Guitar Hero IV to be more like Rock Band
When Activision outlined its plans for 2008 back in February and revealed that as many as three new iterations are in the pipeline, with two of them being Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero IV, it begged the question of how the company intends to prevent the franchise, which is already starting to lose its shine, from growing stale. Courtesy of the May issue of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine, we now know Activision’s answer to EA’s Rock Band – add new instruments!
In the latest issue of the magazine, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick shared what the company has in mind to freshen up the Guitar Hero experience:
“It’s not just about guitars. We’ll include a lot of other instruments, vocals. It will help us expand internationally. It’s the first game we’ve had in which we can use local content and local bands.”
Guitar will soon get new friends
To face up to EA’s masterpiece, that is Rock Band, Activision will basically assume the role of a copycat and introduce new instruments to the Guitar Hero series. Vocals are already there, a drum peripheral is a no-brainer, but what about other instruments? Will Guitar Hero IV or the yet-to-be-revealed Guitar Hero iteration make use of the DJ Hero trademark? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
Source: IGN
This isn’t going to work EA… Rock Band’s out, and there’s no way they’re going to beat it with a milked product. Let Guitar Hero die now, you’ve already slaughtered the fun of it with Guitar Hero 3.
“This isn’t going to work EA”
ummmm EA does rockband…. i think u mean Activision
Yea, basically drums, vocals, and guitar are the most desired instruments and are already out there but I think a piano would be a cool addition to Rock Band or GH IV. After all, piano is incorporated in alot of rock songs (mostly played as chords) and there is always those cool piano pieces in songs like “Epic”, “Creep”, “The Perfect Drug” and so on. It wouldn’t be hard to design. It could be built like a keyboard and have 5 colors on the left side and five on the right for the left and right hand
Ya rockband is here to stay. if guitar hero will have more instruments they are only coping whats already done. one thing i hate about guitar hero is the song packs, you must buy 2 garbage songs to get one good one. that sucks. also they have a new game out every 6 months to a year. so any songs i got for GH2 i cannot use in GH3, they are totaly milking it. i will never buy another Guitar hero game now that i have rock band.
As for Rock band, i hope they keep it going or allow a person to import their songs into rock band 2. i paid for these songs and it will suck if i have to buy them again, because i wont. EA should keep rock band going for a while and keep it up to date with DLC and keep the songs coming. Rock band is way better than rock band. Rock band is 3 games in one. so please EA dont be like Activisions GH, you are better than that.