We've already noted
drum alterations and
turntable possibilities for Guitar Hero 5, so lets complete the set with some info on the new axe. The first major change is an utterly unnecessary but all the same appreciated white pick guard, which is paired up with a moody red paintjob for the body. Internal signaling has gone digital to minimize latency, while the strum bar has been tweaked for the sake of reliability. Ease of use has also been addressed through the addition of colored dots to the neck of the guitar and slight reliefs on the top, middle, and bottom fret buttons to allow full sensory awareness of the pseudo-guitar at all times. Eager rockers can get it alongside their annual copy of Guitar Hero this September.
posted Jul 14th 2009 7:42AM
*YAWN*
just play the real guitar. bleh.
*YAWN*
Go join the Army instead of playing Call of Duty, then you also can't post the same comment everyone posts about Guitar Hero.
*YAWN*
Just get a real life. Lack of sex makes you cranky.
*Yawn*
real guitar was so 1970
It's ironic that 'Guitar Hero' is exactly what you don't become when you buy this box set.
lol thisisit made his account private after being pwned with the " Go join the Army instead of playing Call of Duty, then you also can't post the same comment everyone posts about Guitar Hero. "
ChrisH +1 ^_^
@ChrisH,
well u wont need much effort to start on playing a real guitar.
plus who knows myb u can be a REAL rock star, but yeah at least u need to start somewhere (like, learn to play a REAL guitar first).
toy guitars are only for little kids, just like the toy guns meant for.
@Jon,
wow, so this Guitar Hero 5 is so 2009!!!!
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@thisisit,
You know that a good number of people who play these games also play the real instruments in question, right? I can do guitar, bass, and drums (along with mandolin, fiddle, banjo, flute, recorder, and I don't even know what else -- though music games haven't evolved to *that* stage quite yet), but I still love rocking a fake plastic instrument now and then. Music's about transposing when you just can't put it in words, and it feels satisfying to do so -- if some people get that same satisfaction pretending to be rockstars and banging on some plastic drums for a few hours, what's the harm? It's fantasy, dude. What's next, you shouldn't read books but instead go out and reenact the situations in them? I shudder to think of the consequences.
Judging by your apparent hostility on the subject, I'd go so far as to say that you yourself do not actually play an instrument and are instead just looking for a reason to moan. Were you a true musician, you'd understand the concept of letting it all be.
I don't see an axe. Engadget fail! :)
@goat man,
"..drums (along with mandolin, fiddle, banjo, flute, recorder, and I don't even know what else -- though music games haven't evolved to *that* stage quite yet..."
Apparently you havent experienced Wii Music, which is only slightly less interesting as actually playing all those instruments you just mentioned.
I am a musician (i.e. I can play REAL guitar) and when my g/f (indie label owner w/no musical ability) and I visit our friends (who are a techno duo), we get drunk and play Rock Band and just have a blast. We all know how to create music and express ourselves, but it's fun to cut loose and "play" songs outside of our fields of expertise or musical abilities. (e.g. Dragonforce) When we see crybabies like thisissh*t filling their diapers about "learn to play real guitar," we know what miserable twits they are. Go collect Pokemons, mon.
wow, so many mechanical turks in here.
so sad.
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I'm sorry. What was that? I was having too much FUN playing my VIDEO GAME.
I don't see what the problem is. Music Games are Games first. What I guess you don't understand is that not everyone actually wants to be a musician, but these games make all that air guitar, air drums, sing-along that everyone does when they hear their favorite songs, into something more personally rewarding: actual interaction without the effort.
On another note, these games also open up huge interests into different music. Me and my brother used to play Guitar Hero 1-2 and our musical interests were shifted quite greatly. Its a win for entertainment, which is what Music and Games is all about first.
... thisisit ... ok. And instead of playing GTA, how bout u go out and rob/steal/kill. Be a man and do the REAL thing instead of wasting time with this video game nonsense.
i second this!
you first.
guys, don't feed the troll. he's just bitter because all he plays is metal so the girls don't like him, so in a desperate attempt to redeem himself he turned to guitar hero, only to find out he sucked at it.
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IDK about anyone else, but I WON'T be buying any more GH guitars. I've already got plenty of guitar controllers from previous games... 4 to be exact.
