THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: disgruntled_jojo on May 28, 2008, 08:15:34 PM
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http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/222607.html (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/222607.html)
Oh jesus tap-dancing christ. This makes me embarrassed to have ever evangelized this series to friends, even though it was a Harmonix game back then. Thank god Harmonix still has their head on straight and is actually moving their peripherals and PR in a LESS embarrassing and more mass market-friendly direction.
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OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!!
That was the best video EVER. It reminded me of those HORRIBLE and CHEESY commercials of the past, for the NES and shit.
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The other Guitar Hero trailers where they have hip people standing around, pretending they are playing the game, let alone know what it is are waaaaaaaay worse.
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This game looks more like CAMCORDER HERO
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btw, I saw the achievements for GH Aerosmith. They are actually decent, better than GH3's clusterfuck. I might just buy it.
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The other Guitar Hero trailers where they have hip people standing around, pretending they are playing the game, let alone know what it is are waaaaaaaay worse.
Share! Worse is better! (possibly)
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The other Guitar Hero trailers where they have hip people standing around, pretending they are playing the game, let alone know what it is are waaaaaaaay worse.
Share! Worse is better! (possibly)
[youtube=425,350]6rvK-uq_qXs[/youtube]
Maybe it's just me, but I find this shit absolutely cringetastic.
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holy crap, video am awesome, awesome am video
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I have a feeling they were going for hilariously bad, but I'm afraid it just turned out bad.
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:lol
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The other Guitar Hero trailers where they have hip people standing around, pretending they are playing the game, let alone know what it is are waaaaaaaay worse.
Share! Worse is better! (possibly)
[youtube=425,350]6rvK-uq_qXs[/youtube]
Maybe it's just me, but I find this shit absolutely cringetastic.
Wow, they already pulled it. Activision must not want the word to get out about this game.
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wow...
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As silly as that video was, it's sad when you realise it will sell a shit-ton when it launches.
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The other Guitar Hero trailers where they have hip people standing around, pretending they are playing the game, let alone know what it is are waaaaaaaay worse.
Share! Worse is better! (possibly)
[youtube=425,350]6rvK-uq_qXs[/youtube]
Maybe it's just me, but I find this shit absolutely cringetastic.
Wow, they already pulled it. Activision must not want the word to get out about this game.
Yeah, anyone got a fresh link? I didn't make it in time.
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Sadly, the Japanese release of Guitar Hero 3 went over about as well as the concept of racial equality here, so I'm going to have to import if I want Aerosmith. :(
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that GH3's failure here was due to Activision's absolute piss poor localization.
First off, you're competing against GFDM, which is a well-established series in Japan and has music that appeals to the Japanese people. So, to compete, you bring a game full of (older) American rock tracks that will only appeal to a very niche group! Then, don't bother with translating anything, just keep all the menus and content in English except for the training area. Then, for marketing, just use the American TV ads (complete with English voiceovers) and lazily paste some Japanese information on the last few seconds of it. Don't bother with any store displays or big print ads. Oh, and to top it off, don't even try to localize the title. Just keep it at Guitar Hero 3, despite the fact that the first two games never came out in Japan. This will ensure that any non-hardcore players will be confused about the series!
Bloody morons, this game deserved to fail here. It would be like Konami bringing GFDM to the States, only translating the tutorial, and expecting it to sell with a songlist full of Japanese songs and menus full of Japanese text. Sure, a small hardcore fanbase will buy it, but you're crazy if you expect it to have anything that resembles mainstream appeal. At least Konami has the sense to change the game up substantially for Rock Revolution.