Topic: Rumor: Slash annouces Guitar Hero: Jimi Hendrix?

[Spinnzilla]

http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/09/18/slash_announces_guitar_hero_jimi_hendrix-2.html

salt, plz.

Well, even though Slash isn't really connected to the newer guitar hero games, I guess him being behind on GH3 the scenes gives him some credibility.

I think he may have seen the renders for Hendrix and just though it was a game completely devoted to him.

If this is true...about damn time, activision.

[EasyCure]

I don't see the point of these special versions of the game.

First we get Aeorosmith, we've heard about Metallica getting a GH game too, or am i mistaken? Now there's rumors for a standalone Hendrix title, geez.

Wouldnt some DLC suffice, buy an album pack that comes with bonus character models to represent these musicians maybe..? I just feel like that would be better/easier than selling a whole new game based on one artist/band.

Maybe its just me though, i dont see the desire for it. I know GH:A wasnt solely aerosmith songs, but... i don't even know where to go from here to be honest with you. I guess i just don't like aerosmith/metallica/hendrix enough to want to go buy a guitar hero game based on them.

i'd be happy with just a few songs on the disc or available as DLC...

[vudu]

You have a point, but you have to consider how many people actually download extra tracks for GH3/RB.  I haven't seen any numbers, but I'm guessing the standard 80-20 rule applies.  A stand-alone disc that's visible in stores with it's own separate ad campaign will sell significantly more copies than a track pack that is available for download-only.

I think he may have seen the renders for Hendrix and just though it was a game completely devoted to him.

I almost guarantee that this is what happened.  If Activision is in fact working on a stand-alone Hendrix title Slash is no more privy to information about it than you or I.

[Ian Sane]

I don't think this will happen because of DLC.  What have we really heard about Guitar Hero: Metallica lately?  Not much.  It seems pointless and I imagine sales will reflect that.  GH: Aerosmith is basically an expansion pack for Guitar Hero 3.  DLC removes the need for expansion packs so I don't see it happening.

Or let's put it this way.  GH: Metallica if released will bomb because everyone with a brain will use DLC to get new songs.  So GH: Hendrix won't happen because Activision will realize it isn't financially viable.

The whole "buy a big gaggle of new hardware ever year" strategy is a bubble and I figure this year will be the last one where it will work.  Guitar Hero needed it's own drums and such to compete with Rock Band.  Now that it's there we don't need new hardware or at least most of us won't.  It certainly won't be a big thing like it was last year.  Newcomers will need it but everyone else will just use their existing hardware.

Remember that last year was really the breakthrough year for these games.  Rock Band was brand new and introduced a new take on things and Guitar Hero 3 was the first Guitar Hero game on both the Wii and PS3.  Every console has this stuff now.  Joe Blow isn't going to buy a new set of instruments every year.  GH: World Tour will get those that own Guitar Hero but not Rock Band but after that most of the target demo will have the equipment and just wants new songs.

Rock Band 2 already seems like an unnecessary game.

[Spinnzilla]

Whatever the outcome, more hendrix tracks are welcomed in my book.  If they do do another single band game, they better not charge another $50/60 bucks for it. 

The point in these single band games is the money and how well aerosmith is doing (it's sold slightly below the million mark). 

Although I really don't see how they could manage to pull off a Hendrix addition.  He only really made  4 (well 5 now, from that uncovered one) albums and the album electric ladyland, nearly half of of the tracks are experimental/ unconvential 10 min long epics.  Unless they pull alot of live recordings from like band of gypsys , he just doesn't have enough catalouge to merit a full game.

more DLC, please.

[Dirk Temporo]

Or let's put it this way.  GH: Metallica if released will bomb because everyone with a brain will use DLC to get new songs.

Except they'll probably put a whole bunch of songs in the game that aren't available for DLC.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Activision doesn't have to make sense.

Activision wants MONEY.

[Ian Sane]

Except they'll probably put a whole bunch of songs in the game that aren't available for DLC.

Well yeah that is the sort of dickhead move videogame companies like to do.  I guess the question is whether it's worth the risk.  Will the exclusive songs be enough to get people to buy a whole other game and even if they do is it worth the general ill will it would create with fans?  People may get jerked around but they never like it and don't usually put up with it if they don't have to.  Usually only monopolies can get away with that.  Activision has no such monopoly because Rock Band is RIGHT THERE in direct competition.  I'm hoping that direct competition will keep both series in line.  Rock Band's non-factor on the Wii demonstrates how jerking people around doesn't pay off when the competition isn't doing it too.

I'll say this though: Playing MACHING GUN in Guitar Hero would be super sweet!

[Mario]

Add 50 more buttons and it might work.

[BranDonk Kong]

GH: Metallica is going to blow GH: Aerosmith's sales out of the water. I believe the Metallica track pack in Rock Band is the highest selling DLC for any Guitar Hero/Rock Band game. Also, it's a full band game now, and a lot if people would buy it for the drums alone, I imagine. GH: Hendrix, on the other hand, would suck. No offense to Jimi, but he doesn't have *that* many great songs...and there wouldn't be much progression/diversity in the game either, a better choice would be to just release a compilation as DLC.

[Khushrenada]

The only version I own of Guitar Hero is Guitar Hero: Areosmith and I'm not even a big Areosmith fan. I don't own any of their albums nor have I ever downloaded any of their songs or burnt them to a cd. There's a lot of songs I like by them. I never really thought about it until this version of Guitar Hero was released. Made me appreciate them a whole lot more and found out about some more good songs by them.