Lol you bought more after the first one.
You do know that you can get the game separate from the controller, right?
@Michael Witt
NOW he knows,
So this one's got a new hat!
Hmm.....looks like I might actually buy one now.
I'll give it a shot in the store to see what it's like, but more than likely I'll stick with my GH3 Les Paul
...what?
a musician who cannot spell "snare" properly? and you're a drummer? utterly shocking...
and wow, the original comment has been disappeared.
i'm looking straight at you Engadget.
Wow, so much work for a fake guitar.
WOWZA!
Looks cool. If I didn't already own the WT guitar and planned on picking up the Lennon guitar with Beatles Rock Band, I wouldn't mind picking up this one.
And for reference, I play real guitars too. It's kinda fun to play them in video games too because some of the stuff I wouldn't normally take an interest in playing.
And posting entirely useless comments on a gadget blog that talk about the inanimate subject of the article being 'gay' is just really cool and manly.
Well, if it's just that, I'm happy getting the WT box for a discount price ;)
but, at least he is right bout two things.
Guitar Hero is pretentious, Guitar Hero is lame.
and this also applies to any other GH-equivalent games suited for rock-wannabes (e.g. RockBand)
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To address the people who say "Well why don't you just _____ instead of playing ____" as a retort to why don't you just play a real guitar. The argument does not work if it's something dangerous:
People play games like GTA or Call of Duty because they don't want to really go out and hurt/kill people. They just want to play a game.
Before you reply, know that I am not against GH or Rock Band, They are fun games that people really enjoy, and that is the point of any game.I am just saying there is a valid reason not to go out and steal a car if you are a fan of GTA, I don't think that is a good argument.
GH is Pavlovian conspiracy to train millions to respond to colored light sequences without thinking. You will be activated soon. Consider yourself warned.
Was it the killing immigrates thing?
Anyway. GH is for the biggest of losers.
The ones saying "Go join the Army instead of playing Call of Duty". You just cant go out and buy a gun and start mowing down the neighbors... (is that OK Engadget moderators??? I can kill my neighbors, but not the slanty eyed mofo from down the street, right?)
You can, however pick up a real guitar and learn to play. Might even get you laid at some little HS party. GH will never, ever get you laid. Unless your a homo, like ChrisH; then you just have sex with the rest of your "band" mates.
So you must play it a lot, hmm?
It's spelled "immigrants," jerk.
And joining the Army isn't about killing your neighbors. Do you see soldiers on your street everyday, shooting down people that cross their path? My stepdad was in the Army for 27 years, and all of our neighbors are still alive.
Why would you even give the effort to read this article if you don't care about it?
Please answer my questions (unless you are incapable of doing so), because I really am curious.
I blame my haste, and spell check for the misspelling of immigrants.
At no point did I say I joined the Army.
I clearly said, "go out and buy a gun", not enlist in the forces, train, and use the firearm issued to you, to go kill your neighbors.
I was quoting ChrisH about joining the army. Perhaps the quotation marks weren't clear to you.
The going out and buying a gun to kill the neighbors, was the closest, and easiest comparison to, the guy who plays GH going out, and buying a real guitar and using it for it's intended purpose.
Hope your curiosity has been satisfied.
I have a question now for you. What gives you the impression I don't care?
p.s. Congratulations to your Father.
@parapeople.webs.
sorry sir u got it wrong. i read his previous post because i'm referring to it for my post above.
by "killing the neighbors" he is actually referring to Croooow's post on GTA, while as for "joining the
army" he is referring to ChrisH argument on Call Of Duty.
and then u got mixed up and u simply mix both arguments while straying from what he is actually saying (and
also the posts referred).
So you must play it a lot, hmm?
Wow, just what I need, more plastic instruments.
Can I assume PS3 owners are still stuck with a lameass usb dongle?
lies. all lies.
guitar hero is the only reason i GOT laid. it was more of a showdown actually and i won. i put on the show, and she went down..
ps - thisisit, cute avatar ;)
This belongs in the crapgadget section.
....except for the fact that this will sell a bajillion copies.
and I think thisisit's real problem is he/she/it didn't invent Guitar Hero first.
how u know that? impressive!
/s
another franchise beaten to death by activision