- Dance Dance Revolution
- Guitar Hero
- Rock Band
- The Idolmaster
These are just a few of the big name video games which involve music for the Xbox 360. Back in the day (when DDR first came out), most people didn’t think about playing a hands-on game incorporating music. However, the gaming industry today is constantly introducing more and more games involving music such as the success with the Guitar Hero franchise. Some big name games to look out for which are coming out soon for the 360 are:
Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock (Release Date – Ships 10/28/07):
Features: The most striking feature in Guitar Hero III, aside from a whole new playlist of songs and various changes in game play, is the online capability to play against others on Xbox Live.
Online Battle Mode: Each player chooses their own difficulty level. Each customizes their rocker before the match. Song selection is randomly chosen for competitive matches (battles or face-offs). Out of a best of three matches, each player will get one song choice to begin. If a third song is needed to break a tie, the game randomly decides who chooses the it.
From then on, the game plays exactly like the offline game.
Other features include personalizing your own profile, creating an online band similar to a clan, collecting groupies to meet specific goals, challenging other bands, and competing in online tournaments.
Rock Band (Release Date – Ships 11/23/07):
Features: Following in the shoes of Guitar Hero, Rock Band takes music and gaming to another level. Choose between mastering the bass/lead guitar, drums or vocals. The music featured in Rock Band comes from all genres of rock and includes many recordings from legendary artists.
The Bass/Lead Guitar: Both played on the same instrument, the bass and lead guitar are just like the Guitar Hero counterpart. Similar to the Guitar Hero “star power”, Rock Band has a feature known as “overdrive”.
Drums: Like the guitars, the drums are similar in game play to the guitar except you're dealing with drums. The colored notes in-game will correspond to the drum pads, while the orange horizontal line note represents the bass drum.
Vocals: For the vocals, if you’re familiar with other singing games like Karaoke Revolution, then you'll be familiar with the microphone for Rock Band. Lyrics run across the top of the screen in different pitches. It doesn’t matter if you’re a good singer or not, you simply need to match your voice to the pitch. You may not have to say the actual words, but some accuracy is required and this won’t be as easy with some fast-paced lyrics.
As always, any comments, questions, feelings, thoughts are appreciated.
Now to find some members and try to start my own band…
-Entry by James Ngo
Comments (4)
Guitar seems like a catchy rip-off of DDR using hands instead of feet. This brings one to the question: Why are games like Guitar Hero so popular?? The game has little relation to a real guitar, ans you're merely playing back an already created song. Why should entering random color-colored buttons to a beat provide fun for hours??
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November 6, 2007 02:40 PM
Posted on November 06, 2007 14:40
Heh. I think the reason why Guitar Hero is so popular is because it takes us away from reality like every other video game. The same reason why Halo, books, movies, etc. are so popular. It's because we find fun in things so simple (not that playing the guitar is simple). I can understand how Guitar Hero and video games in general are so popular, but wouldn't your fingers get tired after playing Guitar Hero for so long? The game is fun and all, yet I'm not sure why some people can sit and play it all day...
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November 8, 2007 03:15 PM
Posted on November 08, 2007 15:15
Guitar Hero IS fun...but you're right! I can't see anyone playing for longer than half and hour (I know I can't!). Still, it's fun, and it generates a lot of laughs, especially when I play! I also agree with you, NJ12: Guitar Hero "takes you away". I do like to play it every once in a while, though...
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November 9, 2007 09:03 PM
Posted on November 09, 2007 21:03
I kinda agree with Kenny: Guitar Hero is pretty boring. And it doesn't really teach you how to play the guitar, which is an added disadvantage for me. The people I know who really like it are band kids or musicians/kids who can play instruments because I guess they like matching the musical notes or something....? Whatever the case, Guitar Hero, and its knock-off cousins, just don't appeal to me. And this is irrelevant, but can we start a discussion on a few movies, like Pirates 3, and a few books, like What Happened to Lani Garver?, because there's no info for those categories. :) Thanks!
PS This is Carol C. by the way
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November 17, 2007 08:39 PM
Posted on November 17, 2007 20:39