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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. It's alright by Cthefuture · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well I finally got the game (actually Guitar Hero 2) and... Meh. It's not as fun as I would have thought from all the people on the Internet.

    I mean I love these type of games. I built a DDR machine in fact. But Guitar Hero doesn't get the formula quite right. It takes itself too seriously and that damn 3D scrolling fretboard sucks ass. Not only is it hard to read because everything starts tiny and gets larger but after playing a few minutes it seriously screws up your vision. Look at a wood grain pattern after playing for a while, it's like you're on LSD.

    The "too serious" and the fretboard design (is it trying to make it easier because they think you need more time to see what's coming?) feel very American and that's not the formula that made DDR so popular.

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    1. Re:It's alright by Cthefuture · · Score: 1, Troll

      Yeah well, whichever way it goes. :)

      By seriously I mean the graphics mostly. I mean yes it matches with rock culture but it's all dark and serious looking versus the pop candy Japanese look these types of games normally have.

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  2. Re:they ought to have asked... by ShawnMcCool42 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thanks for the pointless ass reply captain obvious.