He wrote that the song "is supposed to be a lighthearted novelty about a fiddling contest between a country boy and the devil and the devil always loses." But, he goes on to say that GHIII features "a guitar-playing devil who battles the player and very often wins." ... So, is Daniels complaining about balancing issues? Because, if so, we totally agree. The devil's way too tough.
But we do feel compelled to point out that the game never says the main boss is the devil. In fact, he has a name and it's Lou. Maybe Lou isn't a devil at all, maybe he's just deformed like that guy from Mask. So we ask you, dear reader, what's the worse sin? Letting the devil win in a video game or calling handicapped people demons? We think the choice is pretty clear.
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Boss battles ruined my GH3!!
Ukalali Hero for the win....
I'd love to know how you managed to do that. =/
I have cat-like reflexes and a giraffe-like neck
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Disregarding the Christian themes, I always feel for artists who have lost control of their work and have to watch it used in ways they would never approve.
...it's a real shame that as a creative person he has lost the rights to his property and Activision are using it in a way he disapproves of.
I read some of the comments on Kotaku and it was awful. Absolutely awful. So much bigotry. Just because this man believes letting the Devil win is wrong. If that's what he believes then that's what he believes. We should respect it without devolving to base, crass, insults.
I'm sorry. This isn't aimed Joystiq. It's just that the comments at Kotaku were so...
...forget it. I've got clothes to wash.
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Without commenting on Daniels' beliefs (which I don't share), isn't that also what the game wants you to believe? In the game, letting the Devil win IS wrong, which is why your goal is to win. Shouldn't that be enough? Shouldn't that be like in real life? (or at least real life the way christians see it)
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I love you.
Also, people can't take a joke?
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Have you found that anarchist country to move to yet?
How would you like it if one of your most well known creations was perverted (clue: there is no "guitar version" of this song by Charlie Daniels), into the utter trash that the GH3 version of the song is.
File the above posts under "Religious Intolerance".
Meanwhile, if Charlie Daniels really wanted complete control over his songs, he wouldn't have sold em off as times got rough. CD was in a fairly unique position of owning his songs, unlike The Beatles or majority of artists for that matter. So while he sold away his rights to manage his own material, he also sold away his rights to control his own material...
If you want bullshit, look to madonna or whoever the hell screwed up "devil went down to georgia"
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