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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:25PM (Unverified) said

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Heh, anyone still care about Guitar Hero?
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:34PM KaneRobot said

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Not me, and not a growing number of others. Give it another year or so and the answer will be "not anyone."
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:17PM D3m0sthenes said

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For people who don't own a PS3 or 360, then yes, GH is the best choice in the music genre.


Also, if GHIV has Create-A-Track, I'll buy it over RB in a heart beat.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:24PM KaneRobot said

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If you think the create-a-track thing is going to be anywhere near as good as you're imagining in your head, then...well, you're Activision's ideal customer. Ignorant.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:37PM D3m0sthenes said

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I understand what you mean, but if it lets me put notes where I want, hammer-on/pull-offs where I want, and has some way to play the music along with it, it's fine by me.

That way I don't have to pay $170 for 56 super easy tracks and then have to pay $2 each for more.


But, I don't beleive it will be all that cool, but all I want is the basics... and I'm sold.
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Posted: May 13th 2008 12:03AM KeenCommander said

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Yes, I do. And no, I don't care about Rock Band. And if they make my Guitar Hero like Rock Band I'll be pissed and it will officially be the first (but probably not last) game in the series I don't buy.
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Posted: May 13th 2008 5:06AM haPr said

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wow, a rock band hater? i cant believe there are still idiots who think neversoft can actually make music games...

gh4 could be good, but all harmonix DOES is music games. there would be no guitar hero without them and rock band was the next logical step for the genre.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:27PM Asspigeon said

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Van Halen, Eagles, Linking Park and Van Halen

Van Halen is so awesome they include them twice o.O

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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:30PM Sora said

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No, the second is obviously the tribute band which decided not to change their name.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:47PM waynski1457 said

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It's Van Hagar
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Posted: May 12th 2008 10:11PM (Unverified) said

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It's supposed to be Sublime.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 11:07PM finnith said

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Linking Park?

You're overusing spellcheck, mister.
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Posted: May 13th 2008 7:41AM hey buddy said

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"DAD! It's *LINKIN* park... Jeeeeez! STOP EMBARRASSING ME!"
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Posted: Jun 20th 2008 1:26PM jbkrule said

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it says linking park above in the story... if you only catch it when this guy says it dont blame this guy
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:28PM (Unverified) said

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I wouldn't believe much of this, it's wild speculation

Create a song is the most lame, half assed idea ever. It's hard enough to track out passable midi songs with a keyboard, mouse and a library of quality instruments. This would be $99 casio quality at best.

Also, why dilute the guitar hero name further by attaching a full band to it? That's only going to confuse potential customers even more.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:28PM (Unverified) said

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They announced the working title as well:

"Guitar Hero IV: Me Too! Edition"
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:31PM (Unverified) said

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the hell's a Linking Park?
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:58PM einhanderkiller said

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Whoever they are, they're better than Linkin Park.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:04PM brainsurgeon23 said

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Linking Park...Its where computer geeks everywhere get together with their laptops and try to Rick Roll each other
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:32PM Tegolin said

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Whos Linking Park? I know a Linkin Park though.
Anyway, if they release said GHIV cheaper than Rock Band and people buy it more than RB, I would go insane.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:33PM KaneRobot said

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Activision fails.

Yeah, cute that GH4 is playing catch-up, but the problem is, by the time they get their drums and Rock Band copycat shit out, Rock Band 2 will be well on the way and will have evolved even further.

From now on, GH will be playing catch up. Activision is looking pretty pathetic here.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:38PM (Unverified) said

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Actually they don't plan on releasing a Rock Band 2 anytime soon b/c they can do so much through their download system. IIRC they said the next RB wouldn't come out most likely until the next console genereation. I could be wrong but this is what I remember.
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Posted: May 13th 2008 12:05AM KeenCommander said

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Hardly, last I check GH3 was a major seller. They don't need to catch up.
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Posted: May 13th 2008 12:45AM KaneRobot said

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"Catch-up" on innovation, doofus. There's a reason there are so many "GH3? LOL" posts on sites like this, people have realized Rock Band offers a much better experience. There is zero reason to believe that will change regardless of what the GH franchise does, because the soul of the game was Harmonix, and they ain't doing that anymore. GH is Activision riding a cash cow, and nothing more.

Christ, they almost ruined the game with boss battles and power-ups...I don't trust them to rip-off Rock Band properly.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:35PM (Unverified) said

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The funny thing is, no matter which Linkin Park song they include, it will be just like playing every Linkin Park song ever made.

http://www.hometracked.com/2007/05/29/all-linkin-park-songs-look-the-same/
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:43PM xeleion said

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Haha, as much as I love Linkin Park, that article is so true. Guess that's why I've grown out of it and they're no longer my favorite band. :)
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:53PM waynski1457 said

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Wow, I never knew that. Explains a lot really.

And now I have an excuse to link to this awesome LP parody.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JYNRhzX6gw8
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:52PM darkquota said

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That's true of every album before Minutes to Midnight. Even still, I love Linkin Park so it doesn't bother me much although I can see how one wouldn't like them because of that.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:31PM (Unverified) said

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Dude I've been saying this forever to the few people I know that actually like that POS band and I was starting to think I was the only one who thought that. Thank you so much for finding that.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:35PM Giantenemycrab said

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I've always wanted a create-a-track mode.. But I think I'll wait for Rock Band 2.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:46PM (Unverified) said

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Create-a-Track is an excellent idea. Me being in a band, in theory, I could put my music in Guitar Hero.

