Harmonix to 're-energize' its franchises after The Beatles: Rock Band

Wait a minute - the quote from Harmonix uses the plural of the word franchise? Don't get me wrong, I loved Frequency and Amplitude to death, but to claim that they're part of Harmonix's franchise portfolio is stretching the truth somewhat. Harmonix has one franchise, albeit a hugely popular one.

I too would love to see something else in the field of Freq or Amp, but I'm not for a moment thinking that it's likely. Look at the numbers - neither was anything more than a moderate success - it wasn't until Harmonix strapped a plastic peripheral to the game that it really took off. Short of going the DJ Hero route, I'm not sure how they re-energise those titles.

I wish that "reenergize" means adding an expansion to RB2 with new venues, modes, characters and Achievements.

The DLC is great but give me some more incentives to play the actual game!

Maybe they mean they will stop screwing Wii owners over... but I doubt it. Say want you want about Activision- but they always keep the GH franchises on par for each platform.

Rock Band 3. Don't know what they're gonna do, but whatever it is, it will be amazing.

Did they ever patch RB2 to include stars in the song list? I remember them saying that they were going to patch that.

@SpyderTaco

I played Guitar Hero 2. So yes, I have played a game better than Guitar Hero 5.

Fixed.

What the fuck is the special suprise inside? I've been itching for months on end trying to find out what else (besides the mic stand) comes in the band edition...

ROCK BAND: PUBLIC ENEMY

I'd be sooo in as long as you could play as Flavor Flav...

YEA BOY

Re-energize what? It's a game where you play plastic instruments to new songs.

MORE SONGS is all you need! Let's go!

I have bought every single rhythm game I have been capable of buying on the 360 (aside from Smash Hits, because that was just pure shit), and I plan on buying each one that comes out...

But I'm just not sure I could stomach a rhythm game that uses Natal. Rock Band is essentially perfect as far as gameplay goes anyway. You don't need to ruin everything by totally changing the way the game is played.

However, they could definitely take a cue from GH5 and add a bunch of little changes that make the game that much better, like Expert+, more multiplayer modes, STARS DISPLAYED ON THE FUCKING SONG LIST, and most importantly, not slowing down scrolling notes for everybody when one person is playing on a lower difficulty.

Pretty please.

I've played Guitar Hero 5, and he's absolutely right: it's awful. They improved the engine, but that can't save the game from one of the most mediocre setlists ever.

Show me Rock Band: Pink Floyd, with the same effort that you put into the one that comes out next week. I'll show you an effin' "Dreamscape."

yes, my ass is fucking amazing. get over it.

Natal integration could be wicked cool if it did one thing, and one thing only:

Translate your body movements to your avatar on-screen... When I get really into it (or drunk), I'm banging my head, got my foot up on the coffee table, etc.

Translate my movements into my avatar and I'm more than happy to have Natal integration.

Use it for actually playing something? Um, no.

GHWT was well enough, but the font for all menus and especially the song lyrics was awful. Even on a HDTV the letters were illegible at times. Can any GH5 owners let me know if they fixed the font? I almost want to try RB because at least you can read lyrics on that one. It'd be the best of both worlds...GH instruments and RB interface, unless GH5 actually corrected this.