Author Topic: RIP Guitar Hero 11/8/05-9/9/09 (Read 4164 times)

archie4208 · « **on:** March 05, 2009, 10:21:09 AM »

http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/

Grecco · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:35:11 AM »

249.99 for the bundle

Bomba total. GH Metallica will smoke it you heard it here first.

archie4208 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:39:37 AM »

Will appeal to baby boomers and housewives unlike GH:M. Sales are going to be insane. Bobby Kotick will suicide.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:42:11 AM »

Beatles might be highly influential and all that but I don't see how you can base a whole game off of them. I hope they have other musicians in the game from the time period. The Guitar Hero series is the perfect example of how not to do a specific artist game. After playing Aerosmith's GH game and playing the Metallica GH demo at gamestop, they need to do more to make it a custom experience that reflects the bands style and time period. If anyone has the ability to do that I'd say it'd be Harmonix. If its just a reskined rockband $:-\$

Grecco · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:42:34 AM »

Baby boomers and housewives arent interested in a 250 dollar bundle

when they will just spend 250 on a wii

archie4208 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:44:48 AM »

Quote from: Grecco on March 05, 2009, 10:42:34 AM

Baby boomers and housewives arent interested in a 250 dollar bundle

when they will just spend 250 on a wii

those people buy the game and play on their old instruments.

demi · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:13:43 AM »

Rock Band is a failed franchise. Harmonix just doesn't have it anymore. Hey guys have some country music

archie4208 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:17:45 AM »

Texas Flood >>>>>>>>>>> any GH DLC ever released

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:18:43 AM »

Quote from: Grecco on March 05, 2009, 10:35:11 AM

249.99 for the bundle

Bomba total. GH Metallica will smoke it you heard it here first.

it still works with regular RB & GH instruments, and you can get the guitar pack for $99

cool breeze · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:26:56 AM »

I'll buy just the software and rock out unless the instruments make me want them again :'(

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:27:54 AM »

yeah, i'm all done buying new toy instruments unless the ones i have break

Grecco · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2009, 12:11:11 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on March 05, 2009, 11:18:43 AM

Quote from: Grecco on March 05, 2009, 10:35:11 AM
249.99 for the bundle

Bomba total. GH Metallica will smoke it you heard it here first.

it still works with regular RB & GH instruments, and you can get the guitar pack for $99

Errr yes i know.

The reason so many people think this is going to sell well is because people who havent played GH/RB will get this. Will those people buy RB2 and then RB Beatles . No. Those people will want the full bundle, and a 250 dollar bundle will bomb at retail,

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2009, 12:18:00 PM »

we'll see

Robo · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2009, 12:47:03 PM »

I got sprung.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2009, 12:48:58 PM »

Day One Purchase.

FUCK YES.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:52:03 PM »

My parents are Beatles fans, so I may buy the guitar bundle of this game for my mom. Her birthday is like a week or so after the game comes out...

demi · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:53:13 PM »

Why would you buy your mom a Rock Band bundle for her birthday? Are you trying to be a shitty child?

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:54:20 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 05, 2009, 02:53:13 PM

Why would you buy your mom a Rock Band bundle for her birthday? Are you trying to be a shitty child?

... because Rock Band has more music that my parents like?

demi · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:54:48 PM »

Nothing says I love you mom like a video game

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:56:20 PM »

You just don't know my family...

demi · « **Reply #20 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:56:39 PM »

I think they're inbred

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:58:31 PM »

No.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #22 on:** March 05, 2009, 04:01:55 PM »

pfft.... fads

Tauntaun · « **Reply #23 on:** March 05, 2009, 04:33:24 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 05, 2009, 02:56:39 PM

I think they're inbred

Hey man, easy. This isn't BrandNew we're talking about here.

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CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #24 on:** March 05, 2009, 04:43:12 PM »

$249.99? Probably includes bass.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #25 on:** March 05, 2009, 04:50:35 PM »

Quote from: G The Resurrected on March 05, 2009, 10:42:11 AM

Beatles might be highly influential and all that but I don't see how you can base a whole game off of them. I hope they have other musicians in the game from the time period. The Guitar Hero series is the perfect example of how not to do a specific artist game. After playing Aerosmith's GH game and playing the Metallica GH demo at gamestop, they need to do more to make it a custom experience that reflects the bands style and time period. If anyone has the ability to do that I'd say it'd be Harmonix. If its just a reskined rockband $:-\$

Metallica is a niche band and nobody cares about Aerosmith. You really can't compare those two bands to the Beatles. The Beatles have a better, more diverse library of songs; more historical importance; and a broader, larger fanbase.

Grecco · « **Reply #26 on:** March 05, 2009, 05:07:16 PM »

Metallica a niche band?

Ignornign the fact that a Metallica based game targets the score hero kiddies a hell of alot better than this

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #27 on:** March 05, 2009, 05:21:05 PM »

Quote from: Grecco on March 05, 2009, 05:07:16 PM

Metallica a niche band?

Ignornign the fact that a Metallica based game targets the score hero kiddies a hell of alot better than this

They're niche because they're almost exclusively a hard rock/metal band--arguably they're the most successful metal band, but they're still niche. The Beatles, in contrast, delved into many genres. And their fanbase is much larger and much broader--teens still listen to the Beatles as do retired baby boomers. So, yeah, compared to the Beatles, a band that has sold billions of albums and records, Metallica is niche. Live with it.

