If you thought that Activision was taking this whole "hero" business a bit far, wait until you get a load of this ...
A source close to the publisher tells Eurogamer that beyond what's already been revealed for 2009, you can also expect the following (take a deep breath): Hard Rock Van Halen in August; Guitar Hero 5 in September; DJ Hero in October; and Band Hero in November. Yes, that's four music games within four months, all planned for release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 2.
Our own separate sources indicated to us a few months ago that a Van Halen music game that leverages the existing Guitar Hero set up was already in the works. Additionally, we've heard word that this alleged Guitar Hero 5 is already well into production, and unsurprisingly has striking similarities to Guitar Hero World Tour (read: new venues, new songs, identical game engine).
But Band Hero, although trademarked by Activision awhile back, is a curious one. How that will be different from the Guitar Hero four-instrument set up remains to be seen. Keyboards? Trumpets? A kazoo? The mind reels.
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12:40 PM on 03.06.2009
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Trumpet
Flute
Trombone
Tuba
Saxophone
Bass drum
and of course, quad drums
Ladies love the quads.
If I'm right, I'm buying it, day one and doing a review.
Either that, or I'll write a lamentful C-Blog when i buy the tuba seperately...
Beatles: Rock Band > all GH games
I'm fine with them making all their rhythm games "Hero" games, but Band Hero sounds too much like a Rock Band/Guitar Hero type thing. It would have to be a completely different kind of game to differentiate it from the Guitar Hero games.
Activision is choking the music game genre with its bullshit. The only thing it has published so far is the Call of Duty series.
I can't wait until this cash cow has been milked dry. Seriously though, four frickin' games, that are basically the same? Why Activision, why do you keep me from wanting to buy your shit, with bs like this? I'd lean towards Harmonix, but then again I recall them working on something for the psp. That scares me...
god damn it, fuck you activision.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I still boot up Rock Band with friends and play new DLC almost every time, but Activision is definitely going to put the nail in the coffin this Fall.
I hope that for Harmonix new release in a year or two, they actually have some INNOVATIVE features, something that we've been asking for since forever.