This fall's two big music-performance games each offer an experience new to the genre. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock adds a more involved storyline, while Rock Band 3 offers real instruments. Power Gig: Rise of the SixString actually combines these two aspects. We've seen its (real, functional) guitar and (less realistic) drum controllers, and now we can learn about that story.
In the video after the break, design director Jack Davis introduces the world of Ohm, where music has a "real physical power" to affect the world and its people. The player must unite clans of "rockers" to defeat the oppressive "headliner" who has silenced them. And, of course, that is accomplished through the performance of licensed music. It's reminiscent of Brutal Legend, as is the in-game footage shown in the video.
@julian412 Thought the same thing. It was like he just knew this game wasn't going to sell with the lack of enthusiasm in his pitch. Idea seemed cooled, but the timing of this game (read: after RB3 and after the entire genre has cooled off) makes me think it's not going to do well.
@Stahlbrand The guitarist is a wannabe Mickey Rourke. The singer is a wannabe Christina Aguilera... That is as much as i could watch. The design director is a wannabe corpse.
Wow. All I can say is this video killed any interest I had in this game. Im a guitar player so I thought this could be interesting, but wtf? First off, this guy should not being doing any videos for anything trying to make a dollar period. He sucked the the life out of me talking about clans, etc. Cant they think of another word besides clans? I think this guy used the word clans more than anyone else since the 1960s.
I havnt even seen gameplay but I want nothing to do with this game now.
I almost feel sorry for these guys, the only reason I had an interest in this was the instrument and now RB3 is doing that (and better the quality of the instruments from what I've seen doesn't even compare) so they loose that battle. I'm curious whats going to happen to GH3 since now you have a choice between an "educational tool" with RB and a "toy" with GH. I know what parents like getting more, just thankfully RB also has the better tracks. :-) Poor power gig, it's like they're scrambeling. The entire story mode seems half baked to try and lure people in since now they aren't the only educational game in town and their marketing is HORRIBLE (remember the hipster d-bags in the fake living room?)
Coming into this article I was interested in how they were going to do the story. After watching that video I am so incredibly bored, I can't believe they had that guy do the promo.
This is a good example of why Peter Molyneux is so good at his job, he is so passionate and excited about his games that he can easily pass that on to the audience. That is the type of person you put in front of the camera. Maybe this guy isn't convinced that the game is that good, but if that is the case, he really shouldn't be doing this type of video. Or be the Design Director.
Also, where were the lights? The locations were neat, but they barely felt like concerts.
@TBag yeah, i agree with you, everyone here who talks shit about this game and says rock band 3 is better. GO LOOK AT ROCK BAND 3 IDIOTS!!! At least the guitar for this game is a real guitar you can plug into an amp and play, the guitar for rock band 3 is a fake gaming guitar with fake strings.... you can buy a fender, but its not worth it. Im not bashing rock band 3 in any way, im just saying your not looking at the real facts that rock band 3 nor GH:WOR is going to have a REAL instrument that can be used outside of games by means of a cable into an amp.
