@Covah

Besides adding features the game hasn't changed in anyway. Why do you think it sucks? Because if it is because of how it plays that you are a backwards kinda guy.

The sensible reasoning for disliking the franchise would be for it becoming stale after the countless copy-cats and sequels.

Seems like they're finally polishing the title, let's hope so.
I'll have to check it out, but i'm probably gonna wait ''till next year and this year buy the beatles one. And possibly DJ Hero.

@Onlineatron

I don't think the core mechanics suck, I think the series sucks now and thats because...

Activision are whores. Once Guitar Hero got really popular they just flipped the "release new game every year + who the fuck cares new features = $$$" switch. How many guitar hero games are being released this year? Metallica, 5, Band Hero, Van Halen, Smash Hits, On tour Modern Hits.

Neversoft did okay with Guitar Hero III because it remained at its core what guitar hero I and II were. Anything from there is just a cash in piece of shit in my opinion. World Tour was just a mess. The note charts were terrible, the note time windows were inconsistent. the menu system was shitty, and quite honestly the track list wasn't all too good.

Everything Neversoft and Activision has added to the game past Guitar Hero III I couldn't care less about. The only thing that is of any merit is GH tunes, but only insanely detailed people with large amounts of time will produce anything worth playing in that feature. Other shit like "ooooh battles with this guy" or "OH LOOK WE BROUGHT BACK HENDRIX FROM THE DEAD!" stuff like that, so passable and gimmicky.

Now stuff like drop in drop out co op, okay... so? How many times do you really think someone is going to walk by mid way through a song and be like "OH MAN LET ME GET IN ON THE MIDDLE OF THAT" play for a bit, then leave. Then with stuff like "now you can play as four drummers!" again, so what? Who would even want to do that? Who HAS four drums sets to play as. even with say four guitars, would you really have that much fun having everyone play the same guitar part?

I just stick with harmonix now. Rock Band is just a whole lot simpler, has a better team behind it, better songs, better note charts, and so on. Sure, due to EA's influence Rock Band has gotten to the point where its started to be exploited but the only three Rock Band games coming out this year are Unplugged, Lego Rock Band, and Beatles, thats still half of the Guitar Hero franchise. And aside from Lego Rock Band (which is for kids anyways) they're not shoving unnecessary gimmicks in there.

I don't see the attraction to switching instruments mid song, or to having redundant drummers, etc.

I mean, obviously other people seem interested, but they seem like shitty pointless features to me.

That trailer loses a lot of oomph with a fruity song like The Rock Show.


Anyway yeah I share the prevailing sentiment of Guitar Hero being lame now.

Ah, DTRiiX mentions online, I can see where redundant instruments might make more sense there, but I never play music games online myself - it can't compare to playing with friends in the same room.

IIRC however, the jump-in/out and redundant instruments modes are only availible in 'party mode' or something like that, so don't bet on being able to do them online with the scorehero mentality that holds court on Live and the PSN.

why is it that everyone on this site hates guitar hero yet it demolishes rock band in sales? Don't give me brand recognition, because it doesn't get more recognizable than The Beatles. If rockband does not outsell guitar hero in their next iteration don't give them that excuse.

Does everyone seriously play these games totally alone? Surely not always? The amount of times I've come across someone else playing, or have been playing and a friend comes in the room, I've wanted drop-in/out for a while. Of course, I want it in Rock Band. I hope Harmonix take note, although I dont doubt they've thought of it themselves.

IT PRINTS MONEY! HOW DOES ACTIVISON DO IT?!