Guitar Hero 4, Rockband ripoff confirmed? Options

[Crushinator]

If GH4 can bring in a random Mexican dude at your door with a case of corona asking if there's a party going on when you're actually home alone... then yes, yes I will get it. The drum kit does look pretty nice though.

Instead, a random mexican guy will show up at Crush's door with no beer, and upon answering the door, he will simply ask, "Do you speak spanish?" When Crush says no, he'll walk away.

I promise this will happen. Since it happened like 3 times while I lived there.

The story Donkey relayed actually happened to me last night. Thus is the power of Rock Band.

I'm in the middle of rocking out with my bad self, its like 11:20 pm, and then someone knocks on the door. I open it and theres a mexican guy with a grocery bag with a case of Corona in it. (So he had obviously just bought it.) He says "There are party here mang?" and I respond "...uh nope I'm just playing a game by myself." "But I heard singing mang..." "Nope, just me here, sorry." The guy's face = and then he just turns away and sulks down the stairs.

[Crushinator]

Video of the drums prototype in action:

http://www.insidegamer.nl/playstation3/gui...ukgevoelig.html

Awesome that they got Travis Barker mocap for the drum performance, he owns.

[donkeybeatz]

Somewhat related post:



GREEN, RED, YELLOW, BLUE! WHAT WILL... YOUUU DOOO???
This is like one of the best promo videos ever right next to the PSU Texter video.

[Crushinator]

I hope that guy is an unlockable character in the game.

YOU GOT THE POWER IN YA HAAAAANDS!

[Crushinator]

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/28/activisi...ero-world-tour/

First videos of the actual gameplay (with tony hawk playing guitar, lol). The big reveal is the drums, looks like one of the cymbals is yellow, one is orange, and they are seperate buttons. Should be fun. The rest of the interface is identical to RB.

[donkeybeatz]

LOL

Dude: "It'll be the first time you can have multiple instruments... drums, mic, bass..."
Chick: "...called Rock Band, I think.."

ooowned.

[Crushinator]

Woooooah

http://kotaku.com/5020466/survey-leaks-gui...-ozzy-and-sting

In this new Guitar Hero game, join up with your band mates to form the ultimate super group and rock your way to the top. Shred on lead, rhythm, or bass guitar (three options on one guitar controller), rip on drums, or belt it out on the mic as you rock together on the greatest classic, modern, alternative, pop, and metal hits. 85 songs by artists including Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Korn, System of a Down, Ozzy Osbourne, Interpol, Muse, Tool (at least three songs and a dedicated venue), and dozens more come together to form the coolest set list ever. You can even play as your favorite rock star, choosing from characters like Sting, Ozzy Osbourne, Ted Nugent, Billy Corgan, Jimi Hendrix, Travis Barker, Hayley Williams, and Zak Wylde. If none of these are your style, then you can create your own character, including character construction, instrument creation, band logos and album covers. Then take it to a whole new level by jumping into a fully-integrated recording studio to lay down, upload, and share custom tracks online – for virtually unlimited rock. This game features the most authentic instrument peripherals on the market, including an all-new wireless guitar controller with the first-ever touch-sensitive neck slide, dedicated Star Power button, and ability to palm-mute. Also, the new killer wireless drums have ultra-quiet pressure-sensitive pads, raised cymbals, and are easy to set up and take down. Or, use the microphone to become the ultimate frontman. This new Guitar Hero game lets you rock together and rock for all.

If Tool is in the game then they can have my $180 NOW.

[tanshin]

Jesus, palm mutes... I'm starting to lean toward just playing my real guitar.

But yeah I like their line up of artists (Tool!!!) and the whole custom music thing sounds like it has potential.

[AC9breaker]

Holy Shit, The Doors!?

:OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!


I hope they have People Are Strange.





Most likely they're gonna have "Break on Through"
Light my Fire has a guitar and keyboard solo thats pretty long as hell. Although it would own if it was on.

Also Palm Mute is suppose to be a mode for like little kids and old people who suck at coordination. So it can be a real game you can enjoy with the whole family. All they have to do is strum in time with the notes or in the case of the drums hit it in time. Doesn't matter which ones.

[donkeybeatz]

Presentation looks OK. I guess we'll have to wait and see still.

[Crushinator]

Looks... just like RB. Haha. Well I guess don't fix what isn't broken.

Its really going to come down the song lists, DLC, and extra features/online play.

[donkeybeatz]

Just checked out Activision's press conference.

-The new guitar looks pretty sleek. The slider touch pad thing sounds nifty but I'm not sure how often I would use it. Sorta like the solo buttons on the strats for RB.

-Drums look pretty standard. It has 2 inputs so you can use 2 pedals. You can also use the drumkit as a standalone drumkit. I missed the part if it required any software or anything.

-Music studio looks pretty complicated. They mentioned its a combo of ProTools and Cubase but more user-friendly. You can use the guitar to make all the tracks including the drum tracks. By tilting the guitar at various angles, you can change the pitch of the notes or something like that.

-They only showcased one song, which was "Hot for Teacher". They DID NOT reveal the setlist for the game at the press conference. =(

-The gameplay (as seen in my previous post) is very similar to Rock Band. In the press conference, they played though the entire song (Hot for Teacher). There seems to be something similar to the "Big Rock Ending" from Rock Band. All I saw was a barrage of notes when the song ended. I'm assuming you have to hit most of the notes as opposed to freestyling then hitting a few notes at the end like in Rock Band.

[Vitamin D]

Most important however, it seems Rock Band instruments are compatible. That's great news indeed, that oughta save a good amount of cash for the folks that already have Rock band. Further meaning too, you could just buy the discs (GH 4, RB 2) instead of getting new toys for each. NOICE.

[donkeybeatz]

Here's the video of the actual gameplay at the conference:

[AC9breaker]

Daaaaaaaaamn, that lead guitar part loooked fucking hard as shit! That was awesome. I hope we get the set list by the end of E3.