Guitar Hero 5 makes room for four drummers, axe slingers or screamers
By Darren Murph 
posted May 15th 2009 2:29PM
posted May 15th 2009 2:29PM
posted May 15th 2009 2:29PM
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MILK THAT CASH COW!!
We call it riding the gravy train.
Oh, I sorry sir. I'm just a poor soul from the capitol of a farming state.
Up to four drummers? Bring on the Slipknot songs! lol
Are we going to have cross game compatibility with DLC with this one? Given Guitar Hero's track record, count me out.
Glad I drew a line in the sand, and stood on the Harmonix side. Guitar Hero can stuff it.
Allowing four people to play the same instrument at the same time on the same song is still no excuse for an awful set list.
I can't figure out exactly when these games jumped the shark, but where ever that line is, it's definitely been crossed now.
I think the thing that will makes band type games the biggest hit is how horrible each of these sound... the more people you add the more you hear squeaking controllers, plastic drum thuds, and (the worst) people trying to sing. This game is almost designed to show observers how glad you can be that your friends aren't in an actual band. Painful.
This doesn't even make sense. It's not like the songs have 4 different drum tracks, guitar tracks, etc etc. This is a pointless addition to the game. They are focusing on some horrible aspects, this is why Rock Band is the superior brand, they focus on content. Guitar Hero hasn't really been great since 2 and 3 was just okay.
When are they adding a fake sax or keyboard? That would make more sense than multiple drummers or bassists. It would be good to have the ability to do duets, though.
I genuinely appreciate the flexibility despite the impracticality. This is one feature I will look at in terms of sandbox-type games that essentially let you do what you want -- only you still can't go into 99.99% of the buildings and, you know, the whole Truman Show thing.
FOUR Travis Barkers in my living room?!?! *squeeee*
Ooooh, having drum offs would be fun!!
You can do head to head drum offs with both versions of Rock Band, no new game edition required.
1 drumkit is loud enough, 4 drumkits going at once = constant plastic drumroll sound.
Yeah, you know who will want to play this by cloning Sting and replacing the other Police with Sting? Sting!
This is Mr. bragging about "8 hour tantric Yoga sex sessions" on TV shows, i.e. he thinks he's pretty amazing if he says so himself.
the concept of having the abilty four guitar at once is interesting ive always wanted to do that for some reason. i dont get the hate for guitar hero, a friend of mine plays a real guitar and played in a real band. and he doesnt hate the game. sure the milikng is getting ridicouls but its no worse the the sims, that is a pure milking ripoff game, if you added up how much youd spend on that series its insane. the game costs 50 bucks and then each add on is 20 with the game and all the add ons ever made it costs more then guitar hero!
@ mark: That hate is mainly at Guitar Hero for still having some incompatible DLC, and coming out with 37 versions of the game every year. You don't find that level of hatred towards Rock Band, because Harmonix actually GETS what the game is about.
Guitar Hero is about gimmicks and milking customers. That's just one of the reasons why RB sells much more DLC as well.
about to get savage? it is a videogame.
just how "savage" can you get pressing colored buttons?
This sounds like a pretty dumb idea. I can see 2 drum sets, 2 microphones (melody and harmony), maybe even 3 guitars (lead, rhythm, and bass), but 4 drums seems like a dumb idea. It's like their just gunning for quantity rather than quality. Their boardroom conversations seriously must consist of "Hey, what's better than 1 drum set? FOUR OF 'EM!"
It seems like Activision is once again pulling a Nintendo: milking their cash cow for whatever they can get for it with no regard for tarnishing the brand. I'm just glad we still have Harmonix trying to actually be inventive and original in the rhythm genre rather than just Activision playing their sad game of one-upmanship.
So now they can make Guitar Hero: Adam and the Ants. Honestly, I can't wait.
I know I am really behind on topic. But I just wanted you guys to realize you were attacking the wrong guy. Chad is on our side. He was telling Ash that comparing rhythm games to time wasted on instruments is wrong. Yet, all you guys thought he was saying the opposite... reread his comments. :-(
fuck guitar hero
Okay, I have to ask. I'd always assumed that Guitar Hero 5 would go back to the game's roots of guitar only, and that Band Hero would be full band. If they're going to continue with Guitar Hero being a full band, WTF is the point of Band Hero? (Unless they mean marching band, but I can't see that happening, lol.)
I hope it's better than GHWT. I only played the career and finished and barely play it now, but I was always playing GH3.
So am I the only one looking forward to the James Brown and N*E*R*D possibilities with multiple drummers?
James Brown ftw.
I don't get it... is it really that hard to just learn to play guitar? Or drums...? Or bass? Or the frickin triangle?
Would somebody explain this to me, please? Are people so desperate to escape from their lives that they're willing to _pretend_ to do something that they could actually be _doing_, with little or no increased investment (be it financial or time)...?
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