Score hero kiddies? And do you think they make up a large percentage of consumers that buy these games? Don't let videogame message boards warp your perceptions.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #28 on:** March 05, 2009, 06:47:14 PM »

Quote from: ferrarimanf355 on March 05, 2009, 02:58:31 PM

No.

Gilbert annihilated yet again

archie4208 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 06, 2009, 04:51:45 PM »

3 more guitar hero games were announced.

kill this franchise already

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #30 on:** March 07, 2009, 02:47:10 PM »

Are you going to be able to import Beatles songs into RB2? If not, then screw Harmonix.

rubber feathers · « **Reply #31 on:** March 07, 2009, 06:24:55 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on March 07, 2009, 02:47:10 PM

Are you going to be able to import Beatles songs into RB2? If not, then screw Harmonix.

No one really knows. But since they're using the Rock Band name and Harmonix has been touting the whole "rb's a platform!!!" thing since the beginning of time I'd be surprised if they didn't let us export them.

Now as for how much it'd cost to export the songs in the first place (RB1 was $5), we really have no clue.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #32 on:** March 07, 2009, 08:50:02 PM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on March 07, 2009, 06:53:36 PM

Play a real instrument sometime.

You're better than this.

demi · « **Reply #33 on:** March 09, 2009, 12:21:04 AM »

I fired up GH Aerosmith to try to get Score Hero (which i failed miserably, of course) and the game just keeps locking up on the load screen. Fucking ridiculous.

(if anyone has it and wants to co-op it let me know thx)

chronovore · « **Reply #34 on:** March 09, 2009, 02:12:52 AM »

This is a day one purchase for me as well. Not only do I like the Beatles, but it'll get my wife to play the game as well. EPYK VICTORY!

I thought this thread was going to be about the rumored EIGHT (8!!!) Guitar Hero titles rumored for launch, milking the franchise like the oversized teat of some gigantic mooing thing in desperate need of being milked. For milk.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #35 on:** March 09, 2009, 02:31:12 AM »

smh at anyone who thinks the Beatle's discography isn't rich & diverse enough to support a whole game.

chronovore · « **Reply #36 on:** March 09, 2009, 02:59:17 AM »

:smh at anyone who thinks Metallica is as culturally relevant as the Beatles, -or- able to reach as broad a mainstream audience.

Robo · « **Reply #37 on:** March 09, 2009, 03:04:00 AM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on March 07, 2009, 08:50:02 PM

Quote from: Green Shinobi on March 07, 2009, 06:53:36 PM
Play a real instrument sometime.

You're better than this.

You really think so?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #38 on:** March 09, 2009, 03:05:02 AM »

Maybe not.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #39 on:** March 09, 2009, 03:16:39 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on March 09, 2009, 02:59:17 AM

:smh at anyone who thinks Metallica is as culturally relevant as the Beatles, -or- able to reach as broad a mainstream audience.

nmh at chronovore

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #40 on:** March 14, 2009, 02:03:52 PM »

Dhani Harrison, the son of George Harrison, is the one that actually brought the Beatles Rockband project to Apple Corps, the Beatles record company. According to him, the game has been in development for a couple of years. And he seems to indicate that it will include unreleased music.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/dhani-harrison-talks-new-band-beatles-video-1003950636.story

Billboard says Dhani "was used as a model for some of the game's characters." From that I infer that (a) the Beatles are actually in the game, and (b) he was used as a model for George Harrison (duh). Since the article uses the plural models, I assume he was used as a model for Harrison through out different periods. This means we will have different looking Beatles characters, from slick backed hair, to mop tops, to long, filthy hippie hair.

GilloD · « **Reply #41 on:** March 14, 2009, 04:37:23 PM »

Quote from: Malek on March 14, 2009, 02:03:52 PM

Dhani Harrison, the son of George Harrison, is the one that actually brought the Beatles Rockband project to Apple Corps, the Beatles record company. According to him, the game has been in development for a couple of years. And he seems to indicate that it will include unreleased music.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/dhani-harrison-talks-new-band-beatles-video-1003950636.story

Billboard says Dhani "was used as a model for some of the game's characters." From that I infer that (a) the Beatles are actually in the game, and (b) he was used as a model for George Harrison (duh). Since the article uses the plural models, I assume he was used as a model for Harrison through out different periods. This means we will have different looking Beatles characters, from slick backed hair, to mop tops, to long, filthy hippie hair.

No Ravi Shankar NO SALE.*

*Fun story: A friend of my roommate is/was dating Norah Jones, whose Dad is Ravi Shankar. They saw the Love Guru together. Ravi Shankar reportedly "loved it"

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #42 on:** March 14, 2009, 05:28:42 PM »

I don't think he ever recorded with the Beatles. Harrison played the sitar in "Norwegian Wood" and Harrison used session musicians for other Indian-lite recordings.

chronovore · « **Reply #43 on:** March 16, 2009, 04:43:11 AM »

I wonder if the songs can be exported to RB2.

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Author Topic: RIP Guitar Hero 11/8/05-9/9/09 (Read 4164 times)