The above Guitar Hero World Tour (the official GHIV title) video shows off the new drum set through testimonial from a few rockers – namely, Red Hot Chili Pepper's Chad Smith, Blink 182's Travis Barker and The Police's Stewart Copeland, all of whom are featured prominently (especially Copeland) on Rock Band and a pretty good sign they'll be on World Tour, too.
One interesting detail gleaned from the video is that the drum kit is sensitive to velocity, meaning it can register how hard or soft you hit the pads. We're not shown any gameplay footage so we're not 100% sure how that'll translate to the virtual drumming. All we know is that we can't tell our friends this detail. It's taken us months to teach them not to bang on the set loud enough to wake neighbors six miles away.
[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
Rockers show off Guitar Hero's velocity-sensitive drum kits
by Ross Miller 
on May 24th 2008 12:30PM
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Reader Comments (67)
Posted: May 24th 2008 1:45PM Some Guy said
heh, to me this looks like a sequel to rock band, which is a good thing.
but then what will rockband 2 look like?
0_o
but then what will rockband 2 look like?
0_o
Posted: May 24th 2008 2:08PM (Unverified) said
They are def ripping off Rock Band but its looking to be the superior product. Those drums are looking pretty damn good.
Posted: May 24th 2008 2:18PM (Unverified) said
OK... I was going to boycott GH4 due to lack of Rock Band instrument support in GH*... but if they include Dammit in the game, like they do on the promotional videos, I'm totally in.
Posted: May 24th 2008 2:49PM (Unverified) said
Having Travis Barker in this game is on par, if not worse than having Tom Morello in the last one.
When will they start putting talent ahead of popularity?
When will they start putting talent ahead of popularity?
Posted: May 24th 2008 3:33PM (Unverified) said
Morello is an amazing guitar player...
But yah, for me the ultimate GH boss would be Paco de Lucia, to beat him you have to grow extra fingers...
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But yah, for me the ultimate GH boss would be Paco de Lucia, to beat him you have to grow extra fingers...
Posted: May 24th 2008 4:30PM Stu L Tissimus said
I've been wishing for some crazy flamenco music in Guitar Hero for a while now. Friday Night in San Francisco, anyone?
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Posted: May 24th 2008 8:57PM Zoesch said
I might not like Blink182 a lot (Actually close to not at all) but Travis Baker is indeed one hell of a great drummer, versatile, precise and with impeccable timing.
Apparently if your band becomes popular you cease to have any talent? Strange that, you probably should check his stuff with the Aquabats.
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Apparently if your band becomes popular you cease to have any talent? Strange that, you probably should check his stuff with the Aquabats.
Posted: May 24th 2008 10:11PM Shagittarius said
Check out Flemetal, I think you'll like.
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3380
and theres some stuff on You-tube of course. They just played at a place down the street from me for a Comcast battle of the bands on demand feature.
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http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3380
and theres some stuff on You-tube of course. They just played at a place down the street from me for a Comcast battle of the bands on demand feature.
Posted: May 24th 2008 2:41PM Gwr said
the drums are cool but they are still too expensive just for a gimmick casual party music game for a gamer,but it seems a lot of people are willing to hand the cash.
Posted: May 24th 2008 2:53PM (Unverified) said
This better mean "Dammit" is in Guitar Hero 4! No matter how much i love Rockband's drums i have to get this game when it comes out! I just hope there's another bloc party song, anything by matt tong on the drums would make my day.
Posted: May 24th 2008 11:27PM (Unverified) said
I'm not sold on this yet. I own a LAN center and I absolutely love/hate Rock Band. I mean it's great for business, the game played so much it hardly leaves the tray, but I, like everyone else, have the same problem with the drums breaking. We only have 2 Xbox's but we own 5 drum sets so we can rotate them out while we RMA the broken ones. This is a great concept, no doubt, but all I see is more drum sets I'm going to have to replace. I can't NOT buy this game, say what you will, but customers WILL ask for it. I just hope that since Red Octane, being the better hardware company, makes a more solid product. I mean wouldn't it be cool if Harmonix and Red Octane got together to make a game?
....kidding don't hate-mail me.
-Tib
....kidding don't hate-mail me.
-Tib
Posted: May 25th 2008 6:30PM Lekko said
If you are using them in a professional-ish application, why don't you take one set and mod the shit out of it with metal and reinforce it?
I broke mine and didn't want it to break again, so I put a backplate on the pads and made it overall far more sturdy.
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I broke mine and didn't want it to break again, so I put a backplate on the pads and made it overall far more sturdy.
Posted: May 24th 2008 3:26PM SitriStahl said
i just hope they have a good setlist, i may only use DLC every once in a while, and lets hope we get some good, fast songs, i want to see more dethklok on this one
Posted: May 24th 2008 7:23PM (Unverified) said
Cymbals aren't new, Konami have done it before. But as for Velocity drums they sound cool, but unless it's integrated with the core gameplay it's useless. One of the dudes mentioned it being important in create-a-song, but I don't see any mention of it being in the actual note charts. If playing the drums means keeping an eye on 6 notes AND how hard you hit? Now that'll be something.
Posted: May 24th 2008 7:56PM (Unverified) said
So there was guitar hero one.
Then two.
Then Encore.
Then 3.
Then Rock Band.
Then ehe aerosmith .. thing.
Now Guitar hero world tour.
I want to curse you for spending all that money on plastic toys, and then ask you to buy one real guitar. I... don't belong here anymore.
Then two.
Then Encore.
Then 3.
Then Rock Band.
Then ehe aerosmith .. thing.
Now Guitar hero world tour.
I want to curse you for spending all that money on plastic toys, and then ask you to buy one real guitar. I... don't belong here anymore.
Posted: May 28th 2008 7:56PM nesone said
velocity sensitve drums = MIDI HACK FTW!
Posted: Jul 15th 2008 2:11PM (Unverified) said
Why on earth would anyone want a wireless drum controller?
You gain nothing, but have to deal with the hassle of buying batteries or recharging. If the GH3 controller is any indicator, they´re gonna make you pump the thing with disposable batteries on a regular basis.
You gain nothing, but have to deal with the hassle of buying batteries or recharging. If the GH3 controller is any indicator, they´re gonna make you pump the thing with disposable batteries on a regular basis.
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