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RedOctane Speaks Out on Guitar Hero's Future

Posted by Zonk on from the still-tying-my-shoe dept.

njkid1 writes "In the first published interview since the news broke that Neversoft would be taking over development, RedOctane is speaking out on the decision and what it means for the future of the franchise. From the article: 'Internalizing development allows for more control of the creative elements of the game and, in this instance, provides for a much more robust and feature laden franchise. We believe that having the talented group at Neversoft, with their unprecedented string of market success with the billion dollar Tony Hawk franchise, develop the next Guitar Hero game will allow us to vastly enrich the consumer experience. We are excited to further the music and rhythm-based videogame genre, and Neversoft has the full experience, knowledge, and talent to do this.'" As nice as it is to hear from RedOctane, I'd rather hear the fully skinny from Harmonix.

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  1. they ought to have asked... by MarcoAtWork · · Score: 2, Insightful

    if they ever plan to re-release GH1 with the GH2 engine (as GH1's songs are in general better than GH2, but GH2 is so much nicer to play given that HO/PO actually work)

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    1. Re:they ought to have asked... by Gizzmonic · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I can beat Bark at the Moon on Expert. I can't for the life of me do hammer-ons and pull-offs consistently. I'm one of the thousands who didn't even bother because the feature DOES NOT WORK in the first Guitar Hero.

      If the majority of people who beat the game can't hammer on and pull off (which is introduced after beating "Medium" difficulty), then it is broken.

      And no, I don't have any problems doing it in Guitar Hero II...

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  2. DING DING DING!!! We have a winner! by Fallen+Kell · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You nailed it. I completely agree with you on that one. The entire interview was/is simply damage control. People are very upset that developers were changed on a great product/franchise without any reason at all, other then possibly corporate greed. When they were caught making that change sooner then they anticipated, they throw one of their PR "firefighters" out to put a "smiley" face on the situation. Trying to get everyone to see that the guys who just lost their jobs for being too good at them (and wanting to be paid appropriately) get dropped after making a crap load of cash for the franchise.

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  3. I'd buy Guitar Hero Redux by Hecatonchires · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All the original songs, but the multiplayer features of GH2. Now I'm off to read this link which talks about getting your own songs onto Guitar Hero.

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  4. Re:Oh well, at least we got two by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Ahh don't forget Harmonix created Frequency and Amplitude long before Guitar Hero. Those were the groundbreaking games, personally i think they are better than the GH series. Unfortunately commercially they were flops and wont see anymore sequels.