Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb says,
"Personally, I'm of the mind that as soon as Man electrified the guitar, we embarked on the dark project of communing with demons, using the six-stringed instrument to allow Satan into our midst. It would culminate with the release of Judas Priest's 1982 album, Screaming for Vengeance.
So it's with some trepidation that I gaze upon a pre-order page for Guitar Praise: Solid Rock, an upcoming PC/Mac product from your friends at Digital Praise. Could this all be a devious trick? What happens if I play these songs backwards?
The game sounds like a pretty standard Guitar Hero clone with over 50 songs that reflect Christian values, online scoreboard support, support for two players (complete with a lead/bass split), and four difficulty levels. Also? The guitar is wireless. You know, provided these guys went and got the masters for all of these songs and split them apart so that the guitar stops playing when you stop playing, this looks like it's about all of the features you could possibly want out of a Christian rock game.
Here's the song list for the game. By putting DC Talk's Jesus Freak in the game the developers have... well... they put I song I've heard of in it. Congrats?"
Song list after the jump.
From Gamertell:
"Digital Praise, the company responsible for the music games Dance Praise and Guitar Praise , has announced a planned merger with Left Behind Games Inc, most well-known for games based on the Left Behind best-selling series of books."
And here come the Hate-bots over a story about two game companies merging because they happen to be Christian studios.
"HIA GUIS DIS ES WAT I TINK OB REGIGIONS AND STUFFZ. I'L BE UR AL CURIOUS ON ONE PERTSONS OPIGION ON TEH VIDEOGAM SITE"
^^^^These are the people whom are on their way to debate each other.
@SilentNegotiator
if you hate free speech so much you should move to a country like iran, there nobody can diz religions(at least the islam)
Hah - games about made up super beings preying on the little guys - but enough about GoW3!
I think this is great - 2 christian companies getting in bed together.... Hey, was lightning outside?
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"if you hate free speech so much you should move to a country like iran, there nobody can diz religions(at least the islam)"
Yes, because me making fun of people debating theism on a video game website means I hate free speech. Excellent deduction, holmes.
"The Killer should be here any second now?"
I'm shocked he isn't here yet. I guess he went to the Saturday service? :P
called Super Noahs ark. It was a mod of wolfenstien and you were noah shooting feed at animals to make them go to sleep.
My friend had it and you needed to put a real snes game into the top of it for it to work.
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Anyways like Bart would say "All the good developers are affiliated with Satan"
lol
I'm glad they are hemorrhaging money, religion has no place in video games... just like in schools.
Well I dunno about you, but I think GoW3 looks frikin cool! >:)
I liked Darksiders too. xP
A good game is a good game. If you dont want to buy the Christian themed game...............then dont buy it. That is why there are different genres of games for different people.
I'm a nonbeliever, but I think religion in games is fine, especially if it's brought up in a secular, academic manner (Bioware does it nicely, as does Irrational Games).
And I also support those mindlessly pro-God games; let the religious idealogues have their own ways to entertain themselves.
I couldn't help but think of a GTA in Jesus form. xD
That sounds so fun.
Especially with a karma system.
Anyway >_>
I think it'd be tight to have some Christian games, wouldn't bother me.
Moar gamez!
PluggedIn writes: "That's why, when I see a rare game like Guitar Praise: Solid Rock come along, I have to take a moment to respond appropriately. So, here goes: "Wahoo!"
Granted, this game does not develop any new concepts. In fact, many secular reviewers have called Guitar Praise a "rip-off," "knock-off" and "copycat" of the original groundbreaking game Guitar Hero. And, in a way, they're right. But what that snarky group seems to be missing-while they smirk at the idea of "Christian rockers with a plastic guitar"-is that the game doesn't have to be radically different from others in this billion-dollar rock guitar genre to be noteworthy. It just needs a little cleanup on aisle nine."
How could a video game feel anything like a surging electric guitar pulsing in your ears or the bass from a kick drum thumping off your chest? It doesn't, and can't. Games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero have as much to do with music as MTV does today.
Well that's interesting, I'm not sure PC and Mac is the best way to go in that people probably won't want to huddle around a monitor, but it's interesting, nonetheless.