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Guitar Hero 5 To Allow Duplicate Instruments, Easy Switching
Activision confirmed the existence of Guitar Hero 5 last week, and now they've released details about some of the game's new features. Quoting 1Up: "... the new Party Play mode allows players to swap instruments and difficulties on the fly — even in the middle of a performance. You'll also be able to play Guitar Hero 5 with any combination of instruments, be it four drum kits, two microphones and two guitars, or any other possible configuration of four players." They also listed a few of the songs, which include "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan and "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash. Meanwhile, their music-game rival Harmonix has revealed the full set list for Rock Band Unplugged, coming out early next month for the PSP.
I would love to see these songs in there, not going to happen though.
Led Zeppelin -
Stairway to Heaven (Live from How The West Was Won)
Achilles Last Stand (Live from Knebworth)
Kashmir (Live from Knebworth)
Dazed and Confused (Live from The Song Remains The Same)
Pink Floyd -
Comfortably Numb (Live from P*U*L*S*E)
High Hopes (Live from P*U*L*S*E)
Uriah Heep -
Sunrise (Studio)
Gypsy (Live from Future Echoes Of The Past)
July Morning (Studio)
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But why not just, you know, learn to play an actual guitar?
Because Guitar Hero is a game, which people play for fun.
Playing a real guitar requires years of hard work and dedication. That'll be a smash at parties.
Besides, one controller for RL Guitar costs more than all of Rockband.
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I've never played it so I'm probably unaware of the appeal. But why not just, you know, learn to play an actual guitar? Seems like that will be satisfying long after the game gets boring.
It's easier to pretend to play a dumb looking plastic guitar than to learn how to play a real one.
But why not just, you know, learn to play an actual guitar?
Because I'm too busy driving my Ferrari and shooting Nazis, all while making geometrical shapes line up and vanish into thin air.
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Real guitar IS a smash at parties--when done properly. That's actually a pretty decent reason to play guitar, believe it or not. And arguably, real guitar is much more fun. For the record...there are people who play guitar hero just as religiously as many play real guitar. Why not choose the one that's actually..y'know...profitable, portable, real, entertaining to those that are watching?
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That's all nice and fine, but will you finally let us use our Rock Band instruments in your game, Activision?
I play real guitar and Guitar Hero. They're both fun, but in very different ways, so it's a false comparison. At parties, a particular strength of Guitar Hero over a real guitar is that you can bring in those people who didn't spend years rehearsing for your party.
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Actually, I can play drums incredibly well (30 years experience), and I'm pretty decent at bass, too. Despite that, I find playing Rock Band/Guitar Hero to be fun. It's a game. It's a totally different experience.
I would love to see these songs in there, not going to happen though.
- John Cage: 4'33"
- Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music #3
- Napalm Death: You Suffer
- Billie Holiday: Gloomy Sunday.
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I think this is honestly the first time I've seen someone else other than my friend who mentioned something off of the Division Bell. All other times I've read or heard someone talking about Pink Floyd, they only bring up the staple "Comfortably Numb" or "Hey You" from off The Wall, and DSotM in general. I've rarily come across any appreciation for their other albums, especially the Gilmour-era (Obscured by Clouds and Meddle is brilliant, but I personally hold Division Bell close). What a great way to go OT and to dust off the soap-box temporarily.
Bitter, not morose.
When will they support the Accordion for real? I'm sick of mere online versions.
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And yet again, the number of people who can play well enough to be teachers is much smaller than the pool of total players. And it still takes a lot of dedication to be good enough to teach guitar. Further more, people who just randomly bring their guitars to parties are FUCKING ANNOYING. You know why? If they weren't ask to, there's been no accommodations made for them, and they expect everyone else to bend over for them. If there's music playing, that needs to be turned down/off. They need relative quiet for tuning, then they want space to play in, and if not everyone wants to listen, you're still considered a rude asshole by the player if you don't hush up. And in the end, you're still just playing for yourself since no one else can play, and what you play is ultimately up to you and what you know.
With Guitar Hero, you can have multiple people playing, you're limited by the play list, not any one person's knowledge, everyone else can still carry on with what they want to do, people can swap in and out. Overall, it's a much more involving and social experience, and this looks like it will take it even further. So don't be a fan of GH if you want, no skin off my nose, but take your bullshit "Learn a real guitar instead" drek elsewhere.
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