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Yup. That's how the story goes. Heard it a bajillion times and it never gets old.
I'm surprised there's no mention of the many games that went under the radar. Even Guitar Hero 1 is still unplayed by many.
Oh how I remember the E3 where GH was announced. *sigh* When plastic instrument games were innocent and loved.
I'm surprised there's no mention of the many games that went under the radar. Even Guitar Hero 1 is still unplayed by many.
Oh how I remember the E3 where GH was announced. *sigh* When plastic instrument games were innocent and loved.
Are these guys and gals going to off themselves when the market falls out? Cause I believe we are reaching the brink ofthis shit.
"You can't really build a business on an entertainment experience that only keeps people entertained for 15 minutes."
and then the Wii came out and proved them wrong again.
and then the Wii came out and proved them wrong again.
@Xtian: maybe for the Rock Band 1 peripherals, but the RB2 and Beatles controllers are great and robust.
@TheTaj: I haven't touched The Beatles peripherals, but RB2's are the worst. RB1 guitars are way better, but still suck in comparison to the GH's. Hopefully The Beatles guitars (albeit expensive right now) are better.
My Rock Band 1 guitar was broken out of the box, and the drums broke completely within a couple months afterward. I've had my RB2 drums for over a year now with no problems and the RB2 guitar has no problems at least for me.
@Xzyliac: Yeah Amplitude and Frequency introduced me to HMX. Its struck me onhow creative they were in merging music and gameplay. They also did the Karaoke Revolution games which were published by Konami.I think they were pioneers in it before Singstar.
I did an interview with Alex Rigopulos before Guitar Hero 1 came out a few years ago. Check it out if you want some perspective, particularly the bit about custom peripherals:
http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/interview/rigopulos/page01.php
http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/interview/rigopulos/page01.php
The first HMX game I had was EyeToy Antigrav (yeah, I know). It had something great about it, when it worked. Most of the time, it didn't.
They held a panel about some of their history at PAX last year, it was pretty cool stuff. They made some weird prototype software early on, and Frequency took them something like 3 years to make since they had to learn how to program for the PS2.
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Dammit I always forget about that!
I got that because of Harmonix. Even Harmonix couldn't save that game. I always secretly hope that the new EyeToy will get a sequel by Harmonix though. Dunno why.
Dammit I always forget about that!
I got that because of Harmonix. Even Harmonix couldn't save that game. I always secretly hope that the new EyeToy will get a sequel by Harmonix though. Dunno why.
All of the EyeToy games were a little on the side of poo.
Secondly, FreQuency and Amplitude fucking rocked. Those were the actual precursors to every music game pretty much everyone plays today, and if you show them to kids who don't know better, they think it's a shitty Guitar Hero ripoff.
Stupid fuckin' kids.
Secondly, FreQuency and Amplitude fucking rocked. Those were the actual precursors to every music game pretty much everyone plays today, and if you show them to kids who don't know better, they think it's a shitty Guitar Hero ripoff.
Stupid fuckin' kids.
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