GHIII News - Death to Rock Band

[Angrist]

Noob question: do the Guitar Hero games and Rock Band come from the same developer?

[gekko]

Originally Posted by Angrist

Noob question: do the Guitar Hero games and Rock Band come from the same developer?

Yes and no.

Harmonix developed GH, Red Octane published. Harmonix was bought out by MTV. Red Octane was bought out by Activision. They parted ways.

Red Octane picked Neversoft as the new developer for GH3, because of the huge passion Neversoft had for the GH games (it was an on-going discussion between owners for the years past).

Harmonix is developing Rock Band, which is being published by EA. Yes, EA.

[Typhoid]

First, EA has nothing to do with the game other than publishing. So I don't see what that honestly changes about the game itself, other than the fact content will be downloadable, and it will have the "EA, Challenge everything" logo on startup.

The main thing that bugs me about people trying to compare these, is that they're comparing them so basically.


Guitar Hero is about Guitars. (Gee, you think?)
It's nothing more, nothing less. It's DDR for the fingers.

Rock Band, is moreso the same, except not just based on a guitar, and a guitar alone.

Rock Band is not trying to be Guitar Hero. It's not a guitar simulation. It's a band simulation.

If you have Guitar Hero, you can get together with friends, and have gutar battles.

If you play Rock Band, you can get together with friends, and try and be a really crude DDR based band.

Guitar Hero is a good game, yes. It's fun, yes.

But Rock Band has such a good opportunity to be a good game, and people are shooting it down just because there is already a Guitar Hero game, and the two both include a guitar - so one must be ripping the others off, even though Rock band includes drums, and vocals - if you so desire.

Thank god people these days are willing to give something a chance, before discrediting it completely.

[gekko]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

First, EA has nothing to do with the game other than publishing.

Publishers play a very significant role in game development. EA has the sole control to make or break this game.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by gekko

Publishers play a very significant role in game development. EA has the sole control to make or break this game.

Ah yes, but if you use the magic of sight and comprehension you would read:

(EA is merely distributing the game to retail; Harmonix and new parent company MTV are handling the actual development and publishing duties.)

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzz...&mode=previews

[Storm Eagle]

Does anybody think it would be okay to get Guitar Hero III before I get Guitar Hero II? I'm just now getting into Guitar Hero, and I've played both part II and the 80's versions in Best Buy stores. I seem to be doing pretty good, even though I'm still waiting to master the medium difficulty level a bit more, before I move on to hard or expert. I figured that since I seem to be getting addicted to the game, I should probably invest in my own copies of Guitar Hero II and Rocks The 80's, instead of freeloading off of Best Buy for their demos.

[gekko]

Updated list.

Minus Celsius (by Backyard Babies)
Hier Kommt Alex (by Die Toten Hosen)
In the Belly of a Shark (by Gallows)
I'm in the Band (by The Hellacopters)
Avalancha (by Heroes Del Silencio)
Take This Life (by In Flames)
Ruby (by Kaiser Chiefs)
Closer (by Lacuna Coil)
Generation Rock (by Revolverheld)
Mauvais Garcon (by NAAST)
Radio Song (by Superbus)
When you were young (by The Killers)
Black Magic Woman (by Santana)

She Bangs the Drums (as made famous by The Stone Roses)
One (by Metallica)
Miss Murder (by AFI)
3's and 7's (by Queens of the Stone Age)
Raining Blood (by Slayer)
Reptillia (by The Strokes)
Paranoid (as made famous by Black Sabbath)
Cities on Flame (as made famous by Blue Oyster Cult)
Mississippi Queen (as made famous by Mountain)
Suck My Kiss (by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
La Grange (as made famous by ZZ Top)
Number Of The Beast (by Iron Maiden)
Through The Fire And Flames (by Dragonforce)
School's Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper)
Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)
Slowride (as made famous by Foghat)
Welcome to the Jungle (by Guns N' Roses)
Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)
Rock N Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)
Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)
Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)
Evenflow (by Pearl Jam)
Lay Down (by Priestess)
Paint it Black (by Rolling Stones)
Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)
The Metal (by Tenacious D)
Rock You Like a Hurricane (as made famous by The Scorpions)
My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)

[Dylflon]

Hey guys, Rock Band is going to be so great.

I can't wait to play the drums!