way to use my real guitar as a controller I would quit my job.
Are you talking about the music packs on the 360 or the music pack that was priced as a full game in neon pants on the PS2? Either way they are all a rip off.
But I agree Rock Band still has a bigger draw to with a better song lineup, imo, and the original tracks (not to mention the full album downloads). I'm just no longer balking at the idea of picking up GH3 in addition.
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I'm not really that psyched for Rock Band at all. I think it will be a pain in the arse to actually complete and play multiplayer with online. Although I am envious of that Strat. God that thing looks sexy.
But I agree Rock Band still has a bigger draw to with a better song lineup, imo, and the original tracks (not to mention the full album downloads). I'm just no longer balking at the idea of picking up GH3 in addition.