Activision Pulls the Plug on Guitar Hero Franchise

[Shale_Dirk]

2. Party game? There's a mode for that in GH.
And if it's not okay for GH to cater to those with more skill, then why is it okay for RB to include Pro mode? Sounds like a much more hardcore-focused direction to me.

Because then real musicians can pick up the game and play without having to figure out a five-button 1-dimensional translation of a 2 dimensional instrument, or be able to play keyboards.

Pro-mode is not just a 'new level of hardcore'. It's completely on par with Harmonix's goal from day one of branching together video games and music. It allows a more direct translation, and for those who want to learn how to play an instrument, a much more fun way to learn.

As opposed to super-fast strumming with the clickity-clackety of a GH controller.

 

[MonocleClaire]

About time. Guitar Hero's been stumbling along like a drunken giraffe for the past few years.

 

[Madmanonfire]

Bahahaha.... this is funny.
- You referred to pro-mode, which is pretty much a tutorial.
- And what about the regular guitar? You know, the one with the square frets and the silent strum bar? Let's not forget about that.

Soooooo:

Pro-mode is a tutorial, separate from the game;
But it's actually a mode that lets you play a real guitar in the game;
But it's not comparable to a real guitar?

Dude, what the hell are you on about? You sound like the worst kind of fanboy, just grasping at straws.

You're putting words in my mouth just to get an insult in. Sad.
Pro-mode teaches you how to play songs. Then you can play along to the song, which is just like in real life with music and without the flashy images. It's just like a real guitar with buttons. Let's hope your next post has something intelligent in it.

2. Party game? There's a mode for that in GH.
And if it's not okay for GH to cater to those with more skill, then why is it okay for RB to include Pro mode? Sounds like a much more hardcore-focused direction to me.

Because then real musicians can pick up the game and play without having to figure out a five-button 1-dimensional translation of a 2 dimensional instrument, or be able to play keyboards.

Pro-mode is not just a 'new level of hardcore'. It's completely on par with Harmonix's goal from day one of branching together video games and music. It allows a more direct translation, and for those who want to learn how to play an instrument, a much more fun way to learn.

As opposed to super-fast strumming with the clickity-clackety of a GH controller.

You're making it sound like learning 5 buttons is difficult for a "real musician".

And once you know a song, there's little point in playing the game when it's more rewarding and better to play it in real life. Pro-mode is not perfect. I say it's not really part of the game because you're doing almost the exact same thing as you would in real life, just in a different "setting", as opposed to playing 5 button charts along with a song.

It's better than super-fast strumming with a silent strum bar. Much easier to lose track of how much you've strummed.

Well, that one was a little better, but not good enough. I'm done with this thread.

~From a real musician, not a silly fanboy

 

[Double A]

"Let's milk a franchise for a 'new' game every year and then be surprised when people don't buy it any more!"

 

[Electrogecko]

Holy crap. Guitar Hero.....gone?.....

 

[Shale_Dirk]

You're putting words in my mouth just to get an insult in. Sad.
Pro-mode teaches you how to play songs. Then you can play along to the song, which is just like in real life with music and without the flashy images. It's just like a real guitar with buttons. Let's hope your next post has something intelligent in it.

I'm done with this thread.

~From a real musician, not a silly fanboy

A) No, pro-mode tutorials teach you how to play songs. In the in-game pro mode, you are actually playing the song, on a real guitar. It seems as though you are completely oblivious to the fact that pro-mode uses a REAL guitar. ie:

Not simply the multi-button version that you are so vehemently opposed to.

B)Yeah, it turns out that when you learn to play a song on a guitar (even in a game), you might play it in real life. Again, you're ignoring the fact that, that was the whole point of pro-mode in the first place. The in-game playing along of the songs on a real guitar is a training tool for budding musicians, and for those that want a more interactive way to pick out difficult lines in songs through methods other than tabs.

C)And seriously, "I'm being corrected so I'm leaving the conversation now"?

-From a real musician who doesn't feel the need to inform everyone that he's a real musician when my validity is being questioned.