Members Trauma_Luna Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 that {censored} is killing traditions, 10 years ago, kids wanted real guitars for christmas, now they want guitar hero, they dont care about know anything about the song they are ''playing''. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lokidecat Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I still love some of the peripheral benefits of this game series. For example, at work we have an classic rock station playing usually. I was helping this lady out and her like 10 year old son said to her, "Hey mom, listen! It's Kansas!" and started singing "Carry on my wayward sonnnn.." It's bringing classic rock to a whole new generation who is right now being raised on crap synth music and covers. Mad props to that alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Kashue Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 that {censored} is killing traditions, 10 years ago, kids wanted real guitars for christmas, now they want guitar hero, they dont care about know anything about the song they are ''playing''.10 years ago kids wanted a PS2 for Christmas...Seriously, all the folks who think that the kids who would otherwise be playing normal instruments are getting "ruined" by Guitar Hero (or think that these kids think they actually know how to play, or this is a substitute, or whatever), I've got to wonder exactly how many gamers these people they actually know...Folks should stick to complaining about how the neighbor kids won't get off your lawn and how the mail lady is stealing your social security checks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dabbler Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 10 years ago kids wanted a PS2 for Christmas... Seriously, all the folks who think that the kids who would otherwise be playing normal instruments are getting "ruined" by Guitar Hero (or think that these kids think they actually know how to play, or this is a substitute, or whatever), I've got to wonder exactly how many gamers these people they actually know... Folks should stick to complaining about how the neighbor kids won't get off your lawn and how the mail lady is stealing your social security checks... +1I have not read most of this thread, but let me say for the record, Guitar Hero is a fun game! Period. I also believe that playing it (or doing anything that requires some sort of rhythm-controlled activity) probably benefits real musicians by stimuliating the synapses between the aural and muscle centers (and yes the visual too... believe it or not some musicians read music). For those who disagree, get and READ a copy of "Your Brain on Music" by Daniel J. Levitin. Then we can have a more useful and meaningful dialogue, IMO.I also believe that GH may in fact be encouraging more people to at least try to play the guitar. There is no point in deriding any game that is not the real thing... games are for having fun! Instead of deriding the game, more of us should be applauding the fact that if nothing else (and as I stated, it is doing much more) the game is likely introducing some people to some music they may not be familiar with, and in a fun way! What the heck can possibly be wrong about that! Now, if I were going to complain about anything related to GH (and I admit that I have only played one version of the game) it would be hey let's get some more music genres in there! Bring on the funk and the blues and how 'bout some flamenco and Motown! NOW we're talkin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les_Izzmor Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 Instead of deriding the game, more of us should be applauding the fact that if nothing else (and as I stated, it is doing much more) the game is likely introducing some people to some music they may not be familiar with, and in a fun way! What the heck can possibly be wrong about that! Right on. My 8 yr. old son has Sabbath and the Stones and lots of cool songs on his iPod now. I said to him he was probably the only kid in second grade that liked Sabbath and he said all his classmates like them. I've played classic rock songs on the radio to my kids for years. They never really cared for it. But. Once they got to play it at Guitar Hero they really noticed the ins and outs of the songs and next thing you know my son is asking me to download the Sex Pistols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mytola Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I tried it a couple of times. I can't play it at all, really. I am used to playing by ear, and the notes are so different between the guitar-controller and an actual guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les_Izzmor Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I tried it a couple of times. I can't play it at all, really. I am used to playing by ear, and the notes are so different between the guitar-controller and an actual guitar. That's the thing that {censored}s me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members collinwho Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 My official position is that it is a lot of fun, but it is as hard as hell. I tried playing Muse - Knights of Cydonia on medium and it totally kicked my ass. It won't help you play real guitar. And being able to play real guitar won't help you play the game, but it is still a load of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t3ch Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 My official position is that it is a lot of fun, but it is as hard as hell. I tried playing Muse - Knights of Cydonia on medium and it totally kicked my ass. It won't help you play real guitar. And being able to play real guitar won't help you play the game, but it is still a load of fun.No kidding. Wait till you try it on hard!! It took me like 10 tries, I even had to go try the slowmo practice mode for all the triplets at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lokidecat Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 [YOUTUBE]pxtWaFX8eb0[/YOUTUBE] That's just insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members In the Fade Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 people have said that they feel that GH is a good rhythm trainer but i dont think i really agree with that. i think that the 'feel' of the songs in (GH2 at least) is pretty far ahead of the beat. you have to play really on top to hit the notes properly which isn't always a good thing in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t3ch Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 people have said that they feel that GH is a good rhythm trainer but i dont think i really agree with that. i think that the 'feel' of the songs in (GH2 at least) is pretty far ahead of the beat. you have to play really on top to hit the notes properly which isn't always a good thing in real life.Do you play on a newer TV by chance? I know for both GH2 and GH3 I have to do a TV synchronization in the game settings. Especially if you use HD-out on an HDTV, it's going to have a lag. I believe mine is set to 40ms on GH2 and about 15ms on GH3.I couldn't play on my friends and was like wtf why am I missing everything? Then I synched it and it had to adjust like 70ms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joey Joe Joe Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I caught that GH Championship tournament thing on tv a while back. Haha nerds! It Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goofball Jones Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 All I have to say is that paranoid's bass part on expert is harder than actually playing the song on Bass.Really? Yeah...the bass on Paranoid is pretty easy actually. It can almost be considered a beginner's song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t3ch Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 There's a lot of songs like that... But hey, you gotta do something on those classic (but easy) songs up on hard/difficult. When I failed "Killing in the Name of" I got mad and jammed it out on my bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lokidecat Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I'm waiting for Theremin Hero [YOUTUBE]mW0B1sipLBI[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 It's fun to play for a little while. It was a little addicting the first time I played it...but the fad quickly wore out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grendle Posted February 5, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 now this is nuts , especially in the middlebut it's even cooler that my kid knows who buckethead is and thinks he's awesome lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Psilocybin Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 now this is nuts , especially in the middle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Xb5XyY5cE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FloydianAnimal Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 guitar hero is fun for what it is- just goofing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Kashue Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I just had a brilliant idea...Combine DDR with Guitar Hero!!! You could make arcade rats spontaneously combust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassmom98 Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 One of the VPs of Harmonix is a bass player...http://www.boston.com/jobs/bighelp/2008/lopiccolo_transcript/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Psilocybin Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 I just had a brilliant idea... Combine DDR with Guitar Hero!!! You could make arcade rats spontaneously combust! Wouldn't that just become "mosh mosh revolution"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W33nie Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 I don't know what you guys are talking about. I know people who play both the guitar and guitar hero. I don't like the game much though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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