But that's because I hate new rock and most new music in general. Let's take Guitar Hero 3 for an example. If I were to purchase that, the only songs I would be interested in (or could stand to hear over and over) are:

Barracuda - Heart
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
Rock You Like a Hurricane - The Scorpions
Same Old Song And Dance - Areosmith (What a surprise)
Welcome To The Jungle - Guns and Roses

And a couple other songs here and there though I might get tired of hearing them over and over.

Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Metallica - no thanks. I can't stand to listed to them for 5 seconds. Admittedly, there is a whole whack of songs I don't recognize either that for all I know I do like or could like. It happened with GH: Areosmith. My point is, going with what I know and like, 5 songs doesn't seem worth the money. And it's that way with pretty much all the other GH versions as well.

I had some hopes for GH: WT but it's looking a lot like the others now. Although there are defintiely more songs I would like to play on it than the others. And now for my point to all this rambling.

Instead of making GH versions that are specific to a certain band, they should make them specific to an era. Like GH: 1960's, 1970's or 1980's. Of course, the ultimate thing would be to allow people more choice. A huge downloadable list of say 200 songs and the user creates their own GH picking tracks they like. But then, how do you sell new versions later on? So, that last idea is obviously pie in the sky. Still, I wish there was a way to better cater to one's musical tastes.

[UltimatePartyBear]

They already made a 1980s edition of Guitar Hero.

[Morari]

No offense to Jimi, but he doesn't have *that* many great songs...and there wouldn't be much progression/diversity in the game either, a better choice would be to just release a compilation as DLC.

Hendrix never made a bad album. By comparison, almost half of Metallica's albums have been complete trash.

[BranDonk Kong]

When I say not that many great songs, kind of mean not that many songs in general. On the other hand, Load and Reload aren't almost half...not even a third.

[nickmitch]

I definitely think that Slash was talking about the Hendrix renderings for GH:WT.  Slash doesn't have his own GH game, he was just the first guy to do the rendering for GH3.  It only makes sense that he was referring to that. 

Also, I bought GH:A just as an excuse to get the extra guitar.  I didn't want to blow that much money on GH:WT, and I'm happy with the purchase.  However, I probably wouldn't buy the Metallica one, just because I don't think I like them as much.  I mean, I don't really listen to either, but I am familiar with more of Aerosmith's songs than Metallica.

[Morari]

When I say not that many great songs, kind of mean not that many songs in general. On the other hand, Load and Reload aren't almost half...not even a third.

Metallica's studio discography is as such:

Kill 'Em All
Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
And Justice for All
The Black Album
Load
ReLoad
St. Anger
Death Magnetic

Load, ReLoad, St.Anger, and Death Magnetic make up 40% of said discography. That is "almost half".

[BranDonk Kong]

Smiley aside, you're officially dead to me. St. Anger isn't *that* bad, though it certainly isn't great. Death Magnetic, on the other hand, is fucking awesome. I would either put it right above, or tied with, Master of Puppets (and under ...And Justice For All). The problem with Load, Reload, and St. Anger (though not as much) is Bob Rock is a consumer's music producer (Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Simple Plan, Gavin Rossdale, the Offspring...Metallica's albums from 91-2003, etc). Rick Rubin, on the other hand, is a musician's music producer (Slayer, Run DMC, RHCP, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty...Death Magnetic).

[Morari]

St. Anger is that bad. It is, by far, Metallica's worst album. It was practically nu-metal.

Death Magnetic, while certainly an improvement over St. Anger, is little more than a shallow attempt to cash-in on their previous glory. Before giving it a solid listen, I even thought that it might manage to achieve that. It simply does not hold up after a good listen through however. While Load and ReLoad at least had one or two standout tracks, I fear that Death Magnetic simply comes off as mediocre and uninspired. Producers aside, the music really comes down to Metallica and they simply do not have it anymore. They should just call it quits and go out with everyone split on whether Death Magnetic was great or merely better than their worst.

[IceCold]

The whole "buy a big gaggle of new hardware ever year" strategy is a bubble and I figure this year will be the last one where it will work.  Guitar Hero needed it's own drums and such to compete with Rock Band.  Now that it's there we don't need new hardware or at least most of us won't.  It certainly won't be a big thing like it was last year.  Newcomers will need it but everyone else will just use their existing hardware.

SWEET JEBUS OF NAZARETH

[EasyCure]

The whole "buy a big gaggle of new hardware ever year" strategy is a bubble and I figure this year will be the last one where it will work.  Guitar Hero needed it's own drums and such to compete with Rock Band.  Now that it's there we don't need new hardware or at least most of us won't.  It certainly won't be a big thing like it was last year.  Newcomers will need it but everyone else will just use their existing hardware.

SWEET JEBUS OF NAZARETH

LOL now it just doesnt sound the same

[Dirk Temporo]

St. Anger was not only a bad Metallica album, it was just flat-out BAD MUSIC. There was nothing redeeming about that album whatsoever.

Anyway, I would buy Guitar Hero: Blind Guardian in a hearbeat.

[Spinnzilla]

I think it'd be fun to see Guitar Hero: In Concert or Live or something to that matter.

All live tracks.  Which would usually mean longer songs with more complicated solos.

But Guitar Hero: Flight of the Concords would be an instant buy.

"Too many Mutha 'uckers 'uckin with my shi..."

[Morari]

"Too many Mutha 'uckers 'uckin with my shi..."

Now I'm lost and Google's translator can't even seem to help!

[BranDonk Kong]

Well as I said...you're dead to me. Also, you can never, ever post again, because you'll ruin your 666 post count.

[Morari]

Also, you can never, ever post again, because you'll ruin your 666 post count.

Too late.

I want to know what happened to my colored title as well?!