Topic: Rock of the Dead (Typing of the Dead meets Guitar Hero....)

[BlackNMild2k1]

Typing of the Dead meets Guitar Hero....

http://wii.ign.com/articles/106/1068000p1.html

When Epicenter, developer of the sleeper first-person shooter Real Heroes: Firefighter visited the IGN offices earlier today, the guys pulled no punches in describing its next game. "Picture Typing of the Dead but with Guitar Hero guitars instead of a QWERTY keyboard," they told me. And what unfolded up on the big screen was exactly that: a Typing of the Dead-inspired action game where you take out zombies and other undead critters by strumming on the Activision (or Harmonix Rock Band) guitars to "shoot" them into submission.

Chalk this one up for the "Why didn't anyone think of this before?" department. There are several million Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitars out in active use on the Nintendo Wii, and Rock of the Dead targets those peripheral owners with something that's not just a music game.
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Rock of the Dead features jump-in/jump-out, two-player cooperative/competitive gameplay: players share lives and continues but work independently to beat each other's scores. One player's blue, the other purple, and the first one to hit the enemies' fret combo gets the kill and the points. It gets pretty aggressive trying to get your strumming speed higher just so you can beat the other player. The developers anticipate a five-hour run-through with encouragement for multiple plays through thanks to its high score focus as well as its branching path towards the end of the game.
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Like Epicenter's last game on Wii, the final product will be a "budget" release on the system, targeting a pricepoint between $30 and $40 when it ships. The game's got about another month to go in development and then it's up to Conspiracy to get it out on shelves. Expect a release in the late spring or early summer.

Kairon, we await your review.

[KDR_11k]

Make them nazi zombies and Yahtzee's collection is complete.

[Kairon]

Kairon, we await your review.

Sorta...want...

[that Baby guy]

I WANT!  I would buy it in a heartbeat.  I glanced at the bold words, saw the pic, and posted.  I'm going to read the rest now.

Wow, I instantly have frothing demand for the game.  I can't believe it.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I said WOW.

[BlackNMild2k1]

It's a shame Sega didn't think of doing this first. Maybe they'll buy the idea.
But this could really benefit from a visual upgrade and some House of the Dead branding.

House of the Dead: R.ock I.n P.eace

[noname2200]

Day One.

[EasyCure]

Kairon, we await your review.

Sorta...want...

Permission to board your boat, Sir!

Day One.

Maybe not Day One for me but this is such a silly novelty game that I MUST own it.. eventually It's one of those quirky things I'd love to show off and laugh at, even if I'm the only one who finds it humerous.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I think it would have worked well as a WiiWare/PSN/XBLA game.
One with a cross system leader board.

[MoronSonOfBoron]

So far away, we wait for the day
For the games on the Wii are so odd
We see the aims of third parties lost to the bargain bin
Through the gimmicks and the flames we carry on!

[UltimatePartyBear]

Nice.  That makes me wonder if there's actually music played by your zombie killing.  That might get my interest.

[EasyCure]

Nice.  That makes me wonder if there's actually music played by your zombie killing.  That might get my interest.

I read somewhere that it revolves around music. Let me see if I can find the source..

edit:

Source: http://n-europe.com/news.php?nid=13859

The game doesn' feature licensed tracks as such, but you will be jamming along to some rock-remixed versions of familiar tunes. Perhaps the greatest aural-treat though comes from the voice talents of Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day.

NPH!? DAY ONE FUCKING PURCHASE! HUZZAH!!!

[BlackNMild2k1]

Nice.  That makes me wonder if there's actually music played by your zombie killing.  That might get my interest.

That would be an improvement over the one video of it I watched (there are 5 at the link).

If you could strum out the button sequence and at completion of the combination it would out put a small guitar riff that actually destroyed the enemy. And you get more points for destroying enemies to the beat, which will make 2 player even more difficult as you race to do it right first, yet to the beat at the same time.

[TJ Spyke]

Typing of the Dead somehow did pretty well in sales, so I could see this one doing well. Would I buy it? Mmm, MAYBE (it really depends on how the game ended up being).

[EasyCure]

BUT IT HAS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS!

[UncleBob]

Sold!

[ShyGuy]

If this a hit in any way, I expect Activision and EA to come out with similar products centered around Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Zombie Hero or Monster Rock Band? Scream in the mike to blow up the zombies head!

[BlackNMild2k1]

If this a hit in any way, I expect Activision and EA to come out with similar products centered around Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Zombie Hero or Monster Rock Band? Scream in the mike to blow up the zombies head!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYPwYfbi8jA

[Stratos]

This will be a great addition to the Rock Band/Guitar Hero/DDR parties we have at work.

I'm excited for it.