(yay!)
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:48PM (Unverified) said

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I would be interested to see the compatibility with the RB instruments on GH4. Payback is a bitch.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:51PM Neebs said

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Yeah, fucking with the consumer more for the sake of childish revenge!
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:35PM murph17 said

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now that Activision has caught up, i'm sure they'll supply (or more accurately, allow Harmonix to supply) the patch. it's in their best interest at this point.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:48PM RebelWithACause said

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Looks 10)% real to me because the same person added stuff about Banjo and VP that seems completely in lines with the leaked screens.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 7:49PM RebelWithACause said

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oops i meant 100%
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:18PM Scilent said

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If the eagles are in than I'm in. Create a track sounds interesting but who knows.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:19PM mirage said

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I would never buy this game unless they allow me to use my Rock Band instruments. Why would I want two sets of fake instruments cluttering up my place?!
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:23PM (Unverified) said

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Can someone care to explain to me whats with all the hate on GH3? I live alone and I thought that having 3 different instruments for 1 guy would have been a bit awkward.... My friends still come over and play, though all on one guitar, taking turns and its still fun!

Yes, I do wish it had more tracks, but other then that, am I missing out on anything?

But then again, I haven't tried RB yet... Wouldn't know. Its not available here yet (Australia)

Oh, and PS... linkinG park???
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Posted: May 12th 2008 8:32PM D3m0sthenes said

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There are different reasons for the hate...

1: You hate Activision/Sticking with HMX... I'll give you this one.

2: You suck at GH/RB so you really don't want hard songs, thus you don't like GH... I'm a pretty decent player, so I like hard songs, RB is hardly a challenge except their guitar is so freaking horrible I can hardly pull of a chord without hitting 3/4 buttons.

3: Your a sheep and hate on everything that other people hate, PS3, Spiderman 3, Halo, etc.

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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:03PM (Unverified) said

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Oh so agreed. GH3 isn't that bad at all.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:15PM tcc3 said

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The GH3 charts aren't just hard, they aren't well done. GH,GH2, and RB went to great lengths to make it both challenging and still seem as if you're playing the song. The GH3 notes don't always match up right, breaking the illusion.

The character models and animation were poorly done and the boss battles were a bad idea. Battles as multiplayer are ok, but it has no business in "campaign" mode.

I also take issue with Activision being Nazis about using the guitars.

GH3 is not a bad game, but its a shadow of the franchises former glory. You can tell who the real creative force behind GH was, and Activision didn't aquire them
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:22PM (Unverified) said

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Some note charts, like Cliffs of Dover were actually very well done, and I really enjoyed the good ones.

Granted there are alot of bad ones, but they aren't as bad as people make them out to be. Like 3's and 7's, for example. Has a few problems, but is still a good chart. They aren't all Number of the Beast bad.

Boss Battles. You are right. However, at the same time, if the Boss Battles mean fun original compositions, I am all for them. I just want them INCLUDED with the game at the beginning! The Slash battle is super fun!

Activision should be better with the Guitars, but I think it also falls on Harmonix as well, who isn't letting Wii owners use the Les Paul controllers for Rock Band. Both parties need to get their shit together.

Guitar Hero 3 is a shadow in the franchise's formor glory, but I am not going to say I didn't enjoy playing Guitar Hero 3. I may have more hours clocked in the original games, but I am willing to give Neversoft and Activision another chance. I hope all of the GH haters on here will atleast give the next one a chance with a rental.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:25PM (Unverified) said

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*former
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:36PM (Unverified) said

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making the songs 4 times as hard as they are on regular guitar is why 99.9% of people hate guitar hero 3. It's stupid and completely unnecessary.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:42PM (Unverified) said

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Because that is perfectly reasonable. An instrument that takes years to master is much easier than a game that takes weeks.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 11:33PM cesaria said

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I agree with Raikage. People hate for no goddamn reason. RB is way too damn easy but also way too damn much fun! There doesn't only have to be one rythmn game, people. Also, I highly enjoyed Spidey 3. People let critics make up their minds for them. If there was no 'net, people would've loved that flick. Oh, and Cliffs of Dover FTW! Worth the price alone!
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Posted: May 12th 2008 11:58PM D3m0sthenes said

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Thanks Cesaria. You can like 2 games in the same genre you know.

I also liked Spidy 3 but I'm not much of a movie critic...
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Posted: May 13th 2008 1:02AM (Unverified) said

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My god this has been such an enlightenment-type-thing.... Hahaha! But yeah, I still wouldn't know squat, cuz I haven't play RB....

But yeah, I agree with Raikage and Cesaria, what the heck is wrong with liking 2 different games? Damn fanboyism i tell you... Damn IT.

As for spiderman, loveD it until i saw Iron Man. Iron Man kicks the shit out of every other super hero movie out there.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 9:08PM (Unverified) said

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Wasnt there a little article in EGM that said Rock Band 2 was gonna release in the fall...?
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