Harmonix, Guitar Hero producer Daniel Sussman interviewed

Posted Apr 4, 2007 at 5:51AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Activision, Harmonix, MTV, Sony
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Harmonix producer Daniel Sussman - Image 1 Guitar Hero for the Xbox 360 is already available on some areas, and so Ars Technica caught up with Harmonix producer Daniel Sussman to ask his views of this hit game. Although Harmonix and Red Octane has been bought by MTV and Activision respectively, Daniel says that he honestly feels excited about what other developers could bring to the table of the music game genre. We are, too...

There may be some gamers who think that while the gameplay updates are great in GH II, the songlist is not quite as varied as the first game. Daniel thinks, however, that with 10 more songs on the Guitar Hero II song list, there is actually more variety in there than in the first title. Releasing GH song downloads is also a new and exciting opportunity for record companies, bands and developers.

Daniel also wonders about the possibility of Sony releasing one of their titles on Live Arcade. The idea came from bringing the Sony-owned Frequency/Amplitude brand to the Live Arcade or as a PS3 download. Daniel's team is also considering trying to incorporate custom soundtracks in Guitar Hero for the Xbox 360.

Daniel says that he's living his dream, making a game like Guitar Hero. His last words may be up to the reader to digest well; when asked about his fave platform for GH, Daniel replies Guitar Hero can be a great experience for all platforms, albeit you don't really need much CPU mojo to run a great rhythm game...


Via Ars Technica

 
 
 

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by - 2007-04-04 06:07:49
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Custom soundtracks! Now that's what I'm talkling about. However I doubt that'll happen, in this age of downloads why let us play songs we want for free, when they can charge us for downloading them?

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