Another 24 songs confirmed for Guitar Hero 5, more features demo'd

From a strictly musical standpoint. I love Pinkerton for its raw production, and just overall rawness. The sheer emotion in every song.

But it's not of the same musical quality as songs that can be found on The Blue Album, Make Believe, or even Maladroit.

Also, Why Bother? is only two minutes long.

Really? I'm a big fan of Brand New, and Sowing Season would be pretty great. Jesus Christ would be a cooler song, though.

I guess I would have preferred something like The archer's bows are broken or the sun

I want "Plush" by STP on Rock Band.

All you need is love...

if this is anything like GHWT, it won't be worth the money to even burn a pirate copy of it

And that would be *hard.

What's with the typos in these comments, today...

What the fuck are you talking about you sub-normal half wit?!? Letting you bringing back band mates = ZOMG ROCK BAND LOLOLOL!1!!!! these days? And it's funny because RB2 had GH3's Ho/Po system, The Beatles has the pause countdown from WT, and speaking of the Beatles SINGLE BAND GAMES ARE SUCH A NEW CONCEPT HOW DID HARMONIX DO THIS?!

Fuck I don't even care about these games anymore but this is just fucking fanboy ignorance at it's highest.

OldKingCole deserve about 1000 upvotes for that post of ultimate truth.

OldKingCole,

It's not just saving band mates, it's also that each member has individual star power, rather than the star power pool, just like Rock Band. This actually will create a huge difference in game play. And from the looks of it, each person also just collects their own star power, meaning if you personally miss, you won't even get a chance to use star power, unlike in the previous Guitar Hero games when someone could help you. Also, the band's overall meter is apparently missing, so it's sort of unclear at this point when your entire band will fail.

RB fanboys when GH:WT came out: Bawwww, it doesn't have these features that Rock Band has so it's inferior!

RB fanboys about GH5: Bawwww, they added features that Rock Band had to improve the game, they're copying Harmonix!

Can you people ever be pleased?

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Quick on the claims, guys.

You are absolutely kidding yourself if you think Guitar Hero is trying to differentiate itself from Rock Band. To prove my point, look at all of the "unique" features that were in World Tour. Now, go back and see how many of those were changed in Guitar Hero 5. Yes, individual star power, saving failed band members, and a RB-esque vocal track come to mind.

And @uranutan3 - I can't speak for all Rock Band fans, but I was one of the few who actually requested something UNIQUE come towards Guitar Hero. I didn't want them to just jack all of Rock Band's defying gameplay features. This isn't to say there is absolutely nothing original in Guitar Hero 5 or World Tour for that matter, but saying Guitar Hero is not influenced by Rock Band is completely absurd.

Sheesh.

If they put more time and dedication into Guitar Hero, I would see nothing against it.

I know its tossed a lot out here with people hating on Guitar Hero, but at the place its in I don't think it deserves any more credit than it needs.

Things that would make Guitar Hero better would be to go in a completely different direction. The direction Acti is headed towards is making it more like Rock Band. And while Harmonix is usually the one to add new things in the genre (multiple instruments, constant DLC, Rock Band Network), Activision has barely tried. It seems like a constant game of catch-up for Guitar Hero, and that's what makes it such a huge turn-off. The only "new" I seem coming from the GH camp was GHTunes (which, as we all know, really isn't that great or inspired), the "Challenges" in GH5 (which is a good step in the right direction) and little things here and there such as the timer after pausing. We still need something BIGGER.

Look. I'm not game designer, but if Activision wants to make a good game, they have got to think of something new. Hell, Rock Band is still keeping it somewhat fresh with Rock Band Network, why can't they do something right as well?

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I had GHWT and tried to enjoy it for 6 months but it just came up short, so I sold it. We aren't all speaking from a place of ignorance.I agree that people shouldn't criticize GH for adopting good ideas from RB (or vice versa). That's how the industry evolves.Still, GH has become irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

I had GHWT and tried to enjoy it for 6 months but it just came up short, so I sold it. We aren't all speaking from a place of ignorance.I agree that people shouldn't criticize GH for adopting good ideas from RB (or vice versa). That's how the industry evolves.Still, GH has become irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

I remember seeing on their Twitter feed once that both DLC and the songs from WT will be importable. SH and Metallica though, I'm not sure.

Yeah, still waiting on reliable confirmation for GHWT tracks carrying over. If they don't, then this may not be such a good purchase. After all, why buy GH5 if those tracks wouldn't carry over to the inevitable GH6?

That would be a major bonus, but considering the piracy implications I don't think it'll happen. Last i heard it was just DLC that was carrying over. This feature would be AWESOME though.