They gave rise to the market, they rocked it, now they are gone. When did peripheral-based rhythm games give their last performance? And can we have them back?
It’s been nearly a decade since the release of the last Guitar Hero game. Is time running out for Guitar Hero, or are we closer than ever to the long-awaited reunion tour on the PS5 and Xbox Series X? As it turns out, we might soon see the return of a rock giant — at least, if modern gaming trends are to be trusted.
I just don’t see this being nearly as popular as it was back in the day. These kids are way too attached to phones and tablets to care about plastic guitars and drums. Would be cool if it did return but I just don’t see hype for it like the good old days of gaming.
I would gladly buy a guitar hero collection or just guitar hero 2 again on series X or ps5.
Most likely answer is both platforms because why leave out 60-70 million platform gamers
These groundbreaking video games changed gaming forever and drew in scores of fans in the process.
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.
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.
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.
It was because of GH2 that my oldest son learned how to play a real guitar and is in a few bands. But he still finds time to rock out with his old man.
Had a lot of great moments with friends during the good old days of shredding some tunes with Guitar Hero. That said like this opinion piece points out, the stagnation took hold.
I wouldn’t quite say RB Is dead. New tracks got released just a few days ago. But the games obviously aren’t as big any more.