Comments on: “Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero”: A Platform For Investment http://www.vgconvos.com/2008/11/06/rock-band-or-guitar-hero-a-platform-for-investment/ Conversations from three friends that grew up playing games and love talking about them. Engaging topics and Top 10 lists every episode. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:00:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephen http://www.vgconvos.com/2008/11/06/rock-band-or-guitar-hero-a-platform-for-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Stephen Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:33:09 +0000 http://www.vgconvos.com/?p=150#comment-330 The one thing Guitar Hero has going for it is the user generated content. My brother was playing Spark Mandrill's theme from Mega Man X the other day. I'll just leave it at that. The one thing Guitar Hero has going for it is the user generated content. My brother was playing Spark Mandrill’s theme from Mega Man X the other day. I’ll just leave it at that.

]]> By: Joey B http://www.vgconvos.com/2008/11/06/rock-band-or-guitar-hero-a-platform-for-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Joey B Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:30:57 +0000 http://www.vgconvos.com/?p=150#comment-329 For a similar reason, my brother and I have decided to stick with Rock Band. We've already downloaded a chunk of songs for it, and I find it to be more aesthetically pleasing. The art style of GHIII really turned me off. I also prefer the initial song selection in either of the Rock Band discs when compared to Guitar Hero. However, my brother did get the chance to play Guitar Hero IV last weekend. My brother has been a big Guitar Hero fan since the beginning, and he actually got me into the genre, but he came away less than ecstatic about the direction the series has taken. It's something that I've played around with in my mind a little bit, but he finally more or less came out and said it: Activison is whoring Guitar Hero out, and killing it. My brother is big into Aerosmith, but is utterly apathetic about their Guitar Hero spinoff. (And for the record, I can't stand Aerosmith or Metallica, so their exclusivity is more of a Godsend than anything). I can see why Activision would try to mimic Harmonix, but, really, there isn't any room for another music game "platform" (be it in our homes or our wallets). They would've been better off continuing to be a more "hardcore" guitar-based game, in my opinion. And now I'm rambling... Woo. For a similar reason, my brother and I have decided to stick with Rock Band. We’ve already downloaded a chunk of songs for it, and I find it to be more aesthetically pleasing. The art style of GHIII really turned me off. I also prefer the initial song selection in either of the Rock Band discs when compared to Guitar Hero.

However, my brother did get the chance to play Guitar Hero IV last weekend. My brother has been a big Guitar Hero fan since the beginning, and he actually got me into the genre, but he came away less than ecstatic about the direction the series has taken.

It’s something that I’ve played around with in my mind a little bit, but he finally more or less came out and said it: Activison is whoring Guitar Hero out, and killing it. My brother is big into Aerosmith, but is utterly apathetic about their Guitar Hero spinoff. (And for the record, I can’t stand Aerosmith or Metallica, so their exclusivity is more of a Godsend than anything).

I can see why Activision would try to mimic Harmonix, but, really, there isn’t any room for another music game “platform” (be it in our homes or our wallets). They would’ve been better off continuing to be a more “hardcore” guitar-based game, in my opinion.

And now I’m rambling… Woo.

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