Guitar Hero 5, DJ Hero and Band Hero to be released this year

[luke-o]

From Official Nintendo's website:

Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and DJ Hero will be released this autumn and Activision has promised that its three new music games will "redefine the company's popular music gaming platform."

We already know about DJ Hero and a new Guitar Hero game is to be expected but Band Hero is a new franchise. As the title suggests, it will support the guitar, bass, drums and microphone controllers but how will the game differ from Guitar Hero?

With this new music collection featuring top 40 hits it would appear that the focus is on expanding the audience for a family-friendly experience. According to Activision, the game builds upon Guitar Hero's easy-to-play, difficult-to-master signature gameplay and allows novice players and expert fans to join together on their favourite songs.

Guitar Hero 5 again promises to feature the hottest rock and roll bands of today alongside tracks by classic rock bands. There is very little new information on the game but Activision does reveal that it will give an unprecedented level of control over the way you play the game with the ability to drop in and out of songs and change band members, instruments and difficulty levels on the fly.

Finally there's DJ Hero. You can see a picture of the new turntable controller below. You'll be getting behind the decks as you mix hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance tunes. Players will attempt to rule the club scene by creating original mixes of popular songs and music from the world's most exciting artists and DJs.

http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=8300&source=newsletter

Thoughts?

 

[Sabre]

So smash hits isnt going to be Guitar Hero 5?

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

That would been a pretty shitty move to release GH5 as a "Best Of" compilation game, Sabre.

 

[Adam]

Two GH games coming this year?

Colour me excited.

 

[Perfxion]

Lets see if we can sort this mess of new games out.

Band Hero/Lego Rock Band is a game for kiddies and their parents. Smart move to "hook'em young, hook'em for life".

GH Smash Hits is a greatest hits, so you can add drums to songs from Guitar Hero: 1 through :Aerosmith. With fewer and fewer songs from newer titles.

GH5 is a "new game" but seems like more ideas stolen from Rock Band 2.

GH: Van Halen will be another game that should just be a good track pack. Only if they don't change the game play like they didn't with Aerosmith and Metallica.

Beatles: Rock Band is reading like it will be nothing like the other RBs tour mode but still the same gameplay. The biggest plus with be able to use 3 mics for multi part harmonies and maybe, just maybe, 3rd guitar to split rhythm from lead.

 

[luke-o]

GH5 News:

From ONM's website:

"Guitar Hero continues to re-define the music and gaming experience this Fall with the release of Guitar Hero 5. Featuring the best variety and biggest rock stars of today combined with classic rock anthems, Guitar Hero 5 is the latest installment of the world's most popular music game. For the first time ever, players can customize the make-up of their band by rocking with any combination of instruments in-game: whether it be two guitars and two drums, or three guitars and a microphone, any combination is possible, allowing players to experience music their own way. Brand new, innovative, easy-to-use gameplay modes like Party Play and RockFest put fun, competition and control at center stage as fans tailor the Guitar Hero experience to match their personal style and interests. For extended hours of entertainment, downloadable content from Guitar Hero World Tour will be compatible with the game and will automatically be updated to include all of the upgrades and enhancements of Guitar Hero 5.

Guitar Hero 5 features the strongest, most varied set list to-date comprised of master tracks from 85 of the hottest bands of today and the biggest classic acts including; Kings of Leon, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Santana, Vampire Weekend, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, plus more than 30 artists from a variety of music genres that will be making their music-rhythm video game debut.

Among the first-time-ever features of Guitar Hero 5 are: Party Play, where players can jump in or drop out of gameplay seamlessly; RockFest, a comprehensive competitive experience available featuring five new head-to-head modes playable online or in your living room; and the ability to play the entire set-list from the first time the game is turned on.

Guitar Hero 5 refines the player experience, enhances the art style and redesigns core features such as GHMusic Studio, making it the most accessible, fun-to-play and authentic experience for seasoned music gamers as well as first-time players. New innovations such as Band Moments, where bands are rewarded for hitting special note streams together and song challenges where gamers are tasked to play through a song a specific way, add a new competitive layer of excitement and accomplishment to the music rhythm genre.

New songs include:
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Santana - No One To Depend On (LIVE)
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Tom Petty - Runnin Down a Dream
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

 

[Adam]

YES.

Sex On Fire FTW.

 

[luke-o]

Yeah, the only bad one on the list is Vampire Weekend, who suck quite a lot of dick.

