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When Guitar Hero first hit PS2, we thought: "Wow, this is like Konami's GuitarFreaks ... and that's been around since the original PlayStation. Why don't they release it here?" Well, our question was answered at yesterday's Konami Gamer's Night 2008 with the unveiling of Rock Revolution. Taking the "Revolution" suffix naming scheme of its other music genre (bemani) cousins, the game, from SingStar developer Zoë Mode, is set for a fall release on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and Nintendo DS. We have the first screens of the HD offerings, along with some salient details:
The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will feature:
- 40 songs on the disc, with DLC tracks planned
- Record your own songs in a "Jam Session" (8 separate tracks)
- Online co-op, versus, and battle of the bands modes
- Crazy big drum set with six pads, plus pedal
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seems a little excessive
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On a side note though it would be kind of cool if Konami let you use dance pads in this game.
Besides, lots of players who think themselves really really good at drums on Rock Band think they can actually play. Why not let them buy a good set of electronic drums and play the game with those, then use them later for real practice or track recording?
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I won't have more than one set of drums. Sorry guys. You're gonna take a dive on this if you can't get some agreement amongst yourselves.
At this point, I wouldn't mind _replacing_ my current RB drum set with a better quality kit, as long as I know I can use it with all those games. But like most people in here, there's no way that I'm going to buy one new kit per game, or encourage companies that make their hardware incompatible with their competitors' games on purpose (I'm looking at you, Activision).
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The GH3 Les Paul is just a glorified classic controller.
I think he was making a parallel to the whole GH3 to Rockband transition thing.
Harmonix had a patch ready to make the Les Paul work on the PS3 version of Rockband. Then Activision said "Nope, pay us money!" So Activision started the whole non compatible war.
I just thought it was pretty funny how as soon as GH gets some actual competition, everybody jumps over to Rock Band's side (most of whom didn't really seem to understand why and were just following the flock).
Even though Konami was who Harmonix ripped off in the first place, they still changed it a whole lot more than Neversoft did.
But yeah, this is really cool. Besides the suckiness of three sets of instruments, I welcome the competition for my rhythm game budget.
WRONG. The Rock Band Stratocaster doesn't work with Guitar Hero.
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MORE
HARDWARE.
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I don't care about the extra value of playing drums to the songs, I just want more songs, and not have to download them.
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Songs are not free you know.
But if GH3 can get that many on a disk, I expect that many on a disk.
...this won't see a profit if the instraments aren't compatible with the other band games out there. THIS, I COMMAND. >:o
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They have been working on this kind of games for a while.....and so has Konami, so this game has a lot of potential
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I'm already dreading dumping another $200-ish on a full drum/guitar(that would make 5 total)/mic combo with GH4:Rock Band Edition.
Oh well...it's only money.
Way too late though... this would've been pretty freaking awesome like 4-5 years ago when they should've released it...
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C'mon, Konami. You guys have been in the music game genre for how long, and just now you're doing this? It's not going to look well, as many will see it as a Rock Band knockoff (despite your pedigree).
But if I can rock out as Snake or Goemon, count me in.
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This game sounds like Guitar Hero IV which is essentially Rock Band with all the features that people started asking for once it was released.
I'm drawing the line in the sand here and siding with the first horse out of the gate.
Three games makes the idea seem less and less unique, hurting the image of all three. Meanwhile Konami, EA, and Activision will begin the arms race to lock up exclusivity, thus meaning that no one game is going to have a "balanced" sound track.
Activision should've stuck with the guitar fantasy aspect of GUITAR Hero. And Konami should've accepted the fact that it missed it's chance years ago.
The only way I buy either RB clone (yes, RB clone) is if they are at least 50% compatible with the existing gear.
I'm not buying any more drums, guitars, or microphones.
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But I guess this game will probably be the definitive "drum game."
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