Guitar Rising perfects the "Guitar Hero with real guitars" genre
By Nilay Patel 
posted Feb 7th 2008 5:16PM
posted Feb 7th 2008 5:16PM
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sounds like a cool idea. now people can learn how to play guitar and then play it without needing a tv in front of them
My prayers have been answered! I'll be rocking with my Schecter Gryphon in no time!
do we know what gaming system this will work with?
"This PC game..."
""""PC game""""
Though the article doesn't mention it, the company says it will be for Mac too..
i'm kind of a fan of plastic guitars, clicking strummers and button "frets". i dont know if a real guitaring and actual skill sounds that appealing to me.
the only reason i can see to keep or get a PC... (apple fanboy here)
Bootcamp, brother.
Yeah, besides all those PC-only games and applications and devices.
I like my Mac too, but seriously?
if you check out their site, they say it will be out for both Mac and PC
wait, i was wrong. it was on Gizmodo that they said it was for both platforms:
"According to GameTank's CEO Jake Parks, the connection to the guitar would either work "via a guitar-USB adapter, a microphone, or directly to the sound card." He told us that they are planning to release for both Mac and PC."
The company CEO told Gizmodo that Guitar Rising will be available for both PC and Mac..
I'm just trying to figure out from the gameplay video how the game tells you what fret to play on.
You can barely tell from the compression, but the dots are numbered.
it looks like the buttons have numbers inside of them and that corresponds to the fret. and it doesnt really look like the guitarist in the video is playing along with the game in the video
The compression makes it hard to see in the video when the dots are moving fast but it appears that there are numbers inside all the dots. When they show you the training feature you can see a single dot moving slowly across the screen with a "0" on it.
Looks like there are little numbers inside each bubble which tell you which fret to play. So basically it's just tablature with distracting graphics.
I'd be far more inclined to play this rather than Guitar Hero; but I wonder if the general public might look down on it because it's 'educational'.
Did anyone notice that "Miss Mary Mack" is one of the "30 Rock Songs!"?
ZOMGWTFBBQ! I don't see why you kids don't just learn to play a real... wait what?
Learn to play a real guitar.
(Don't lynch me! Your sarcasm detector is broken)
Maybe I just missed it, but wasn't the point of Guitar Hero to not have to know how to play guitar and still have fun "playing guitar"? So doesn't this completely defeat the purpose of a guitar game? Somebody?
No, it doesn't defeat the purpose. It's a completely different game.
I suppose they are trying to fill a niche' for people who like the idea of Guitar Hero, but want to play with a real guitar.
Personally, I agree with you. It just seems like severe overkill to set it up for a real axe.
A good concept, and I'm all for a game that teaches you how to play a real guitar.
My real concern is the song collection. I can only assume (hope) that that set list on the video is a mock-up, and that they're working on getting somgs that people really want to learn.
Of course, it'd be sweet if the game could import songs from MIDI or Guitar Pro, eh?
I'm sure people will find a way to put their leet haxor skills to use just like they did with Guitar Hero.
Better yet, there's libraries of tabs out there... upload an MP3 and a paired tab, then use a sound recognition dealie to figure out the timing.
There might even be software out right now that spits out tabs from MP3s. I'm no programmer, but it seems like the two would mesh seamlessly.
If these guys want to really dominate the Genre, they just need to release such a program that lets you "create your own songs for sharing" *wink wink nudge nudge* that lets you turn tabs into songs you can import, along with any mp3.
*eyes glaze over* the possibilities....
Of course, most of the self tabulated songs would be wrong in several places, and parts where "the solo I wrote was better."
Zither Rising or forget it!
Schecter Gryphon : I can already tell you have terrible taste in music.
Schecters are badass. I'd own a Hellraiser if I had a job, but I'd rather comment on engadget articles all day.
Yamaha makes these midi guitars that have light up fret boards to show you were to position your hands, kind of cool but the midi sound is pretty bad
Tracking audio from a regular guitar and getting a fret position with any real accuaracy is quite hard; and has a significant delay hence only midi pickups really work well today (the issue is worse if you count bending a string or are tracking multiple stings). So I wonder how this will work - at least they might limit to one string at a time or it simply might not work well.
-steve
Wonder what happens if your guitar is out of tune... :)
I think its a cool idea. I play guitar and I also love guitar hero and rockband, so this would be kind of best-of-both-worlds for me. Definitely will consider purchasing, especially if people can hack their own tabs into it.
so when does this come out? i think its an awesome idea, learn to play guitar w/a guitar hero feel. i can't wait to buy