 

[Black Lushus]

Well...it's not like World Tour doesn't have it's share of shit...Tokio Hotel, anyone?

 

[Adam]

You kidding me? I could listen to Monsoon forever.

 

[Black Lushus]

duuuuuuude come ON

 

[Adam]

It's a gorgeous song to play on Medium.

That's my story & i'm sticking to it.

 

[Black Lushus]

It's one of the 10 or so songs my daughter sings whenever she plays. That and Beautiful Disaster. I don't know what it is about that song, but she sings it each and everytime she plays.

 

[Adam]

My little sister will play 'Livin' On A Prayer' and 'Beat It' forever if I let her.

She will not, however, play Through The Fire And The Flames, even on easy. She can't do it.

 

[Black Lushus]

I think I'm pretty much Medium for life when it comes to these games.

 

[Adam]

Same here, I have hit 5 gold stars on EVERYTHING but maybe 2 or 3 songs. But hard? No way. I can't make the transition from the first fret to the fifth and back again.

 

[Black Lushus]

Yeah, I've tried using my pinky for the blue and orange fret and it just ain't happening...and if I slide my hand off the "home frets" (the first four), I almost always lose my place.

 

[Adam]

The best way I can go about it is moving my hands down one, so instead of the first four, you're on the second four. I've found i f you can train your hands to think the bottom four are the 'main' ones, if you associate a finger with each fret, you have a chance. I can easily play Hard and even Expert but its when I have to use green again, I become, well, boo-urns.

 

[luke-o]

That's what I do.

 

[Black Lushus]

See, I tried that, but I just can't, for whatever reasons...ineptitude, I guess. Lack of dexterity, I suppose.

 

[Sabre]

Ive started trainning myself to use the orange fret. Never gonna happen i feel. Ive went back to my Aerosmith Controller just because the frets arnt as far apart as the GH4 guitar.

 

[NoCalMike]

For me it just comes down to the songs themselves. GH WT, when it comes to the drums, songs like Love Me Two Times, and Hotel California, i can play on expert, yet others I am stuck on neutral at medium.

The problem is, I don't have enough time to just sit down and marathon play the game until I get better. With the spare time I have, I am about as good as I am ever going to be, but that is the cool thing about these games, is that it is fun pretty much no matter how good you are at them.

To me the only level that sucks is easy because you hit so few notes that it doesn't even feel like you're playing the song, but medium and higher you actually get some resemblence to actually playing the instrument, especially on the drums.

 

[luke-o]

The problem is, I don't have enough time to just sit down and marathon play the game until I get better. With the spare time I have, I am about as good as I am ever going to be, but that is the cool thing about these games, is that it is fun pretty much no matter how good you are at them.

Neither have I. My improvement has come from playing the games over the years.

I could only do GH1 on easy
I could do most of GH2 on medium, but went back to easy
I could do all of GH3 on medium and 3/4 on hard
I can do most of GH:WT on hard and piss through medium.

Either the games are getting easier, or I'm getting better.

 

[Adam]

The games are definately getting easier. No offence, like. I've noticed GH3 and WT are miles apart on Medium difficulty.

 

[Sabre]

Thats well documented, many people complained over how hard the jump from easy to medium was in GH3.

 

[Conspiracy_Victim]

The timing for Ho/Pos has definitely become more generous over the games. I threw in 2 a couple of days ago and couldn't believe how much tighter you have to be to hit them.

BTW, I went back and played the last couple of sets on Expert, and "Never Too Late" by The Answer has quite possibly the most annoying first 10% I've ever seen. The rest of the song is easy, but godDAMN is that opening irritating.

 

[Obi Chris Kenobi]

I fall into the trap every year of buying these games/bundles/kits playing on them for a week and only playing on them again when mates come over I play my real guitar more then GH/RB/etc, but I suppose I shouldn't since I don't get achievement points for it.

 

[luke-o]

Do the downloads man, that will keep the game fresh.

 

[DMann1979]

Don't feel bad Lushus, I'm a strictly Medium cat myself, makes me feel close enough that I'm actually playing, but not crazy enough that I can't compete.

However, Disposable Heroes on Medium? Fuck it it's too much. I managed 3 stars on Dyer's Eve even on Medium, but I can't make it through Disposable Heroes.

 

[Perfxion]

I am medium for life. I don't care I still have fun.