30°

Who deserves the next music video game?

It was a bit strange to hear the somewhat shocking news that Green Day will be the next band to have a music video game made to incorporate their music discography and likenesses. Moreover, there are probably many people scratching their heads in confusion since they seem a little out of place when compared to other bands that have been given the same honor. Let's be honest, the Beatles, Metallica, AC/DC, Aerosmith and Van Halen all have one thing in common: they're considered legendary to the point of being regarded as rock Gods. Whereas Green Day are a largely popular band (this is partially due to the success of their American Idiot album), however they are not considered on the level of any of the other bands. But, we here at G3 are not here to discuss Green Day's upcoming Rock Band game, instead we would like to point out which legendary bands should deserve a music video game, mostly because of musical skill, lyrical content and overall greatness of the band.

Read Full Story >>
gogaminggiant.com
nogolis5219d ago

Greenday and their 3 chords... Yeah, that'll go over really well. What is this Guitar hero 4: tykes? There's a lot more to guitar than Power Chords and opens. Greenday couldn't outplay Nickleback to save their record contracts... That's how generic they are.

LukeA5219d ago (Edited 5219d ago )

That's a huge call, considering that every Nickleback song sounds the same. But I completely agree with you, Green Day are well past their sell by date.

Murgatroyd75219d ago

More generic than Nickleback? That's a tough call. Green Day has at least had a couple of hits...but it's too bad that their most popular song was in 1994.

Feral Gamer5219d ago

I think enough is enough with these music games. Aren't they just the same thing over and over? Why not listen to your iPods instead of "playing" the song?

Rockox5219d ago

I surprisingly had alot of fun with DJ Hero, but my overall interest in these music games is waning...

Murgatroyd75219d ago

Playing a Radiohead game would just put me to sleep. In fact, I actually have fallen asleep while playing one or two of their songs on Rock Band/Guitar Hero. Same goes for Coldplay. As for Led Zeppelin, Rush, and Deep Purple...I wouldn't be able to stand listening to them for that long. Velvet Underground is okay, but I don't know if they have enough good songs to make a decent game. My vote goes to Queen, although Harmonix supposedly already has something in the works for them.

Honestly, though, I think these band-specific games are getting ridiculous. I'd rather just have direct sequels. If they really need spin-offs, then they should be genre-specific instead. I would kill for Anti-Folk Rock Band.

tehk1w15219d ago

I know a lot of people hate on Dragonforce, but hell, an ENTIRE game of ridiculously hard songs?

Sign me up please.

Blaster_Master5219d ago

They need to dedicated a guitar hero or rock band to Pantera, specifically Dime Bag Darrell RIP. The only band bigger then Pantera is Metallica, and thats because they are more mainstream then anything. I would also like to see a mudvayne and Slipknot one too.

LukeA5219d ago

Oh man, a Pantera Guitar Hero would be so friggin awesome. Imagine 'Walk' on Expert, cranked to max volume...

Show all comments (15)
70°

15 Impactful Video Games That Forever Changed The Industry

These groundbreaking video games changed gaming forever and drew in scores of fans in the process.

Read Full Story >>
wealthofgeeks.com
70°

Call of Duty killed Guitar Hero but the world is ready for its return

The Guitar Hero franchise died in the wake of Activision's lust for Call of Duty, but we should be dusting off those plastic guitars for a new Guitar Hero game.

Read Full Story >>
theloadout.com
Thundercat77412d ago

Guitar Hero was good. The problem was Activision started creating many versions. Guitar Hero had the every one year cycle like COD and people felt they were being robbed.

myfathersbastard412d ago

It was even worse then that. My roommate and I were big into rock band. Had a concert sized sound system for it in the shop. Both rock band and guitar hero were doing a yearly release yeah, but then also doing song packs and band packs every other week almost at one point. AND releasing them on physical disc. Before we stopped we had litterely dozens of discs for different songs and bands. They just never stopped coming out. People can only handle buying so much for 1 game.

Ra3030412d ago

Why in the hell would one want to spend time to learn a button mashing order when you can lean to play a real guitar in the same time frame.

130°

Rock Band Doesn't Need Plastic Instruments to Work

TheGamer Writes "Harmonix has proven plenty of times it can make Rock Band work without instruments."

Read Full Story >>
thegamer.com
Christopher488d ago

I mean, yeah, but was anyone saying otherwise? The fact is people liked the plastic instruments rather than pressing buttons on a controller. They enjoyed the simulated experience.

isarai488d ago

"Work"? No, but to be good? It's absolutely necessary. Not having the accessories is like playing a lightgun shooter with an analog stick sure it works, but one experience is completely unique and fun as hell, and other is torture trying to make do playing in a way it was never meant to be played

LucasRuinedChildhood487d ago (Edited 487d ago )

"trying to make do in a way it was never meant to be played"

I disagree. The accessories were a fun gimmick (and very marketable) but they were added AFTER the genre had been well established with games like Frequency and Amplitude (both also made by Harmonix).

The gameplay formula is different on a controller - there's a focus on switching lanes and contributing to all of the instruments.

Never played Frequency, but Amplitude and Rock Band Blitz were really good. I would love to get more of that kind of game. It's basically a different part of the genre, and stands on its own.

isarai487d ago

The insurmountable difference in popularity between Amplitude and Rock Band proves my point

LucasRuinedChildhood487d ago (Edited 487d ago )

Popularity isn't proof of quality. If it was, then Harmonix wouldn't be making music for Fortnite now. lol. Our disagreement wasn't over which one is more popular. Amplitude and Blitz just aren't "torture" to play.

Rock Band 4 and Guitar Hero Live failed to revive their sub-genre, and Rock Band 4 caused Mad Catz to have to file for bankruptcy. Doesn't mean that instrument-based music games are bad.

It does mean that there's too much overhead and risk for anyone to take a gamble on a big budget game that needs instrument accessories now though.

For the genre to thrive, for now, it needs to do so without the instrument accessories. That's just a fact, unfortunately.

VR games like Beat Sabre (a new sub-genre) and traditional music games make more sense and are more viable right now.

LucasRuinedChildhood487d ago (Edited 487d ago )

*"If quality is always proved by popularity, then Harmonix wouldn't be making music for Fortnite now."

Yi-Long487d ago

I think CHEAP plastic instruments is THE reason why the instrument-genre ‘died’.

People invested in buying the game AND the peripherals, so the guitar, the dj-set, the drum, whatever, and the experience was absolutely fantastic. Great fun, great music, etc.

But then the instruments would break. A button would stop working, or your hits wouldn’t register, and that kind of hardware failure would end in you not being able to play the game as intended, and thus you not getting the scores you deserve.

So, now you had a great game, but a broken instrument, and nobody is gonna buy a new plastic instrument every 3-6 months in order to keep playing the game.

A solution would have been to release better quality instruments (obviously), at a slightly higher price, so you could have kept the new games coming and the genre alive, but sadly, that didn’t happen.

dumahim487d ago (Edited 487d ago )

The only issue I ever had with any of the hardware was the drum pedal on the original rock band set stared to crack in half. The reason I, and other friends I know who played, lost interest is they weren't putting out new tracks that we were interested in anymore. I think earlier this year I looked through the releases for the last 2 years or so, and there was maybe 3 songs I would have bought.

slayernz487d ago

Yeah I had this happen too with my drum controller, I ended up attaching a metal strip to it which fixed it up nicely.

sinspirit487d ago

Can it work? Yes. Does it compare? No.

monkey602487d ago

Bust a Groove, Gitaroo Man and Parrapa the Rappa were such good games. Neither needed any extra peripherals

Show all comments (20)

Ad